N-Alkyl Pyrrolidones for Plasticizing Polyurethane Elastomers

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Polyurethane (PU) products produced from the reaction of isocyanates and polyols have one of the most extensive consumption of plastics. After the invention in 1937 PU had to wait until the 50’s to spread worldwide and since then their development have been continuous. In PU systems are used varied additives, including plasticizers, which are use by several large companies.In our work a new class of plasticizers, namely N-alkyl-pyrrolidones were used in polyurethane systems. Their trade names are Flexidone® 100, Flexidone® 300 and Flexidone® 500 containing 8, 12 and 18 C-atom long alkyl chain, respectively. These plasticizers showed excellent results in our previous works and the literature has also confirmed their great properties. We supposed that this chemical structure can form a strong interaction with the urethane group.The effect was monitored by hardness and dynamic mechanical (DMA) measurements. Migration and thermally stimulated discharge (TSD) measurments are in progress.

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DOI: 10.1179/174328908x356572

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