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Biodegradable polyurethane foams

VOJTOVÁ, L. JANČÁŘ, J. BABÁK, L. MÁROVÁ, I. DAVID, J. VÁVROVÁ, M.

Original Title

Biodegradable polyurethane foams

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Flexible biodegradable polyurethane foams (BIO-PUR) were prepared by one-shot process using commercially available coreactants and modified by substituting biodegradable additive based on the acetylated starch (AS), acetylcellulose (AC), 2 hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) and carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt (CMC) for 5 or 10 wt% of commercial polyether polyol. The BIO-PUR foams were characterized by FTIR, TGA and polarization microscopy. Resulting BIO-PUR foams were undergone microbial degradation using the mixed culture of Thermophillus sp. and yeast strain Aureobasidium pullulans. Ecotoxicity of BIO-PUR foams freshwater extracts was evaluated using alternative crustacean toxicity test Thamnotoxkit FTM.

Keywords

Polyurethane foams; Ecotoxicity; Toxkits, Crustacean

Authors

VOJTOVÁ, L.; JANČÁŘ, J.; BABÁK, L.; MÁROVÁ, I.; DAVID, J.; VÁVROVÁ, M.

RIV year

2006

Released

17. 9. 2006

Publisher

Ústav makromolekulární chemie AVČR

Location

Třešť

ISBN

80-85009-54-4

Book

Polymery 2006

Edition

1

Edition number

1

Pages from

KS14

Pages count

3