• 文献标题:   Ultra-light, heat-resistant, flexible and thermal insulation graphene-fluororubber foam prepared by using N-2 as a blowing agent
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG ZX, WANG YM, MA LY, ZHANG X, LIN L, PHULE AD
  • 作者关键词:   fluororubber gel, scf n2, ultralight foam, thermal insulation application
  • 出版物名称:   COLLOIDS SURFACES APHYSICOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING ASPECTS
  • ISSN:   0927-7757 EI 1873-4359
  • 通讯作者地址:   Qingdao Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125310
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Developing light-weight fluororubber foam is a challenging task mainly because of its high density and the easy shrinkage of foam. A promising approach to overcome this challenge is the use of supercritical fluid (SCF) foaming method. Herein, an ultra-light, heat-resistant, and adiabatic fluororubber foam was developed through preparing fluororubber gel, followed by using eco-friendly supercritical nitrogen (SC N-2) as blowing agent and the properties of prepared foam with different graphene content (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 phr) were investigated. The developed fluororubber foam has the closed-cell structure as the general rubber foam and ultra-light property (i.e. density of 9 mg/cm(3)). Good flexibility and compressibility, as well as excellent heat resistance (foam can withstand at high temperature above 200 degrees C for which there is no obvious change in fluororubber foam) and thermal insulation (thermal conductivity in the range 0.020 - 0.032 W/mK) meet well the desirable properties for thermal insulation application, which supports fluororubber foams to be a promising material.