ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Polymer films obtained from photocurable formulations were investigated by tensile methods and dynamic mechanical analysis. The polymer formulations contained photoinitiator, urethane diacrylate oligomer, and acrylic reactive diluent. It was found that diluent concentration may strongly affect the glass transition temperature and elastic modulus of the cured coating. When the diluent homopolymer glass transition temperature is larger than that of oligomer homopolymer, the glass transition temperature and elastic modulus of the coating film increase with the increase of the diluent concentration. When the diluent homopolymer has lower glass transition temperature than the homopolymer of the oligomer, the increase in diluent concentration leads to a decrease in glass transition temperature and elastic modulus of the UV-cured coating film. The effect of the testing temperature on tensile storage modulus of the films containing different concentrations of reactive diluents was studied as well. The data indicated that a variety of coatings with wide ranging but predictable properties can be formulated from previously examined starting materials but used at different concentrations. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1995.070571309
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