Water resistance of metalliferous epoxy chelate polymers
Abstract
Epoxy chelate polymers have been produced by hardening of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) with chelates of metals and aliphatic amines, such as ethylene diamine (en), diethylene triamine (dien), triethylene tetramine (trien), and cyanoethylated diethylene triamine (cydien). The influence of structure and quantity of the hardeners on water resistance of the metal-containing polymers has been studied. Water sorption was found to be increased depending on the ligands and independently of temperature in the following series:
