Reprocessing of thermoset polythiourethanes into foams using supercritical CO2

In the present work, the reprocessability of thermosetting polythiourethanes via supercritical CO2 foaming was explored. Firstly, the maximum crosslinking density susceptible to be foamed was determined employing samples with a crosslinking density between 4•10-4 and 7.4•10-5 mol of crosslinking bon...

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Autores: Belmonte López, Pablo, Imbernon , Lucie, Ramos Marcos, María Jesús, Rodríguez Romero, Juan Francisco, García González, María Teresa, García Vargas, Jesús Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/33038
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2023.105972
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/33038
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thermosething
Polythiourethanes
Foaming
Supercritical CO2
Statistical Analysis
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Sumario:In the present work, the reprocessability of thermosetting polythiourethanes via supercritical CO2 foaming was explored. Firstly, the maximum crosslinking density susceptible to be foamed was determined employing samples with a crosslinking density between 4•10-4 and 7.4•10-5 mol of crosslinking bonds/g of sample. The foaming conditions explored were 150 bar and 1 h of saturation time with supercritical CO2, and a temperature window of 90 – 130 ºC. After this test, it was observed that, for the polymers synthesized, the maximum amount of crosslinking density susceptible to be foamed was 1.5•10-4 mol of crosslinking bonds/g of sample. This sample was selected as the base sample to perform a deepest study, complemented by a statistical analysis of the results obtained, were the influence of pressure and temperature on the foamability of thermosetting polythiourethanes was explored. After this study, it was concluded that the pressure was the foaming variable with the highest influence on the foam’s properties, this influence being powerful enough to be statistically significant in all cases, while the influence of temperature was only significant in the case of expansion ratio.