Application of Polystyrene Peroxide as a Curative in Coating and Molding Compositions

Subramanian, K and Kishore, K (1997) Application of Polystyrene Peroxide as a Curative in Coating and Molding Compositions. In: European Polymer Journal, 33 (8). pp. 1365-1367.

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Abstract

An attempt has been made to demonstrate the applicability of poly(styrene peroxide) (PSP) as a curative in coating and molding compositions and to compare it with a conventional curative benzoyl peroxide $(Bz_2O_2)$. A typical coating formulation leads to better adhesion on aluminium and glass surfaces with PSP as curative than with $Bz_2O_2$. Similarly, a typical molding formulation, prepolymerized and cured with PSP under compression at 90°C, resulted in a colourless, defect-free molding, having better impact and tensile strengths than when using the conventional curative $Bz_2O_2$, which afforded a brown coloured, brittle product.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	European Polymer Journal
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	23 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:37
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/10707

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