Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour

The major drawback in the use of Rigid Polyurethane Foam (RPUF) is its high flammability which limits is industrial applications. In the presented studies, RPUF was incorporated with different antiflamming agents such as Melamine (2,4,6-Triamino-1,3,5-triazine), Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propylphosphate)...

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Main Authors: Raminder Kaur, Mukesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Materials Research Express
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab68a2
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description The major drawback in the use of Rigid Polyurethane Foam (RPUF) is its high flammability which limits is industrial applications. In the presented studies, RPUF was incorporated with different antiflamming agents such as Melamine (2,4,6-Triamino-1,3,5-triazine), Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propylphosphate) (TDCPP) and Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCP). Unlike the conventional RPUF, the foam developed here is derived from vegetable oil based polyol i.e. from Castor oil. Flammability of resulted RPUFs was tested according to UL 94 V test. The structure of the resulted foam samples was characterized by FTIR, XRD and SEM and their thermal properties were studied by TGA. The mechanical behaviour i.e. Tensile, compressive and flexural strength and hardness was examined by universal testing machine. The investigations made on flammability, mechanical and thermal properties of RPUFs incorporated with melamine, TCP, and TDCPP, suggested that, among all samples prepared, TDCPP incorporated RPUF rendered good thermal stability, mechanical and flame retardant properties. Results obtained from SEM analysis also revealed the reduction in the cell size in case of TDCPP based RPUFs.
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spelling doaj.art-4e11408603d542788e80401cc4db45502023-08-09T15:26:55ZengIOP PublishingMaterials Research Express2053-15912020-01-017101533310.1088/2053-1591/ab68a2Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviourRaminder Kaur0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9401-8337Mukesh Kumar1Department of Polymer Science and Chemical Technology, Delhi Technological University , New Delhi-110042, IndiaDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Polymer Technology, Delhi Technological University , New Delhi-110042, IndiaThe major drawback in the use of Rigid Polyurethane Foam (RPUF) is its high flammability which limits is industrial applications. In the presented studies, RPUF was incorporated with different antiflamming agents such as Melamine (2,4,6-Triamino-1,3,5-triazine), Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propylphosphate) (TDCPP) and Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCP). Unlike the conventional RPUF, the foam developed here is derived from vegetable oil based polyol i.e. from Castor oil. Flammability of resulted RPUFs was tested according to UL 94 V test. The structure of the resulted foam samples was characterized by FTIR, XRD and SEM and their thermal properties were studied by TGA. The mechanical behaviour i.e. Tensile, compressive and flexural strength and hardness was examined by universal testing machine. The investigations made on flammability, mechanical and thermal properties of RPUFs incorporated with melamine, TCP, and TDCPP, suggested that, among all samples prepared, TDCPP incorporated RPUF rendered good thermal stability, mechanical and flame retardant properties. Results obtained from SEM analysis also revealed the reduction in the cell size in case of TDCPP based RPUFs.https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab68a2rigid polyurethane foamcastor oilflame retardantsmechanical properties
spellingShingle Raminder Kaur
Mukesh Kumar
Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour
Materials Research Express
rigid polyurethane foam
castor oil
flame retardants
mechanical properties
title Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour
title_full Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour
title_fullStr Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour
title_short Addition of anti-flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams: studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour
title_sort addition of anti flaming agents in castor oil based rigid polyurethane foams studies on mechanical and flammable behaviour
topic rigid polyurethane foam
castor oil
flame retardants
mechanical properties
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab68a2
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