• Fibers and Polymers
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.195-198
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• 2003

Epoxidized polybutadiene (EPB) was prepared by polybutadiene (PB) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA) in homogeneous solution. EPB was blended with poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) up to 30 wt% by solution-precipitation procedure. The thermal decomposition of PHB/EPB blends was studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The thermograms of PHB/EPB blends contained a two-step degradation process, while that of pure PHB sample exhibited only one-step degradation process. This degradation behavior of PHB/EPB blends, which have a higher thermal stability as measured by maximum decomposition temperature and residual weight, is probably due to crosslinking reactions of the epoxide groups in the EPB component with the carboxyl chain ends of PHB fragments during the degradation process, and the occurrence of such reactions can be assigned to the exothermic peaks in their DTA thermograms.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.140-147
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• 1983

The purpose of this dissertation is to increase oxidation resistance for Polybutadiene & Polyisoprene, and to investigate the energetics of inhibited oxidation of Polybutadiene & Polyisoprene stabilized with various types of antioxidants using DSC. The results of the study are as fellows: 1. In the DSC SCREEN for the onset temperature of oxidation, Polybutadiene was faster than Polyisoprene for the samples containing no antioxidant in air. 2. In the DSC evaluation for Polybutadiene, Recipe BG-4 with 2.0phr compounds of antioxidant was the best effective, and Recipe BS-4 with 2.0phr compounds of antioxidant was the worst effective, and the degrees of effect of antioxidant were exhibited in the ranking of G-1, D, BHT, and SP, roughly. 3. In the DSC evaluation for the Polyisoprene, Recipe IG-4 with 2.0phr compounds of antioxidant was the best effective, and Recipe ID-4 with 2.0phr compounds of antioxidant was the worst effective, and the degrees of effect of antioxidant were exhibited in the ranking of G-1, SP, BHT, and D roughly. 4. In the study on enthalpy which depends on exothermal reaction, the enthalpy of Polyisoprene was gloater than that of Polybutadiene. However, the problem was not solved completely, and it needs further studies.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.104-110
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• 1996

The polyurethane was synthesized by the reaction of polycaprolactone diol(Mw 2000), 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and 1,4-butanediol as the chain extender. Also, the modified polyurethane polymers based on liquid polybutadiene as a part of soft segment and dimethylolpropionic acid as a chain extender, giving polyurethane with various polarity, were synthesized. The thermal, mechanical, adhesion properties and water contact angles of the polyurethanes were examined. From the result of the water contact angle, the polarity of the acid modified PU containing 6% acid content was unchanged but mechanical and adhesion properties were improved. The water contact angles on polybutadiene modified PU films were increased with increasing polybutadiene content. The mechanical properties of the polybutadiene modified PU were higher than that of acid modified PU. However, the mechanical properties were reduced as polybutadiene content increased. The result is presumably due to phase separation between hard segment and soft segment. The peel strength of the polyurethane introduced with 5wt% polybutadiene was improved about 150% than that of unmodified PU. The same as the mechanical properties, the more polybutadiene was introduced, the lower peel strength was obtained.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.398-403
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• 1980

Carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene was prepared by free-radical polymerization using 4,4'-azobis-[4-cyano valeric acid] as an initiator and the effect of initiator concentration on polymer properties was investigated. Polymerization of the carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene was carried out varying the initiator concentration reacting with a constant butadiene concentration. The carboxyl weight percent decreased with increasing initiator concentration. The conversion was proportional to the square root of initiator concentration, giving a functionality greater than 2.0 which is consistent with the general tendency of free radical polymerization.

