Title: The effect of reactive monomers and functional polymers on the mechanical properties of an unsaturated polyester resin
Abstract: Abstract A general‐purpose unsaturated polyester resin with 2:1 mol ratio of styrene to polyester unsaturation was modified with three vinyl monomers and two hydroxyl terminated polybutadienes. Tensile, flexural, and puncture impact properties were examined. The three acrylate monomers were tetraethylene glycol dimethylacrylate, 1,3 butylene glycol dimethacrylate, and trimethylpropane trimethylacrylate with weight percents of 2.5, 5, 15, and 30. Two hydroxyl terminated polybutadienes with slightly different contents of hydroxyl functionality were also employed in the weight percents of 2.5, 5.0, and 10.0. Results showed that an increase in the number of crosslinks and crosslink density resulted in a deterioration in the mechanical properties. The addition of an immiscible polybutadiene polymer to the polyester resin also showed a decrease in the mechanical performance of the resulting thermoset materials.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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