CN117964836A - Expandable microsphere and preparation method and application thereof - Google Patents

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CN117964836A
CN117964836A CN202311539067.8A CN202311539067A CN117964836A CN 117964836 A CN117964836 A CN 117964836A CN 202311539067 A CN202311539067 A CN 202311539067A CN 117964836 A CN117964836 A CN 117964836A
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吴锦荣
滕乾程
杜美青
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The invention provides an expandable microsphere, a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the field of foaming materials. The expandable microspheres are products obtained by mixing an oil phase and a water phase and then carrying out suspension polymerization, wherein the oil phase comprises a monomer, a foaming agent, a cross-linking agent and an initiator, and the water phase comprises a suspending agent, a suspending aid, an electrolyte and water; the monomer consists of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N, N-dimethylacrylamide, wherein the mass ratio of the acrylonitrile to the methacrylonitrile to the hydroxyethyl methacrylate to the N, N-dimethylacrylamide is (50-85): (15-35): (10-30): (10-25). The expandable microsphere foam stabilizer Wen Chenggao provided by the invention has a foaming multiplying power of up to 30 at 60 ℃ and has a wide application prospect in the preparation of a foaming agent with light weight and wide application temperature range.

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Expandable microsphere and preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of foaming materials, and particularly relates to an expandable microsphere, a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
The thermal expansion microsphere is a capsule type micron particle which takes low boiling alkane as a core material and a polymer material as a shell wall. After heating, the foaming agent is gasified first, so that the pressure in the microsphere is increased, the temperature is continuously increased to the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer shell wall, the shell wall is softened, and the microsphere begins to expand under the action of the difference between the internal pressure and the external pressure until the internal pressure and the external pressure reach the balance, and the microsphere reaches the maximum foaming state. When the external temperature falls below the Tg of the shell polymer, the segment movement of the shell polymer is frozen, and therefore the microspheres remain in their expanded state even at normal temperature. The thermal expansion microsphere has the characteristic of obvious volume change before and after expansion, so that the thermal expansion microsphere has important application value in the aspects of material weight reduction, patterning, three-dimensional and the like.
In terms of application research, researchers have performed a great deal of work. For example, ahmad et al incorporate thermoplastic thermally-expandable microspheres into vinyl plastic substrates to increase the elasticity of the material, which is of value in many applications such as automotive underbody coatings, gaskets, sports goods, and the like. Whinnery et al, starting from commercially available Expancel thermally expandable microspheres, produced a number of large rigid foams of varying densities and mechanical properties by simple heating in a specific mold, which provided a new method for the preparation of large foams. Wu Minghua et al blend the thermally expansive microspheres into the printing paste and use it to print the fabric, thereby increasing the three-dimensional effect and improving the quality of the product on the basis of maintaining the original effect of the pattern.
The application field and market value of the thermal expansion microsphere are closely related to the foaming performance, the dispersibility in matrix polymer and other attributes. The foaming performance mainly comprises the foaming temperature, the foaming multiplying power and the like of the microsphere. The microsphere foaming temperature determines the processing temperature of the corresponding material with the microsphere as an additive, and the foaming ratio determines the lowest density of the lightweight material. Foam stabilizer Wen Chengshi refers to the difference between the initial temperature of expansion (T start) and the temperature at which maximum expansion is achieved (T max) of the thermally expanded microspheres, and represents the temperature range in which the thermally expanded microspheres can foam without breaking the foam. The higher foaming ratio and wider foam stabilizing temperature range are pursued by the academia, and the development of the thermal expansion microsphere with higher foaming ratio and wider foam stabilizing Wen Chengde has important significance.
Liu Jinlin and the like, low-boiling alkane is used as a foaming agent, acrylonitrile is used as a main monomer, methyl methacrylate, N-dimethylacrylamide and methacrylic acid are used as comonomers, a high molecular compound containing divinyl is used as a crosslinking agent, magnesium hydroxide is used as a dispersing agent, and a suspension polymerization method is adopted to prepare the heat-resistant high-temperature thermal expansion microsphere with the foaming temperature higher than 180 ℃, the diameter foaming multiplying power of 4-5 times (the volume foaming multiplying power of 20 times) and the high-temperature foam stabilizing time of approximately 30 minutes. However, the foam stabilizing temperature range of the heat-resistant high-temperature thermal expansion microsphere is narrower (only 45 ℃), and the foaming ratio is still to be further improved.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an expandable microsphere with stable foam Wen Chengkuan and high foaming multiplying power, and a preparation method and application thereof.
