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- Title
The effect of impurities in reactive diluents prepared from lignin model compounds on the properties of vinyl ester resins.
- Authors
Bassett, Alexander W.; Rogers, Daniel P.; Sadler, Joshua M.; La Scala, John J.; Wool, Richard P.; Stanzione, Joseph F.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT Vinyl ester resins (VERs) often contain high concentrations of a petroleum-based reactive diluent, such as styrene. Reactive diluents that can be derived from lignin, including phenyl methacrylate (PM), 2-methoxyphenyl methacrylate (MG), and 4-propyl-2-methoxyphenyl methacrylate (M4PG), were synthesized and investigated as potential styrene replacements. A commercial VER was blended with each lignin-derived reactive diluent, and styrene, in 7:3 and 1:1 weight ratios and cured to ≥ 94%, based on near-IR spectral analysis. The substituents on the aromatic ring of the lignin-derived reactive diluent are shown to have small effects on viscosity, thermogravimetric, and thermomechanical properties of the cured resins, where, in general, the smaller the reactive diluent, the greater the glass-transition temperature ( Tg) and the lower the viscosity. Increasing purity of the reactive diluents through chromatographic separations substantially increases the Tg and degradation temperatures of the resins. The results suggest that PM, MG, and M4PG are effective bio-based reactive diluent replacements for styrene. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 133, 43817.
- Subjects
VINYL ester resins; INDUSTRIAL contamination; STYRENE; SEPARATION (Technology); PETROLEUM
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2016, Vol 133, Issue 45, pn/a
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.43817