3 Chapter 3FIGURE 3.1 Urethane structure.FIGURE 3.2 Generally accepted transition state for the uncatalyzed formation...FIGURE 3.3 FTIR spectroscopy of a polyetherpolyol focusing on the OH stretch...FIGURE 3.4 Common catalysts for urethane and urea formation. Trade names are...FIGURE 3.5 Examples of bond polarization mechanisms of catalyst action.FIGURE 3.6 Proposed mechanism of Lewis acid catalysis of urethane formation....FIGURE 3.7 Proposed mechanism of Bismuth carboxylate urethane catalysis. Coo...FIGURE 3.8 Energy‐minimized interaction between water and pentamethylene dip...FIGURE 3.9 Trimerization of isocyanate to isocyanurate.FIGURE 3.10 Proposed mechanism of isocyanurate formation using highly nucleo...FIGURE 3.11 Dynamic mechanical analysis of an aromatic polyurethane showing ...FIGURE 3.12 The reaction of isocyanate and water, forming an amine.FIGURE 3.13 The reaction of amine with an isocyanate to form a urea.FIGURE 3.14 Formation of an allophanate by reaction of a urethane with an is...FIGURE 3.15 Formation of a biuret linkage by reaction of urea with isocyanat...FIGURE 3.16 Dimerization of isocyanate to form the uretdione.FIGURE 3.17 Catalyzed dimerization of isocyanate to form carbodiimide.FIGURE 3.18 Phospholene‐catalyzed formation of carbodiimide.FIGURE 3.19 Proposed trimerization of carbodiimide occurring during high‐tem...FIGURE 3.20 Proposed reaction of carbodiimide to form a six‐member ring duri...FIGURE 3.21 Reaction of carbodiimide and isocyanate to form the industrially...FIGURE 3.22 Reaction of aliphatic isocyanate and carboxylic acid to form the...
4 Chapter 4FIGURE 4.1 Hard and soft polyurethane segments make for a multiblock copolym...FIGURE 4.2 Representations of polyurethane final structures. (a) An idealize...FIGURE 4.3 Scanning electron micrograph of a 20%/80% (w/w) blend of cross‐li...FIGURE 4.4 Tapping‐mode atomic force microscopy of a thermoplastic polyureth...FIGURE 4.5 Polyurethane elastomer of the same composition as the polyurethan...FIGURE 4.6 Illustrative phase diagram of a polyurethane capable of exhibitin...FIGURE 4.7 Illustrative phase diagram for polyurethane phase decomposition t...FIGURE 4.8 Transmission electron microscopy of a cast polyurethane elastomer...FIGURE 4.9 Graphical representations of the Kerner and Davies equations usin...FIGURE 4.10 Graphical representation of the Budiansky equation using a soft‐...FIGURE 4.11 Graphical representation of the Halpin–Tsai equation (Equation 4...FIGURE 4.12 Graphical representation of the modulus predictions based on a p...FIGURE 4.13 Diagram of the categories of phase‐separated polyurethanes that ...FIGURE 4.14 Illustrative stress–strain curve for a polyurethane elastomer ch...FIGURE 4.15 Illustrative stress–strain curves for polyurethane elastomers of...FIGURE 4.16 Illustrative stress–strain curve for a polyurethane elastomer wi...FIGURE 4.17 The equivalent box model for calculating large strain properties...FIGURE 4.18 Graphical representation of Equation 4.17 calculating the maximu...FIGURE 4.19 Graphical representations of Equations 4.18 and 4.24 showing the...FIGURE 4.20 Graphical representation of the Fox equation (Equation 4.25) rel...FIGURE 4.21 Graphical representation of the Gordon–Taylor equation for varyi...FIGURE 4.22 Graphical representation of the Kwei equation, keeping k at or n...
5 Chapter 5FIGURE 5.1 Anhydride derivatization of polyols prior to titration of acid en...FIGURE 5.2 ATR Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of polyethylen...FIGURE 5.3 Integrated OH absorbance versus percentage OH measured. Example c...FIGURE 5.4 Cast polyurethane elastomer: dark areas are hard segment. See Fig...FIGURE 5.5 Illustrative scanning electron micrographs of (a) open cell polyu...FIGURE 5.6 Illustrative TEM images of polyurethanes. (a) Oriented rod‐like h...FIGURE 5.7 Simplified illustration showing sample and signal detection contr...FIGURE 5.8 Potential diagram of attractive and repulsive forces influencing ...FIGURE 5.9 A piece of the foam was embedded in epoxy and then cured. The cur...FIGURE 5.10 ATR‐FTIR spectroscopy of isocyanurate foam. These foams are made...FIGURE 5.11 ATR‐FTIR spectroscopy of flexible foams showing the sensitivity ...FIGURE 5.12 Transmission FTIR spectroscopy of TDI–polyurethane