The invention provides an expandable microsphere, which is a product obtained by mixing an oil phase and a water phase and then carrying out suspension polymerization, wherein the oil phase comprises a monomer, a foaming agent, a crosslinking agent and an initiator, and the water phase comprises a suspending agent, a suspending aid, an electrolyte and water; the monomer consists of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N, N-dimethylacrylamide, wherein the mass ratio of the acrylonitrile to the methacrylonitrile to the hydroxyethyl methacrylate to the N, N-dimethylacrylamide is (50-85): (15-35): (10-30): (10-25).
Further, the mass ratio of the acrylonitrile, the methacrylonitrile, the hydroxyethyl methacrylate and the N, N-dimethylacrylamide is (54-81): (20-30): (13-24): (12-22);
The mass ratio of the monomer, the foaming agent, the cross-linking agent, the initiator, the suspending agent, the suspending aid, the electrolyte and the water is (110-140): (10-40): (0.03-0.05): (2-3): (50-52): (0.5-0.7): (65-75): (450-550).
Further, the mass ratio of the acrylonitrile, the methacrylonitrile, the hydroxyethyl methacrylate and the N, N-dimethylacrylamide is 54:30:24:12;
the mass ratio of the monomer, the foaming agent, the cross-linking agent, the initiator, the suspending agent, the suspending aid, the electrolyte and the water is 120:30:0.0407:2.45:50.86: (0.59-0.6): 70:500.
Further, the foaming agent is isopentane, the crosslinking agent is 1, 6-hexanediol dimethacrylate, the initiator is azobisisobutyronitrile, and the electrolyte is sodium chloride.
Further, the suspending agent is one or a mixture of two of magnesium chloride hexahydrate and sodium hydroxide.
Further, the suspending agent is a mixture of magnesium chloride hexahydrate and sodium hydroxide, wherein the mass ratio of the magnesium chloride hexahydrate to the sodium hydroxide is 3:1.
Further, the suspending aid is one or a mixture of two of polyvinylpyrrolidone and sodium dodecyl sulfate.
Further, the suspending aid is a mixture of polyvinylpyrrolidone and sodium dodecyl sulfate, wherein the mass ratio of polyvinylpyrrolidone to sodium dodecyl sulfate is (3.2-5.6): 1.
Further, the mass ratio of polyvinylpyrrolidone to sodium dodecyl sulfate is (5-5.6): 1.
The invention also provides a method for preparing the expandable microsphere, which comprises the following steps: mixing the oil phase and the water phase, emulsifying to obtain suspension, performing high-pressure reaction, acidifying, filtering, washing, and drying to obtain the expandable microsphere.
The invention also provides the use of the expandable microspheres as a blowing agent.
Experimental results show that the expandable microsphere foam stabilizer Wen Chengkuan provided by the invention has high foaming multiplying power, wherein the expandable microsphere foam stabilizer Wen Chenggao obtained in the embodiment 5 reaches 60 ℃ and the (volume) foaming multiplying power is as high as 30. The expandable microsphere has wide application prospect in preparing the foaming agent with light weight and wide application temperature range.
It should be apparent that, in light of the foregoing, various modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
The above-described aspects of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to specific embodiments in the form of examples. It should not be understood that the scope of the above subject matter of the present invention is limited to the following examples only. All techniques implemented based on the above description of the invention are within the scope of the invention.
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Unless otherwise indicated, the materials and equipment used in the present invention are known products and are obtained by purchasing commercially available products.
Examples 1-6, preparation of Expandable microspheres
The formulation of the expandable microspheres is shown in table 1.
TABLE 1 formulation of expandable microspheres (Unit: g)
The preparation method of the expandable microspheres comprises the following steps:
(1) Oil phase configuration: sequentially adding monomers (acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N, N-dimethylacrylamide), a cross-linking agent, an initiator and a foaming agent, and stirring for 30min under ice bath condition to obtain an oil phase.
(2) Aqueous phase configuration: deionized water, sodium chloride, suspending agent (magnesium chloride hexahydrate and sodium hydroxide), suspending aid (polyvinylpyrrolidone (K30) and sodium dodecyl sulfate) were mixed, and stirred in ice bath for 30min to obtain water phase.
(3) Emulsification: mixing the oil phase and the water phase, and emulsifying for 5min by a homogenizer to obtain a suspension.
(4) High pressure reaction: the suspension is added into a high-pressure reaction kettle, the reaction temperature is 55-65 ℃, the time is 24 hours, and the pressure is 0.48MPa.
