Sl. Huang et Jy. Lai, ON THE GAS-PERMEABILITY OF HYDROXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENE BASED POLYURETHANE MEMBRANES, Journal of membrane science, 105(1-2), 1995, pp. 137-145
A series of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) based polyurethan
es (PU) were synthesized by solution polymerization with different kin
ds of polyols and diisocyanates, hard segment contents, NCO/OH value,
polymerization methods and annealing time. The segregation between har
d and soft segments was manifested by incompatibility between hard and
soft segment, steric hindrance of urethane groups and the extent of i
nterchain hydrogen bonding. Hydrogen bonding index (HBI) measured by F
TIR was employed to show the extent of interchain hydrogen bonding, wh
ich affects the segregation and hence gas permeability of the prepared
membranes. Membranes with high HBI were seen to have low segregation
and hence low gas permeability. Membranes with mixed diisocyanates of
polar 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and nonpolar isophorone
diisocyanate (IPDI), lower hard segment content and NCO/OH value, and
one-stage polymerization methods exhibit higher gas permeability.