The plasticization of a polyurethane by carbon dioxide at high pneumatic stresses

This paper describes a study of the interaction of high pressure subcritical and supercritical carbon dioxide with a polyurethane elastomer. A novel optical high pressure cell was employed to examine the gas-polymer interactions at a molecular level, using Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, a...

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Published in:Polymer (Guilford) 1995, Vol.36 (16), p.3099-3102
Main Authors: Briscoe, B.J., Kelly, C.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
modulus
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
polyurethane, plasticization
Properties and characterization
Rheology and viscoelasticity
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Summary:This paper describes a study of the interaction of high pressure subcritical and supercritical carbon dioxide with a polyurethane elastomer. A novel optical high pressure cell was employed to examine the gas-polymer interactions at a molecular level, using Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, at 42°C and at a range of ambient pressures. Infra-red spectroscopic measurements, at atmospheric pressure, of the effect of temperature on the same polymer and a measure of the effect of temperature on the modulus on the polymer, again at atmospheric pressure, are used to estimate the effect of the absorbed gas on the modulus of the polymer.
ISSN:0032-3861
1873-2291
DOI:10.1016/0032-3861(95)97871-C