Volume 28, Issue 9 pp. 2847-2866
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Determination of cohesive energy densities of unsaturated polyester resins from swelling measurements

Seiichi Takahashi

Seiichi Takahashi

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Inc., 35-58 3-Chome Sakashita Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

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First published: September 1983
Citations: 34

Abstract

The cohesive energy densities (ced) of five unsaturated polyester resins with varying degree of crosslinks were determined by swelling measurements in 17 single solvents and 11 binary solvents of the acetone–benzene system. The solubility parameters (δP) of these resins were calculated by six methods. It is concluded that the values of δp for the unsaturated polyester resins decrease with increasing degree of crosslinks. Since the unsaturated polyester resin consists of polar and nonpolar parts in molecular structure, the choice of solvents is very important in order to obtain the maximum degree of swelling when δp is estimated by swelling measurements.

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