Evaluation of mechanical, thermal, and morphological behaviors of polyurethane/mahua seed cake green composite

Madhukar, B. S. and Bhadregowda, D. G. and Madhukar, B. S. and Siddaramaiah and Somashekar, R. (2017) Evaluation of mechanical, thermal, and morphological behaviors of polyurethane/mahua seed cake green composite. Advances in Polymer Technology, 36 (2). pp. 186-195. ISSN 1098-2329

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Abstract

ABSTRACT To know the possibility of using Indian butter tree seed waste (mahua seed cake MSC) as a filler in the production of value-added product such as polyurethane (PU) green composites, a series of PU composites have been fabricated with varying amounts, namely, 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, and 10 wt\%, of MSC, and their effects on the physicomechanical properties such as density, surface hardness, tensile strength, tensile modulus, and percentage elongation at break have been studied. It was found that the tensile strength of the green composites increased from 5.61 to 9.5 MPa and tensile modulus increased from 4.75 to 6.07 MPa with an increase in filler content from 2.5 to 7.5 wt\%. The fabricated PU/MSC composites were characterized for structural behavior by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and for morphological behaviors by scanning electron microscopy. The chemical resistance of the green composites in different chemical environments has been investigated. The thermal stability and thermal degradation behaviors of composites were performed using thermogravimetric analysis. The microcrystalline parameters such as crystallite size (<N>) and lattice strain (g, \%) have been computed using wide-angle X-ray scattering data. Based on these parameters, the structure–property relationship of the PU/MSC green composites has been established.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Polyurethane, Green composites, Thermal behaviour, Phase behaviour, Structure property relationship
Subjects:	C Chemical Science > Chemistry
Divisions:	Yuvaraj college > Chemistry
Depositing User:	C Swapna Library Assistant
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2019 06:09
Last Modified:	28 Jun 2019 05:10
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/2890

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