Preparation of a New Oil Absorbing Polyurethane Foam

• Published in: Applied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 618; no. Materials, Machines and Development of Technologies for Industrial Production; pp. 131 - 135
• Main Authors: Si, Qian Yu, Wang, Hai Wang, Guo, Zhuang Zhi, Wang, Yu Han, Song, Huai He, Guo, Meng Ying, Wei, Xin Fang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 18.08.2014
• Subjects: Absorption; Edible; Emergencies; Foams; Plastic foam; Polyurethane foam; Silicones; Wastewater treatment; Flexible Polyurethane Foam; Oil-Absorbing; Surface Modification; Silicone; Hydrophobic
• ISBN: 3038352047; 9783038352044
• ISSN: 1660-9336; 1662-7482; 1662-7482
• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.618.131

Oil absorbing foam as a new type of the oil absorbing material, its oil absorptive property had a very important researching value in oil spill emergency disposal and the treatment of oily wastewater in daily life and laboratory. Polyurethane foam was used as a basal body material and silicone was used as modifier for the surface-modification to an excellent new kind of polyurethane flexible foam. This kind of foam has the quality of high oil-absorbing and low water-absorbing, by changing the potency of silicone and the amount of polyurethane to get the best treatment plan. The results show that the absorption of per gram of this new kind of foam is 16.89g edible oil, 24.86g diesel oil or 26.89g gasoline.