Investigation on the sound absorption performance of polypropylene/polyethylene glycol ultrafine fibers by melt differential electrospinning process

Zhang, Liyan; Hou, Qinzheng; Li, Haoyi; Xu, Hui; Li, Xibiao; Liu, Yuliang; Yang, Weimin

doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.109056

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“…In addition, foam material has great potential in the fields of thermal insulation and acoustics because of its porous physical characteristics. [2][3][4] In recent years, the rapid development of the economy and the increase in human activities have led to global warming and noise pollution. On one hand, faced with the depletion of natural energy resources and the increase of greenhouse gases, the policies and strategies of most countries in the world are aimed at reducing energy consumption.…”

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Enhancing the Sound and Thermal Insulation Properties of Polypropylene Foam by Preparing High Melt Strength Polypropylene

Liu

Shen

You

et al. 2023

Macromol. Rapid Commun.

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High‐performance polypropylene (PP) foam is a vital polymer product in industrial areas. However, the poor melt strength of ordinary PP homopolymer limits its foaming molding. In this work, high melt strength polypropylene (HMSPP) was prepared by using styrene (St) and tripropylene glycol diacrylate (TPGDA) as comonomers, and then PP foams were prepared by mold foaming method. The results showed that adding St in the grafting process of TPGDA will obviously improve the melt strength of the PP matrix, and its melt strength (28184 Pa.s) is 7.4 times higher than that of pure PP. HMSPP foam has more regular and uniform cells and higher cell density, which significantly improves the sound and thermal insulation properties of PP foam. Compared with pure PP foam, the average sound transmission loss (52.9 dB) of HMSPP foam with a low foaming ratio increased by 64%, and the thermal conductivity (0.0867 W/mK) decreased by 46%. Therefore, the obtained HMSPP foam can be used in sound insulation or thermal insulation area. This work provides an available route for the high‐performance utilization of PP foam.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

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