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On the UV Curability and Mechanical Properties of Novel Binder Systems Derived from Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) Waste for Solventless Magnetic Tape Manufacturing, 2. Methacrylated Oligoesters
Author(s) -
Farahat Medhat S.,
Nikles David E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/1439-2054(20020501)287:5<353::aid-mame353>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - materials science , polyester , ultimate tensile strength , depolymerization , monomer , methacrylate , polymerization , polymer chemistry , prepolymer , ethylene , condensation polymer , ethylene glycol , composite material , chemical engineering , polymer , organic chemistry , polyurethane , chemistry , catalysis , engineering
Recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) PET waste by chemical methods is a well‐known process that generates value‐added products. Depolymerization products of PET recycling were commonly applied as starting materials for the synthesis of polyurethanes, saturated and unsaturated polyester resins. In this current work we are reporting on a novel application of the depolymerized products obtained by glycolysis of PET by converting the hydroxyl functional groups to methacrylate groups. The obtained methacrylated oligoesters were tested for UV curability by UV irradiation, in the presence of 2‐benzyl‐2‐dimethylamino‐1‐(4‐morpholinophenyl)‐1‐butanone (BDMB) as a photo initiator. This gave cured films of high mechanical properties when these methacrylated oligoesters were either cured alone or as mixtures with other commercially available diacrylate/dimethacrylate monomers. The measured tensile properties were in the range of 7.21–43 MPa for maximum tensile strength and 0.90–3.0 GPa for Young's modulus.