Article
  • Effect of the Expandable Polystyrene on Acoustic Property of the Polyurethane Composite Foams
  • Jungha Lee, Hyeon Jun Choi, and Jung Hyeun Kim

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, 163 Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02504, Korea

  • 발포폴리스티렌이 폴리우레탄 폼의 흡음 특성에 미치는 영향
  • 이정하 · 최현준 · 김정현

  • 서울시립대학교 화학공학과

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Abstract

Polyurethane (PU) foams are used as a sound absorbing and cushioning materials in the automotive industry. In this study, expandable polystyrene (EPS) was used as a filler and the effect of EPS in PU foams on the acoustic property was investigated by varying its contents. Even if the content of EPS increased, there was little change in the internal morphology of PU foams, because the EPS could not cause the deformation of the inner wall. However, as the EPS content increased, the low-frequency sound absorption performance increased, because the EPS acted as an obstacle to increase the path of sound waves. Finally, to confirm the effect of EPS, EPS was removed using toluene. After removal, the sound absorption performance showed a lower than that of PU foam with an EPS content of 0 wt%. EPS plays a role in improving the sound absorption performance inside the PU foam.


폴리우레탄(PU) 폼은 차량 산업에서 흡음재와 쿠션재로 사용된다. 본 연구에서는 발포폴리스티렌 입자(expandable polystyrene, EPS)를 충전제로 사용하고, 함량을 변화시켜 폴리스티렌 입자가 폴리우레탄 폼의 흡음 성능에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. EPS 입자의 약한 발포력은 폴리우레탄 폼 내벽의 변형을 야기시키지 않아, EPS 입자의 함량이 증가하더라도 PU 폼의 내부 모폴로지 변화는 거의 없었다. 하지만 폴리우레탄 폼 내부의 EPS 입자가 음파의 이동경로를 증가시키는 장애물로 작용하여, EPS 함량이 증가할수록 폴리우레탄 폼의 저음역대 흡음 성능은 증가하였다. 최종적으로, EPS 입자의 효과를 확인하기 위해 유기용매인 톨루엔을 이용하여 폴리우레탄 폼 내부의 EPS를 제거하였다. EPS 입자가 제거된 폴리우레탄 폼의 흡음 성능은 EPS 함량이 0 wt%인 폴리우레탄 폼 보다 낮은 흡음 성능을 보여 EPS가 폴리우레탄 폼 내부에서 흡음 성능을 향상시키는 역할을 한다고 할 수 있다.


Keywords: polyurethane foam, expandable polystyrene, sound absorption.

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2023 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2022; 46(4): 523-528

    Published online Jul 25, 2022

  • 10.7317/pk.2022.46.4.523
  • Received on Apr 13, 2022
  • Revised on May 19, 2022
  • Accepted on May 19, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Jung Hyeun Kim
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, 163 Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02504, Korea

  • E-mail: jhkimad@uos.ac.kr