Epoxy Based Vinyl Ester Resins: Synthesis and Characterization
Epoxy based vinyl ester resins were synthesized by reacting with methyl acrylate (MA) ethyl acrylate (EA) The estrification reaction of epoxy resin was carried out using triethylamine (1 percent of total weight of epoxy resin) as a catalyst and 0.03% of hydroquinone as an inhibitor at 90C 100C. The synthesized resins are structurally characterized by FT IR and HNMR spectroscopic methods and their resultants show good solubility in polar solvent. Keyword: Epoxy resin, Methyl acrylate, Ethyl acrylate, NMR, FT IR Method