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Environmentally Friendly Bio-Based Vinyl Ester Resins for Military Composite Structures

Dec-2008

11 pages

Authors: Michael Starks; John J Scala; Giuseppe R Palmese; Steven E Boyd; Ian McAninch; David Fudge; Dane Morgan; Maureen Foley; Jorge Gomez; John Jr; La; Xing Geng; Ken Patterson; Frank Bruce; Stephen Andersen; Lawrence Coulter; Roger Crane; James M Sands; Gillespie; Alexander Grous; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

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Liquid resins used for molding composite structures a significant source of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. One method of reducing styrene emissions from vinyl ester (VE) resins is to replace some or all of the styrene with fatty acid-based monomers. These fatty acid vinyl ester resins allow for the formulation of high performance composite resins with no more than 25 wt% styrene. As a result, ...

Demonstration of Military Composites With Low Hazardous Air Pollutant Content

JUL 2007

22 pages

Authors: John J. La Scala; Theresa Glodek; Caroline Lochner; Xing Geng; Ashiq Quabili; Ken Patterson; Frank Bruce; Edward Bartling; Charlie Johnson; Philip Myers; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD WEAPONS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH DIRECTORATE

Liquid resins used for molding composite structures are a significant source of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. One method of reducing styrene emissions from vinyl ester (VE) resins is to replace some or all of the styrene with fatty acid-based monomers. Fatty acid monomers are ideal candidates because they are inexpensive, have low volatilities, and promote global sustainability because they are derived from renewable resources. ...