Date of Award
Fall 12-10-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Dr. Ram Gupta
Second Advisor
Dr. Khamis Siam
Third Advisor
Dr. Charles Neef
Fourth Advisor
Dr. John Franklin
Abstract
The synthesis of flame retardant polyurethane (PU) foam was carried out using two different flame retardants, such as triethyl phosphate (TEP) and triphenyl phosphate (TPP). The thermal and mechanical characteristics of the foam were analyzed. The obtained TGA results confirmed that the flame retardant acts in the gaseous form to stop the fire. All the prepared samples displayed excellent closed cell content, which was above 90 %. The burning time were reduced from 80 s to 7.5 s with the weight loss 3.2% of for sample E-12 (19.29 % TEP) and from 80 s to 11 s with the weight loss of 3% for the sample E-14 (26.4% TPP). Thus, this study displayed the potential use of corn oil-based polyol for industrial preparation of rigid polyurethane foams. Furthermore, the addition of low amount of TEP and TPP can exceptionally increase the flame retardancy of the foam. Thus, this study shows that corn oil-based polyol can be substitute the petrochemical-based polyols for the industrial applications while retaining almost the same thermomechanical properties.
Recommended Citation
Sulaiman, Muhammad Rizwan, "CORN OIL-BASED HIGHLY FLAME RETARDANT RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION" (2021). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 477.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/477