Abstract:
The coated bamboo fibres (PUBF) were obtained by using high-reactivity polyurethane (PU) coating agent to coat bamboo fibres (BF), and the mass fraction of isocyanate group (—NCO) in PU coating agent was 14.5wt%. The PUBF/PU casting elastomer composites were prepared by in-stiu polymerization. The BF and PUBF were characterized by FTIR, SEM, XRD and contact angle testing. The results show that the surface of the BF is successfully coated by a thin layer of PU terminated with reactive amino groups (—NH
2), which improves the interface compatibility and interfacial bonding between the BF and the casting PU. When the mass fraction of PUBF in the composite is 3wt%, the viscosity of the prepolymer at 80℃ is only 2.2 Pa·s, which is close to the viscosity of the pure PU. The tensile and tear strengths of the corresponding PUBF/PU composite are 38.0 MPa and 82.9 kN/m, respectively, improved by 51.6% and 25.6% compared with the pure casting PU. The BF pre-coated by high-reactivity PU coating agent is suitable for preparing the PUBF/PU composite.