RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 X-ray radioscopy validation of a polyol functionalized with graphene oxide for producing rigid polyurethane foams with improved cellular structures A1 Santiago Calvo, Mercerdes A1 Pérez Tamarit, Saúl A1 Cimavilla Román, Paula A1 Blasco, Victoria A1 Ruiz, Carolina A1 París, Rodrigo A1 Villafañe González, Fernando A1 Rodríguez Pérez, Miguel Ángel K1 Polyurethane foams K1 Espumas de poliuretano K1 Graphene oxide K1 Óxido de grafeno K1 X-ray radioscopy K1 Radioscopia de rayos X AB Fillers can be dispersed in polyurethane (PU) components to produce PU foams with improved properties by different methods. Herein, graphene oxide (GO) is chemically linked to polyol chains in order to suppress fillers agglomeration. Then the foaming behaviour of rigid polyurethane (RPU) foams from polyols functionalized with GO (GO-f) is compared with the one of RPU foams containing GO dispersed in the polyol (GO-d) by high shear mixing. Relative density, cell size, and cell nucleation density of the RPU foam nanocomposites are monitored during the foaming process by using X-ray radioscopy. The results obtained demonstrate that the use of polyol functionalized with GO-f offers a high improvement of the cellular structure and also makes the results more reproducible. PB Elsevier SN 0014-3057 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49212 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49212 LA eng NO European Polymer Journal, 2019, vol. 118. p. 404-411 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 23-abr-2024