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A study on formation and stability of epoxy resin inverse concentrated water/oil emulsion
Author(s) -
Wang Jianli,
Du Zhongjie,
Li Congju,
Li Hangquan,
Zhang Chen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.29099
Subject(s) - diglycidyl ether , emulsion , chemical engineering , materials science , epoxy , curing (chemistry) , colloid , aqueous two phase system , rheology , viscosity , aqueous solution , phase (matter) , bisphenol a , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Inverse concentrated emulsions were prepared using aqueous colloidal silica suspension as the hydrophilic dispersed phase and a solution of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol‐A (DGEBA), its curing agent polyamide resin, low molecular weight 650, surfactant nonyl phenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE‐4) in 4‐methyl‐2‐pentanon as the continuous phase, which was expected to be used as the precursors of preparation of porous epoxy resins. The stability, i.e., the resistance to phase separation was studied. The effects of various parameters on the stability of the concentrated emulsions were investigated. The colloidal silica can strengthen the steric repulsion in the system and improve the stability. Viscosity of both phases played a major role in the stability. Precuring of the continuous phase provided an increased initial viscosity and enhanced the stability. Lower volume fraction of the dispersed phase can help to maintain stability of the concentrated emulsions. Properly increasing the curing rate, the concentrated emulsions may acquire a high viscosity in a short time, which retarded the phase separation. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009