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

✍ Scribed by Hiroaki Miyagawa; Amar K. Mohanty; Rigoberto Burgueño; Lawrence T. Drzal; Manjusri Misra

• Book ID: 105338526
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1009 KB
• Volume: 45
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0887-6266
• DOI: 10.1002/polb.21059

✦ Synopsis

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. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 698–704, 2007