TOMSK, May 15 –
RIA Tomsk. Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) together with foreign colleagues developed lightweight and
durable materials based on oil refining industry waste, which won’t become
brittle even in the Arctic frosts, the head of the Department of Technology of
Organic Substances and Polymer Materials TPU Mekhman Yusubov reported RIA Tomsk.
Earlier it was reported that the international center
"Chemistry of the Future" was established in TPU, one of the
directions of its work will be the creation of new materials, in particular,
together with the Belgian Ghent University, with which Tomsk citizens have been
cooperating for several years.
"We developed the material for Russia, for
extreme conditions, and it's frosts. The usual polymers changes their structure
at low temperatures, they seem to "freeze", and it makes them much
more fragile. We proposed materials that would be very light, and at the same
time their structure will not change because of the cold, which means that they
will remain durable", – Yusubov said.
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He specified that polytechnics together with
colleagues from the University of Ghent developed polymers based on
dicyclopentadiene derivatives, which, in turn, derived from waste from the
petrochemical industry, in particular, in the production of monomers in the
production of polyethylene and polypropylene.
"These materials have high durability at low
density. Moreover, they can be modernized in various ways, increasing stability
and durability, and also on the basis of them it is possible to obtain various
composite materials", – the interlocutor of the agency explained.
"These materials at the low density have high
durability. And moreover, they can be modernized in various ways, increasing
stability and durability. And also on their basis it is possible to receive
various composite materials", – the interlocutor of the agency has
explained.
He added that materials can be used for parts of
frameworks of autotractor machinery, underwater vehicles, elements of weather
stations and much more. At present, laboratory samples of polymers are
obtained, however, to scale the technology and bring products to the market,
scientists need an industrial partner. In new materials was interested, in particular, SIBUR.