Correlation Study between chemical structure of monomers and physical properties before, during and after cure.

Robert C W Zwanenburg, Craynor - RadTech Europe Conference 1989

A range of 23 different monomers, ranging from monofunctional up to penta/hexafunctional, were studied in model formulations based on a bisphenol A epoxy acrylate oligomer. Three different model formulations have been used:

one with constant composition, one with a constant acrylic double bond concentration and one with constant viscosity. From those formulations, viscosity, tensile, elongation at break, konig hardness, pencil hardness, mandrel and cure speed were measured. This data has been used to establish the correlation between the chemical structure of the used monomer, and the physical properties of the formulation it is used in.