Studies on the properties of polyesters and polyester blends of selected vegetable oils

✍ Scribed by I. O. Igwe; O. Ogbobe

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 90 KB
• Volume: 75
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(20000321)75:12<1441::aid-app1>3.0.co;2-p

✦ Synopsis

Melon-seed and rubber-seed oils have been used in the synthesis of polyester resins. Results reveal that rubber-seed oil can completely be substituted for linseed and soyabean oils in the synthesis of both long and medium-oil-length polyester resins. Melon-seed oil was found to be a substitute for 50% of linseed oil and 50% of soyabean oil in the synthesis of long-oil-length polyester resins. It also substituted for 15% of linseed oil and 50% of soyabean oil in the synthesis of medium-oil-length polyester resins.