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Novel biobased resins from blends of functionalized soybean oil and unsaturated polyester resin

  • Michigan State University
  • Nitto Denko Corporation

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Abstract

Biobased unsaturated polyester (UPE) materials containing epoxidized methyl soyate (EMS) were processed with cobalt naphthenate as a promoter and 2-butanone peroxide as an initiator. A certain amount of the UPE resin was replaced by EMS. The combination of the UPE and EMS resulted in an excellent combination for a new biobased thermoset material with a relatively high elastic modulus and a constant glass transition temperature with up to 25 wt % replacement with EMS. The Izod impact strength was almost constant while the amount of EMS was changed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)698-704
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics
Volume45
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 15 2007

Keywords

  • Biopolymers
  • Crosslinking
  • Dynamic mechanical analysis
  • Phase separation
  • Unsaturated polyesters

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