Synthesis and thermal properties of epoxidized vegetable oil

Soo Jin Park, Fan Long Jin, Jae Rock Lee

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)724-727
Number of pages4
JournalMacromolecular Rapid Communications
Volume25
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Mar 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Catalysts
  • Cationic polymerization
  • Crosslinking
  • Density
  • Thermal properties

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