Urethane foams from animal fats. IV. Rigid foams from epoxidized glycerides

Liquid polyols have been prepared from epoxidized glyceryl trioleate, glyceryl monooleate, lard oil, neatsfoot oil, and soybean oil by hydration with 24% fluoboric acid. Upon adjustment of the equivalent weight to 100 with triisopropanolamine, the polyols were foamed by reaction with a prepolymer made from oxypropylated sorbitol and tolylene diisocyanate. The resulting rigid foams had densities between 1.66 and 2.34 lbs/ft³ and compressive strengths ranging from 23 to 39 psi (10% compression). The same polyols were used in one-step systems with PAPI as the isocyanate. In general, foam properties were comparable with those obtained from the prepolymer systems. Presented at the AOCS Meeting, New Orleans, 1967. E. Utiliz. Res. Dev. Div., ARS, USDA.