Preparation and Property of Waterborne Polyurethane Obtained with Polycarbonate
XUE Xiaowu1,2, WANG Xinwen1, LIU Hongbo2, QING Ning1
1 School of Biotechnology and Health Science, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020 2 School of Applied Chemistry and Biological Technology, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen 518055
Abstract: A waterborne polyurethane with great stability was prepared and characterized by FT-IR in this work. This study analyzed the impact of different isocyanate index (R=n(NCO)/n(OH)), dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA) and trimethylolpropane (TMP) content on the physical properties of WPCU. The study contrasts the performance of the best synthetic WPCU and polyester polyurethanes. The research found that: When the isocyanate index is 7, the prepared polycarbonate polyurethane has good mechanical properties. The tensile strength is up to 12.46 MPa, and the water absorption rate is only 25.88%. Adding TMP can increase the degree of crosslinking of the polyurethane. When the amount of TMP is increased from 0.5% to 1.5%, the tensile strength increases from 4.33 MPa to 7.56 MPa, and the elongation at break decreases from 307.12% to 258.53%. In the case of the same molecular weight, the WPCU has higher mechanical properties, hardness of 2H, and tensile strength is 6 times higher compared with the polyester type waterborne polyurethane (PESTUR)