(5) Post-treatment: and (3) adding hydrochloric acid into the wet material after the reaction to acidify to pH 3, filtering, washing and drying to obtain the thermally expandable microspheres.
The following experiments prove the beneficial effects of the expandable microspheres of the invention.
Experimental example 1 Performance test of the expandable microspheres of the present invention
1. Experimental method
Characterization method of initial temperature of expansion (T start), temperature at which maximum expansion is reached (T max), and bubble stability temperature course: a polarizing microscope (model: DM4P, manufacturer: leika, germany) with a heat stage was used, the heat stage heating rate was 10 ℃/min, the temperature range was room temperature-250 ℃, the objective magnification was 10 times, and the first pellet expansion temperature (T start) and the expansion temperature at the time of maximum (T max) were recorded. Bubble temperature range = T max-Tstart.
The (volume) foaming ratio characterization method comprises the following steps: 1ml of the sample was weighed into a 50ml graduated cylinder, placed into an oven for foaming, and the foaming was recorded to the maximum scale V of the graduated cylinder, foaming ratio = V/1ml.
2. Experimental results
TABLE 2 Performance test results of the expandable microspheres of the invention
As can be seen from Table 2, the temperature range of the expandable microspheres provided in examples 1-6 of the present invention is 41-60 ℃, wherein the temperature range of the expandable microspheres obtained in example 5 is Wen Chenggao to 60 ℃; the expansion ratio of the expandable microspheres (volume) provided in the examples 1-6 is 22-30, wherein the expansion ratio of the expandable microspheres (volume) obtained in the example 5 is as high as 30.
In summary, the invention provides the expandable microsphere with stable foam Wen Chengkuan and high expansion ratio, which has wide application prospect in preparing the foaming agent with light weight and wide application temperature range.

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1. The expandable microsphere is characterized in that the expandable microsphere is a product obtained by suspension polymerization after mixing an oil phase and an aqueous phase, wherein the oil phase comprises a monomer, a foaming agent, a crosslinking agent and an initiator, and the aqueous phase comprises a suspending agent, a suspending aid, an electrolyte and water; the monomer consists of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N, N-dimethylacrylamide, wherein the mass ratio of the acrylonitrile to the methacrylonitrile to the hydroxyethyl methacrylate to the N, N-dimethylacrylamide is (50-85): (15-35): (10-30): (10-25).
2. The expandable microspheres according to claim 1, wherein the mass ratio of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N, N-dimethylacrylamide is (54-81): (20-30): (13-24): (12-22);
The mass ratio of the monomer, the foaming agent, the cross-linking agent, the initiator, the suspending agent, the suspending aid, the electrolyte and the water is (110-140): (10-40): (0.03-0.05): (2-3): (50-52): (0.5-0.7): (65-75): (450-550).
3. The expandable microspheres of claim 2, wherein the mass ratio of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and N, N-dimethylacrylamide is 54:30:24:12;
the mass ratio of the monomer, the foaming agent, the cross-linking agent, the initiator, the suspending agent, the suspending aid, the electrolyte and the water is 120:30:0.0407:2.45:50.86: (0.59-0.6): 70:500.
4. An expandable microsphere according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the blowing agent is isopentane, the cross-linking agent is 1, 6-hexanediol dimethacrylate, the initiator is azobisisobutyronitrile, and the electrolyte is sodium chloride.
5. An expandable microsphere according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the suspending agent is one or a mixture of two of magnesium chloride hexahydrate and sodium hydroxide.
6. The expandable microspheres of claim 5, wherein the suspending agent is a mixture of magnesium chloride hexahydrate and sodium hydroxide, wherein the mass ratio of magnesium chloride hexahydrate to sodium hydroxide is 3:1.
7. An expandable microsphere according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the suspending aid is one or a mixture of two of polyvinylpyrrolidone, sodium dodecyl sulfate.
8. The expandable microspheres of claim 7, wherein the suspending aid is a mixture of polyvinylpyrrolidone and sodium lauryl sulfate, wherein the mass ratio of polyvinylpyrrolidone to sodium lauryl sulfate is (3.2-5.6): 1.
9. A method of making the expandable microspheres of any one of claims 1-8, the method comprising the steps of: mixing the oil phase and the water phase, emulsifying to obtain suspension, performing high-pressure reaction, acidifying, filtering, washing, and drying to obtain the expandable microsphere.
10. Use of expandable microspheres according to any one of claims 1-8 as a blowing agent.
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