Influence of the Nature of Diisocyanate on the Synthesis Conditions and Properties of Urethane Thermoplastic Elastomers
摘要
Abstract
Urethane thermoplastic elastomers were synthesized from oligobutylene glycol adipate and diisocyanate using the aromatic diol 2,2′-[propane-2,2-diylbis(p-phenyleneoxy)]diethanol as a chain extender. 4,4′-Diphenylmethane diisocyanate and isophorone diisocyanate were used as diisocyanates. The synthesis of a thermoplastic elastomer based on cycloaliphatic diisocyanate was carried out in the presence of an organotin catalyst. It was found that replacing the aromatic diisocyanate with a cycloaliphatic one led to the transition of the amorphous polymer into a crystalline one. At the same time, its deformation and strength properties, hardness, and light resistance increased.