Issue 48, 2017, Issue in Progress

Liquefaction of waste pine wood and its application in the synthesis of a flame retardant polyurethane foam

Abstract

The utilization of sustainable forestry waste resources in the production of polyurethane (PU) foam is a promising green alternative to the use of un-sustainable resources. In this work, we report the liquefaction of waste pine wood at different reaction temperatures and its application in synthesizing a melamine phosphate modified wood type polyurethane foam (designated as MWPU). Our strategy was to obtain liquefied pine-based polyol at an optimum reaction temperature and apply the polyol in synthesizing a flame retardant (MWPU) foam via the incorporation of a melamine phosphate (MP) filler. Spectroscopic and microscopic analyses were conducted to investigate the structure characteristics and the morphology of the liquefied waste pine wood polyol and the synthesized (MWPU) foam. An optimum liquefaction temperature of 160 °C was obtained and the glass transition temperature (Tg) for 10 wt% incorporated MP foam was 43.8 °C. The as-prepared (MWPU) foam showed higher glass transition temperature and storage modulus than pine wood based PU foam without MP. The MWPU foam withstood heating at 300 °C without significant degradation and also exhibited a higher thermal stability and limited oxygen index (LOI) value than pine wood based PU foam. These results provided an insight into the physical and structural properties of the as-prepared bio-based foam and paved the way toward preparing bio-based PU foam, which could further expand its potential applications.

Graphical abstract: Liquefaction of waste pine wood and its application in the synthesis of a flame retardant polyurethane foam

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Mar 2017
Accepted
02 Jun 2017
First published
12 Jun 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 30334-30344

Liquefaction of waste pine wood and its application in the synthesis of a flame retardant polyurethane foam

D. Yue, O. Oribayo, Garry L. Rempel and Q. Pan, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 30334 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA03546B

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