Synthesis and characterization of chlorinated soy oil based epoxy resin/glass fiber composites

Abstract

Composites with good toughness properties were prepared from chemically modified soy epoxy resin and glass fiber without additional petroleum based toughening agent. Chlorinated soy epoxy (CSE) resin was prepared from soybean oil. The CSE was characterised by spectral, and titration method. The prepared CSE was blended with commercial epoxy resin in different ratios and cured at 858C for 3 h, and post cured at 2258C for 2 h using m-phenylene diamine (MPDA) as curing agent. The cure temperatures of epoxy/CSE/ MPDA with different compositions were found to be in the range of (151.2-187.58C). The composite laminates were fabricated using epoxy /CSE/MPDA-glass fiber at different compositions. The mechanical properties such as tensile strength (248-299 MPa), tensile modulus (2.4-3.4 GPa), flexural strength (346-379 MPa), flexural modulus (6.3-7.8 GPa) and impact strength (29.7-34.2) were determined. The impact strength increased with the increase in the CSE content. The interlaminor fracture toughness (G IC ) values also increased from 0.6953 KJ/m 2 for neat epoxy resin to 0.9514 KJ/m 2 for 15%CSE epoxy-modified system. Thermogravimetric studies reveal that the thermal stability of the neat epoxy resin was decreased by incorporation of CSE.

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