• Fibers and Polymers
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.109-112
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• 2002

Polybutadiene(PB) was epoxidized to various extents with m-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA) in homogeneous solution. The thermal properties of the epoxidized PBs were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). As a result of epoxidation the glass transition temperature (Tg) of PB increased by approximately $0.8^{\circ}$ for each 1 mol% of epoxidation. The thermal decomposition of the epoxidised PBs occurred in two-step process, while that of PB exhibited apparent one-step degradation process.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.30-35
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• 2012

Novel bio-polybutadiene polymers with controlled molecular weight (MW), MW distribution, chemical composition and micro structure were synthesized by a living anionic polymerization of butadiene and the subsequent coupling reaction of the thus obtained living polybutadiene and a vegetable oil. Anionic polymerization of butadiene was carried out in THF solvent using n-BuLi initiator. The resulting living polybutadienyllithium polymer was then reacted with epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) to obtain a star-polymer of polybutadiene and vegitable oil. Three different bio-elastomers were prepared by coupling living polybutadienes of MWs 1000, 5000 and 1000g/mol with ESO. The molecular structure and MW of the polybutadienes and bioelastomers were characterized by $^1H$-NMR, FTIR and GPC techniques.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.162-168
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• 2024

The effect of maleinized polybutadiene (MPB) on the mechanical properties of epoxy resins including adhesion strength, elongation and impact peel resistance was investigated in this study, in which MPB is an anhydride-functionalized polybutadiene prepolymer. Different molecular weights (3.1K and 5.6K) of MPB were added to diglycidyl ether bisphenol-A (DEGBA), an epoxy resin, to increase its impact peel strength and elongation. At various loading percent (5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 wt%) of MPB in the epoxy resin, significant improvements of mechanical properties were observed. According to the comparative analysis results, the modified epoxy system with 15 wt% (3.1K) MPB exhibited the highest lap shear strength, about 40% higher than that of neat epoxy. The tensile strength and elongation steadily and simultaneously increased as the loading percent of MPB increased. The impact peel strengths at low (-40℃) and room (23℃) temperatures were substantially improved by MPB incorporation into epoxy resins. Reactive and flexible MPB prepolymer seems to construct strong nano-structured networks with rigid epoxy backbones without sacrificing the tensile and adhesion strengths while increasing impact resistance/toughness and elongation properties. For higher impact peel while maintaining adhesion and tensile strengths, approximately 10-15 wt% MPB loading in epoxy resin was suggested. Consequently, incorporation of functionalized MPB prepolymer into epoxy system is an easy and efficient way for improving some crucial mechanical properties of epoxy resins.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.417-424
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• 2014

Reactivity and rheological behavior of highly concentrated polymer bonded explosives (PBX) simulant was studied. As a binder, thermosetting hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) was used. By using bimodal $CaCO_3$ (size ratio 10:1) and sugar particles (size ratio 25:1) as fillers, maximum 75 v% filling was possible during melt mixing. The relative viscosities of bimodal suspension were much lower than those of unimodal one and showed minimum values at 0.25 of fine particle fraction. In curing experiment, as curing temperature increased, the time of initiation and completeness of curing reaction became shortened, the torque kept low, and the change of internal temperature decreased.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.593-597
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• 2008

To separate carbon dioxide from a flue gas, membranes for gas separation was fabricated from polystyrene-b-polybutadiene (SB) diblock copolymer blends with poly(phenylene oxide), PPO. SB diblock copolymer formed miscible blends with PPO in the experimental range (lower than or equal to 70 wt% PPO). When the blend contained PPO whose composition is in the range of 40-50 wt%, the discontinuous phase of polybutadiene block in SB diblock copolymer, was changed to discrete phase, while polystyrene blocks containing PPO was changed to the continuous phase. A sudden decrease of the gas permeability and a sudden increase of the gas selectivity was observed at these blend compositions. A gas separation membranes having excellent mechanical properties and exhibiting advantages in gas permeability and selectivity could be fabricated from blends containing more than 50 wt% PPO.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.425-433
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• 2014

In this study, microstructure and gel content (C-C) of polybutadiene rubber (PBR) were investigated using various techniques including ASTM D 3616, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (ATR FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR). The ATR FTIR spectra of the samples were investigated to determine the cis, trans, 1, 2-vinyl and the C-C gel content in PBR. The absorbance ratios of specific peaks in different grades of PBR were correlated with the C-C gel content measured by the ATR FTIR techniques. Physico-mechanical and rheological properties of rubber compounds based on BR with various amounts of gel were determined. The results showed that there is an acceptable correlation between these properties and the C-C gel content of PBR.