Properties of water blown rigid polyurethane foams with different functionality

Water blown rigid polyurethane foams with different functionality were prepared.The physical properties of rigid foams were measured with rotational viscometer(NDJ-1),universal testing machine(lnstron3365),scanning electron microscope(SEM)and differential scanning calorimeter(DSC).The results show that the viscosity of polyether polyol increases exponentially from 62 mPa s to 6 000 mPa s with theincrease of functionality from 2 to 5.6,respectively.The overall density of foam increases slightly from 31.7kg/m3 to 37.4 kg/m3 with increasing functionality while core density exhibited little difference.Compressive strength of foam shows the similar behavior with density except for 2-functional sample.At the same time,dimensional stability becomes better with increasing functionality except for 5.6-functional foam that has worse stability than 4.8-functional foam.From the SEM results,the functionality is not an important factor in determining distribution of cell size of foam.According to the results of thermal analysis,the glass transition temperature(T)shifts to a higher temperature from 128.9℃ to 166.3℃ for the 2 to 5.6 functional foam,respectively.