Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams

• Published in: Materials Vol. 14; no. 7; p. 1772
• Main Authors: Leszczyńska, Milena, Malewska, Elżbieta, Ryszkowska, Joanna, Kurańska, Maria, Gloc, Michał, Leszczyński, Michał K, Prociak, Aleksander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 03.04.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: biocomposites; Bulk density; Cellulose; Compressive strength; Dimensional stability; Environmental protection; Fillers; Foaming; Food; Friability; Glass transition temperature; Hazelnuts; Heat conductivity; Lignin; Mechanical properties; natural oil; Plastic foam; Polymer matrix composites; Polyurethane foam; polyurethane foams; Rapeseed; Rapeseed oil; rapeseed oil-based polyol; Raw materials; renewable sources; Seeds; Sustainable development; Thermal stability; vegetable fillers; Vegetable oils; Viscosity; Walnuts; Water absorption; natural oil; polyurethane foams; rapeseed oil-based polyol; renewable sources; vegetable fillers; biocomposites

The reported study concerns the introduction of renewable raw materials into the formulation of rigid polyurethane foams in the quest for the sustainable development of polymer composites. In this study, rigid polyurethane foam composites were prepared using 75 wt.% of rapeseed oil-based polyol and...