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Fabrication of castor oil-derived polyurethane mortar composites with energy saving and sound absorption characteristics

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Polyurethane (PU) consists of an organic chain unit joined by carbamate (-NHCOO-) links. A variety of raw materials are used in addition to castor oil to produce polyurethane foam composites. In this attempt, poly-hydroxyl compound (petroleum-based polyol) was substituted by natural oil (plant-based polyol) with 0 – 100 wt.% replacement to fabricate semi-rigid polyurethane foam composites. The polyurethane foam derived from castor oil (PU-CO) was characterized using infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, compression strength, tensile strength and density, respectively. The cement mortar containing polyurethane semi-rigid foam composites based on castor oil (CM-PU-CO) were also studied using infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, thermal conductivity and sound absorption coefficient. The results indicated that CM-PU-CO composites are promising energy-saving materials, particularly under harsh climatic conditions, till 50% partial replacement with castor oil. The substitution of petroleum-based poly-hydroxyl compounds with a natural-based polyol, such as castor oil, was very promising.

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Prof. Dr. Sonia Zulfiqar is highly thankful to American University in Cairo (AUC) for financial support through STRC mini-grant and research project No. SSE-CHEM-S.Z.-FY19-FY20-FY21-RG(1-19)-2018-Oct-01-17-53-22. Dr. A. A. Maamoun would like to thank the Chemistry lab at Faculty of Engineering at Ain Shams University, Egypt. The authors would like to thank Royal Foam Co. Egypt for their support.

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  2. Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, 1 EL-Sarayat Street - Abdo Basha Sq, Cairo, 11517, Egypt

    E. A. Nasr

  3. Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences & Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt

    Sonia Zulfiqar

  4. Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan

    Muhammad Ilyas Sarwar

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Mahmoud, A.A., Nasr, E.A., Zulfiqar, S. et al. Fabrication of castor oil-derived polyurethane mortar composites with energy saving and sound absorption characteristics. J Polym Res 28, 483 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-021-02836-z

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