期刊
ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS
卷 4, 期 12, 页码 9441-9448出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.2c01742
关键词
extrusion foaming; bead foams; supercritical CO2; polypropylene; steam-chest molding
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Provincial Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang
- S&T Innovation 2025 Major Special Program of Ningbo
- [52103048]
- [2021C01005]
- [2019B10092]
This study creatively used supercritical CO2 extrusion foaming combined with wind-cooling granulator technology to prepare controllable polypropylene (PP)/thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composite bead foams. The process of polymer melting, gas dispersion, foaming, and pelletizing can be completed in one continuous step, with advantages such as high efficiency, low cost, and controllable cellular structures. The effect of processing parameters on the cellular structures and properties of the foam board was also studied. The prepared foam board exhibited low density and thermal conductivity, making it suitable for thermal insulation applications.
An efficient and green preparation strategy is critical in promoting the marketization of expanded polypropylene (EPP) products. In this work, supercritical CO2 extrusion foaming in cooperating with wind-cooling granulator technology was creatively used to prepare polypropylene (PP)/thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composite bead foams with controllable cellular structures and geometric shapes like capsule, sphericity, and pie shaped. It is found that the addition of TPU can help to promote uniform cellular structures. More importantly, the procedure of polymer melting, gas dispersion, foaming, and pelletizing can be completed in a one-step continuous process, with the advantages of high efficiency, low cost, controllable microstructures of the bead foams, and so on. Besides, the effect of processing parameters on the cellular structures, expansion ratio, and open-cell content of the bead foams was studied. Specifically, the cell growth progress and morphology evolution of the composite foam beads were recorded by a high-definition camera and microtechniques. In addition, the extruded bead foams were shaped into the foam board via steam-chest molding, and its interbead bonding mechanism and thermal insulation properties were studied. The as-prepared foam board exhibits low density (0.08 g/cm3) and thermal conductivity (46 mW/(m K)), which are expected to be used in the field of thermal insulation. This project contributes to the establishment of large-scale preparation and theory of bead foams and is expected to be applied to other polymeric foams.
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