Thermal and mechanical properties of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers from different polymerization methods

1993 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae Oan Ahn ◽  
Ii Seok Choi ◽  
Han Mo Jeong ◽  
Kilwon Cho
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
Thermal And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polyurethane Elastomers ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers

scholarly journals The Green Approach to the Synthesis of Bio-Based Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers with Partially Bio-Based Hard Blocks

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2334
Author(s):  
Ewa Głowińska ◽  
Paulina Kasprzyk ◽  
Janusz Datta
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
Viscoelastic Behavior ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Chain Extender ◽  
Sustainable Chemistry ◽  
Polyurethane Elastomers ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers ◽  
Hard Segments

Bio-based polymeric materials and green routes for their preparation are current issues of many research works. In this work, we used the diisocyanate mixture based on partially bio-based diisocyanate origin and typical petrochemical diisocyanate for the preparation of novel bio-based thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (bio-TPUs). We studied the influence of the diisocyanate mixture composition on the chemical structure, thermal, thermomechanical, and mechanical properties of obtained bio-TPUs. Diisocyanate mixture and bio-based 1,4-butanediol (as a low molecular chain extender) created bio-based hard blocks (HS). The diisocyanate mixture contained up to 75 wt % of partially bio-based diisocyanate. It is worth mentioning that the structure and amount of HS impact the phase separation, processing, thermal or mechanical properties of polyurethanes. The soft blocks (SS) in the bio-TPU’s materials were built from α,ω-oligo(ethylene-butylene adipate) diol. Hereby, bio-TPUs differed in hard segments content (c.a. 30; 34; 40, and 53%). We found that already increase of bio-based diisocyanate content of the bio-TPU impact the changes in their thermal stability which was measured by TGA. Based on DMTA results we observed changes in the viscoelastic behavior of bio-TPUs. The DSC analysis revealed decreasing in glass transition temperature and melting temperature of hard segments. In general, obtained materials were characterized by good mechanical properties. The results confirmed the validity of undertaken research problem related to obtaining bio-TPUs consist of bio-based hard building blocks. The application of partially bio-based diisocyanate mixtures and bio-based chain extender for bio-TPU synthesis leads to sustainable chemistry. Therefore the total level of “green carbons” increases with the increase of bio-based diisocyanate content in the bio-TPU structure. Obtained results constitute promising data for further works related to the preparation of fully bio-based thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers and development in the field of bio-based polymeric materials.

Synthesis and thermal and mechanical properties of nonisocyanate poly(ether urethane) thermoplastic elastomers containing dibutylene terephthalate and poly(tetramethylene ether) segments

2020 ◽  
pp. 009524432092856
Author(s):  
Wang Guoliang ◽  
Wang Qian ◽  
Zhao Jingbo ◽  
Zhang Zhiyuan ◽  
Zhang Junying
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Microphase Separation ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
Gel Permeation Chromatography ◽  
Thermal Characterization ◽  
Thermoplastic Elastomers ◽  
Thermal And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Reduced Pressure ◽  
Polyurethane Elastomers ◽  
Force Microscopy

Several novel semiaromatic poly(ether urethane) thermoplastic elastomers were synthesized through a nonisocyanate route. The nonisocyanate thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (NI-TPUEs) were prepared via a transurethane polycondensation of bis(hydroxyethyl) hexanediurethane with bis(4-hydroxybutyl) terephthalate and poly(tetramethylene glycol)s under a reduced pressure of 3 mmHg at 170°C. The NI-TPUEs were fully characterized. The influence of hard segment (HS) contents on thermal and mechanical properties was studied. Gel permeation chromatography characterization demonstrated that high molecular weight of NI-TPUEs was obtained. Wide-angle X-ray scattering and thermal characterization verified that NI-TPUEs were crystallizable and had a relatively high melting point. Atomic force microscopy exhibited microphase separation between the crystallized HSs and amorphous phases. High content of HSs and flexible poly(tetramethylene ether) soft segments leads to good crystallization, excellent mechanical property, and good resilience of NI-TPUEs.

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