Abstract
The novel potential epoxy resins, epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) and epoxidized castor oil (ECO), were synthesized and characterized. The cationic polymerization of ESO and ECO with a latent thermal catalyst. N-benzylpyrazinium hexafluoroantimonate (BPH), was initiated at 80 and 50 °C, respectively. The cured ECO samples showed a higher Tg and lower coefficient of thermal expansion than those of ESO, due to the higher intermolecular interaction in the ECO/BPH system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 724-727 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 19 Mar 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Catalysts
- Cationic polymerization
- Crosslinking
- Density
- Thermal properties