ARS | Publication request: Preparation of Soy Polymers by a Green Processing Method

Submitted to: Annual Meeting and Expo of the American Oil Chemists' Society
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: May 16, 2010
Publication Date: May 16, 2010
Citation: Liu, Z. 2010. Preparation of Soy Polymers by a Green Processing Method [abstract]. Annual Meeting and Expo of the American Oil Chemists' Society. p. 85.

Technical Abstract: Ring opening polymerization of epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) initiated by boron trifluoride diethyl etherate was conducted in liquid carbon dioxide. The resulting polymers (RPESO) were characterized using Infrared (IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), 1H NMR, 13C NMR, solid state 13C NMR, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The results indicated that RPESO materials were highly crosslinked polymers. They had glass transition temperatures ranging from -11.9°C to -24.1°C. TGA results showed the RPESO polymers were thermally stable at temperatures lower than 200°C. Decomposition temperature was found mainly after 340°C.