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Water-Blown Castor Oil-Based Polyurethane Foams with Soy Protein as a Reactive Reinforcing Filler

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To decrease the usage of petroleum based materials, a kind of bio-resource based composite foams were developed with soy protein isolate (SPI) as reactive reinforcing filler in castor oil based polyurethane foams (PUF) prepared by self-rising method using water as a blowing agent. The resulting composite foams were evaluated for their morphology, density, mechanical and biodegradation properties, etc. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study exhibited characteristic peaks for SPI and PUF and indicated that the amino groups and hydroxyl groups on SPI reacted with polyphenyl polymethylene polyisocyanates (PAPI) to increase the crosslinking degrees of the composite foams. Densities of the resultant composites were found to increase with increasing SPI content. Mechanical properties of the samples were improved with the increase of SPI content. The compost tests further proved that the composite PUF had better biodegradability than neat PUF. Therefore, this research has provided a simple method of preparing the bio-resource based polyurethane foams, while exploring the potential of using SPI in polyurethane foam applications.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51373004 and 51203004), Beijing Top Young Innovative Talents Program (2014000026833ZK13), Open Funding of Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education of China (SWMES 2015-02).

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  1. School of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China

    Shuai Zhang, Aimin Xiang & Huafeng Tian

  2. Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Huafeng Tian

  3. Centre for Composite Materials, International Research Centre, Anand Nagar, Krishnankoil, 626 126, India

    A.Varada Rajulu

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Zhang, S., Xiang, A., Tian, H. et al. Water-Blown Castor Oil-Based Polyurethane Foams with Soy Protein as a Reactive Reinforcing Filler. J Polym Environ 26, 15–22 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-016-0914-0

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