Article
  • Post-curing of Room Temperature-cured Unsaturated Polyester Resin by Electron Beam Irradiation
  • Sang-won Park*, Byoung-Min Lee*, Da-Sol Kwon**, and Jae-Hak Choi*,**,†

  • *Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
    **Department of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea

  • 전자빔 조사에 의한 불포화 폴리에스터 수지 상온 경화물의 후경화
  • 박상원* · 이병민* · 권다솔** · 최재학*,**,†

  • *충남대학교 고분자공학과, **충남대학교 에너지과학기술학과

Abstract

Unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) is generally cured by room temperature curing method using oxidationreduction reaction between curing agents and accelerators. However, it is difficult to realize the maximum physical properties within a short time only by room temperature curing process. Therefore, post-curing process should be carried out to improve physical properties. In this study, post-curing of room temperature-cured UPR was carried out by electron beam irradiation and the physical properties of the post-cured samples were compared with those of thermally post-cured samples. As a result, the physical properties of room temperature-cured UPR were increased with an increasing electron beam absorbed dose and were comparable to those of thermally post-cured UPR samples. Thus, electron beam curing method can be applied to the mass production of UPR-based products instead of conventional thermal curing method.


불포화 폴리에스터 수지(unsaturated polyester resin, UPR)는 일반적으로 경화제 및 경화 촉진제의 산화-환원 반응을 이용한 상온 경화법이 사용되고 있으나, 상온 경화만으로는 최대 물성값을 단시간 내 구현하는 것이 어려워 적절한 후경화를 필요로 한다. 본 연구에서는 전자빔 조사를 이용한 UPR 상온 경화물의 후경화를 진행하였으며, 열에 의하여 후경화된 샘플과 물성을 비교하였다. 실험 결과, 전자빔 흡수선량이 증가함에 따라 UPR 상온 경화물의 물성이 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었으며, 기존 열경화 방법과 동일한 수준의 물성을 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 전자빔 경화 방법은 기존 열경화 방법을 대체하여 UPR 제품의 대량 생산에 적용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.


Keywords: electron beam irradiation, unsaturated polyester resin, post-curing, mechanical property

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2023 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2018; 42(5): 784-787

    Published online Sep 25, 2018

  • 10.7317/pk.2018.42.5.784
  • Received on Feb 26, 2018
  • Revised on Mar 26, 2018
  • Accepted on Apr 6, 2018

Correspondence to

  • Jae-Hak Choi
  • *Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
    **Department of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea

  • E-mail: jaehakchoi@cnu.ac.kr