Polymer Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Kinetic studies of polyurethane polymerization with Raman spectroscopy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2003

Abstract

In this study, the polymerization kinetics of an uncatalyzed polyester based thermoplastic polyurethane formulation was characterized with Raman spectroscopy. Measuring the normalized scattering intensity of a band originating from the TPU diisocyanate, conversion was calculated as a function of time. Kinetic parameters obtained from these experiments correlated well with those obtained from analogous calorimetric experiments and with literature values. It was concluded that Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool for characterizing the polymerization kinetics of polyurethanes in situ.

Publication Title

Polymer

Volume

44

Issue

18

First Page

5137

Last Page

5144

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