PREPARATION, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND MODEL ANALYSIS OF LINEAR HOMOGENEOUS POLYURETHANE

  • Laporta, M. (Dept. of Chemistry, Materials, Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta) ;
  • Pegoraro, M. (Dept. of Chemistry, Materials, Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta) ;
  • Bianchi, F. (Dept. of Chemistry, Materials, Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta) ;
  • Consolati, G. (Infm Dept. of Physics-Politecnico of Milan) ;
  • Zanderighi, L. (Dept. of physical Chemistry, University of Milan)
  • Published : 2003.07.01

Abstract

PU block polymers are constituted by sequences of constitutional units CU which are : a diisocyanate T, a polyol or a polyamine V, an extensor E .Due to the CU different solubility parameters ,hard and soft micro domains are formed;they can aggregate into different phases. A linear PU can be described by two parameters R=T/N and $R_{E}$=(R-1)V/E.A stoichiometric model is proposed which gives the general formula of all the possible PU: X((TV)$_{k}$(TE)$_{n}$)$_{m}$X , where k and m can be calculated from the experimental molecular weights respectively of pre polymer and polymer and n= R-1.Physical properties depend on PU composition and on nature of CU. I.R. analysis is useful for discovering the hydrogen bonds location : DSC gives informations on the presence of the different phases .PALS analysis shows that nano cavities become tighter on increasing n. A series of particular Pus ,obtained from :TDI, a low molecular weight polyol, a cyclic extensor, at different R and RE was prepared and analysed. These PU are amorphous, monophasic and appear to be good candidates for membranes.nes.nes.

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