Characterization of Innovative Tertiary Amine Catalyst Systems for Water-Blown Flexible Polyurethane Foams

Okuzono, S.; Yoshimura, Hidetoshi; Arai, S.; Lowe, D.W.

doi:10.1177/0021955x9202800203

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“…Herein, different types of chain extenders, blowing agents and catalysts are used to explore their influence and changing rules on the mechanical properties, cell structure, skin and reactivity of polyurethane foams [4][5][6][7]. The main research work includes: the effect of chain extenders ethylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol and 1,4-butanediol on the hardness, tensile strength and elongation at break of polyurethane foam; foaming agents water and formic acid effects on polyurethane foam cells and skin [8][9]; reactive catalystsLED-103, ZR-50, DPA and non-reactive catalystsA1, KC101, DabcoEG effects on the reactivity of polyurethane foam [10][11].…”

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Effects of additives on properties of self-skinning polyurethane foam for automobile steering wheel

Rao¹,

Zhang²,

Li³

et al. 2023

Vib. proced.

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Commercialized polyurethane foam products for automobile steering wheels have been committed to the development of products with comprehensive properties such as low density, high production efficiency and environmental protection. Based on this, this article has launched a series of experiments to explore the effects of different types of chain extenders, blowing agents and catalysts on the mechanical properties, cell structure, skin and reactivity of self-skinning polyurethane foams for automobile steering wheels. The results show that the hardness and tensile strength of the foam gradually decrease with the chain growth of small molecular chain extenders (ethylene glycol, 1.3-propanediol, 1.4-butanediol), and the elongation at break increases gradually. The foaming agent formic acid is more conducive than water as it favors the formation of small but compact cells, thus dense skin. The catalytic efficiency of non-reactive catalysts (A1, KC101 and DabcoEG) is higher than that of reactive catalysts (LED-103, ZR-50, DPA). The theoretical research for the development of high-performance and high-efficiency polyurethane foam products for automobile steering wheels.

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