Facile fabrication of hydrophobic octadecylamine-functionalized polyurethane foam for oil spill cleanup |
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| Authors: | Hai-Dong Liu Bin Gu Fei Jia Ya Li Qin Ying Alamus |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Testing Technology for Manufacturing Process, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, Chinaliuhaidong@swust.edu.cn;3. Key Laboratory of Testing Technology for Manufacturing Process, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, China |
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| Abstract: | To improve the hydrophobic property of polyurethane foam for oil spill cleanup, the polyurethane foam with nitrile groups is modified by grafting with oleophilic octadecylamine. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical contact angle measuring device are used to characterize the modified polyurethane foam. The results show that the octadecylamine has been successfully grafted onto the polyurethane foam and improved the foam hydrophobicity. The modified foam exhibits higher contact angle (146.3 ± 2.8°) compared to the unmodified foam (121.4 ± 3.2°). Moreover, the water sorption of the modified foam is 0.11g/g, which is much lower than that of the unmodified foam (0.84g/g). On the other hand, the sorption capacity of the modified foam for toluene, gasoline and diesel sorption is increased by 20?40%. Therefore, the polyurethane foam prepared by us can be effectively used in oil/solvent spill cleanup. |
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| Keywords: | Oil sorbent hydrophobicity chemical grafting polyurethane foam |
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