{"id":1359,"date":"2015-01-23T13:19:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T13:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2015-01-23T13:19:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T13:19:40","slug":"castor-oil-polyurethane-biopolymer-an-emerging-application-of-castor-oil-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2015\/01\/castor-oil-polyurethane-biopolymer-an-emerging-application-of-castor-oil-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Castor Oil Polyurethane Biopolymer \u2013 An Emerging Application of Castor Oil &#8211; Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biopolymers are an emerging application of castor oil and its derivatives. These biopolymers include castor based polyamides and castor based polyurethanes. (See also <a href=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2015\/01\/castor-oil-polyamide-biopolymer-an-emerging-application-of-castor-oil-part-ii\/\">Castor Oil Biopolymers &#8211; Part II<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Castor Oil Polyurethane <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Castor oil is increasingly finding application in the manufacture of polyurethane foams. The polyurethane is produced from polyols based on castor oil.<\/p>\n<p>The world polyurethane market size is over $50 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features of Castor Oil Based Polyurethane:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Castor oil polyurethane is<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Superior to PPG (Polypropylene Glycol) or polyester in water and hydrolysis resistance<\/li>\n<li>Superior to PPG or polyester in insulation<\/li>\n<li>Lower viscosity than polybutadiene or polyester<\/li>\n<li>A challenging issue of polyurethane flooring is heat and humidity. The urethane produced from castor oil is stable under high heat and humidity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biopolymers are an emerging application of castor oil and its derivatives. These biopolymers include castor based polyamides and castor based polyurethanes. (See also Castor Oil Biopolymers &#8211; Part II) Castor Oil Polyurethane Castor oil is increasingly finding application in the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2015\/01\/castor-oil-polyurethane-biopolymer-an-emerging-application-of-castor-oil-part-i\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,55],"tags":[156],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-castor-oil-derivatives","category-castor-plastics","tag-castor-biopolymer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}