Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application

Polyurethanes (PUs) are one of the most versatile classes of materials today and their demand as a high thermal insulator material continues to grow. The widespread application of PUs necessitates understanding the chemistry elements that improve the thermal stability and mechanical strength as thes...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Intan Yusniza, Mohamad
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/1/CD8596%20%40%2099.pdf

id	ump-9004
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ump-90042015-10-23T01:24:11Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/ Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application Intan Yusniza, Mohamad TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Polyurethanes (PUs) are one of the most versatile classes of materials today and their demand as a high thermal insulator material continues to grow. The widespread application of PUs necessitates understanding the chemistry elements that improve the thermal stability and mechanical strength as these are crucial prerequisites to obtain the high performance of thermal insulator material for the structures and buildings. The first part of the experiment focuses on the modification of pristine clay with Transition Metal Ions (TMIs), Copper and Ferum using methanol solvent. The objectives of surface modification of pristine clay is due to the incompatibility between hydrophilic clay and hydrophobic polymer. After these modifications, the samples of organoclay are characterized using some sophisticated methods like Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). FTIR and FESEM results illustrated modified nanoclays had smoother surfaces of pristine clay or montmorillonite (MMT) which proved that modification has taken place successfully. The samples then tested by Thermal Gravimetry Analysis (TGA) and Tensile Test to measure their thermal and mechanical properties respectively. Both the thermal stability and mechanical strength showed positive improvements. Thermal stability is hypothesized to have increased significantly, due to the transition metal ions hindering the pristine clay within the polymer matrices from decomposing easily. The stronger interfacial interaction causes to the increasing of stress at break and the weak interfacial forces may lead to some decreasing of stress at break for nanocomposite. Further research will be required to commercialize findings 2014-12 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/1/CD8596%20%40%2099.pdf Intan Yusniza, Mohamad (2014) Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application. Faculty Of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:84844&theme=UMP2
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
building	UMP Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Intan Yusniza, Mohamad Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application
description	Polyurethanes (PUs) are one of the most versatile classes of materials today and their demand as a high thermal insulator material continues to grow. The widespread application of PUs necessitates understanding the chemistry elements that improve the thermal stability and mechanical strength as these are crucial prerequisites to obtain the high performance of thermal insulator material for the structures and buildings. The first part of the experiment focuses on the modification of pristine clay with Transition Metal Ions (TMIs), Copper and Ferum using methanol solvent. The objectives of surface modification of pristine clay is due to the incompatibility between hydrophilic clay and hydrophobic polymer. After these modifications, the samples of organoclay are characterized using some sophisticated methods like Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). FTIR and FESEM results illustrated modified nanoclays had smoother surfaces of pristine clay or montmorillonite (MMT) which proved that modification has taken place successfully. The samples then tested by Thermal Gravimetry Analysis (TGA) and Tensile Test to measure their thermal and mechanical properties respectively. Both the thermal stability and mechanical strength showed positive improvements. Thermal stability is hypothesized to have increased significantly, due to the transition metal ions hindering the pristine clay within the polymer matrices from decomposing easily. The stronger interfacial interaction causes to the increasing of stress at break and the weak interfacial forces may lead to some decreasing of stress at break for nanocomposite. Further research will be required to commercialize findings
format	Undergraduates Project Papers
author	Intan Yusniza, Mohamad
author_facet	Intan Yusniza, Mohamad
author_sort	Intan Yusniza, Mohamad
title	Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application
title_short	Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application
title_full	Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application
title_fullStr	Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application
title_full_unstemmed	Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application
title_sort	development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application
publishDate	2014
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9004/1/CD8596%20%40%2099.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T22:07:06Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T22:07:06Z
_version_	1777414780806496256

Development of high thermal building nano-insulation material using pu nanocomposites for roofing application

Similar Items