Properties of polyurethane (PUR) films prepared from liquefied wood (LW) and ethylene glycol (EG)
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Wen-Jau Lee
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En-Shao Kuo
Abstract
The wood of Cryptomeria japonica D. Don was liquefied in ethylene glycol (EG) with sulfuric acid (H2SO4) as a catalyst at 150°C for 60 min. The liquefied wood (LW)- and EG-based polyester polyols (EG-Polyest.-ol) were synthesized by reacting LW and EG with adipic acid (AA), respectively. Polyurethane (PUR) resins were made by mixing Polyest.-ol with isocyanate. The results show that LW-Polyest.-ol is a suitable raw material for PUR. The PUR films prepared with LW-Polyest.-ol have higher tensile strength with less elongation at breaking point than that with EG-Polyest.-ol. According to dynamic thermomechanical analysis, the PUR films prepared with EG-Polyest.-ol have a homogeneous molecular structure, whereas a phase separation has been found for those made with LW-Polyest.-ol. Thermal gravimetric analysis showed that the thermal degradation of LW-PUR films only starts at higher temperature than that of EG-PUR.
Acknowledgments
We thank the Forestry Bureau of Council of Agriculture for the financial support [101AS-13.4.4-FB-e1(1)].
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Original Articles
- Study on the residual lignin in Eucalyptus globulus sulphite pulp
- Hydrogenolysis of lignin in ZnCl2 and KCl as an inorganic molten salt medium
- Synthesis of lignin polyols via oxyalkylation with propylene carbonate
- Preparation of water-dispersive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) conductive nanoparticles in lignosulfonic acid solution
- Properties of polyurethane (PUR) films prepared from liquefied wood (LW) and ethylene glycol (EG)
- Dynamic response of earlywood and latewood within annual growth ring structure of Scots pine subjected to changing relative humidity
- One-stage thermo-hydro treatment (THT) of hardwoods: an analysis of form stability after five soaking-drying cycles
- The variation of tangential rheological properties caused by shrinkage anisotropy and moisture content gradient in white birch disks
- Inheritance of basic density and microfibril angle and their variations among full-sib families and their parental clones in Picea glehnii
- Mechanical properties and chemical composition of beech wood exposed for 30 and 120 days to white-rot fungi
- Chemical improvement of surfaces. Part 3: Covalent modification of Scots pine sapwood with substituted benzoates providing resistance to Aureobasidium pullulans staining fungi
- Chemical and ultrastructural changes of ash wood thermally modified using the thermo-vacuum process: I. Histo/cytochemical studies on changes in the structure and lignin chemistry
- Chemical and ultrastructural changes of ash wood thermally modified (TMW) using the thermo-vacuum process: II. Immunocytochemical study of the distribution of noncellulosic polysaccharides
- Revisiting hardboard properties from the fiber sorting point of view
- Effects of acetylation and formalization on the dynamic water vapor sorption behavior of wood
- Immune-regulatory activity of methanolic extract of Acacia confusa heartwood and melanoxetin isolated from the extract
- Stereomicroscopic optical method for the assessment of load transfer patterns across the wood-adhesive bond interphase
