Environmentally Compliant Vinyl Ester Resin (VER) Composite Matrix Resin Derived from Renewable Resources

Abstract

The prime objective of this limited-scope, phase I SERDP program was to demonstrate the feasibility of economically producing a sustainable, environmentally safe vinyl ester resin (SESVER) for military composite structures. These structures would be derived from biowaste materials: lignin, recovered from wood wastes, and glycerin, recovered from biodiesel wastes. These abundant source materials are renewable, low-cost and independent of the food supply. A key environmental objective was to eliminate use of epichlorohydrin from the vinyl ester resin (VER) synthesis route. Elimination of hazardous styrene reactive diluent (RD) from the VER formulation was deferred for subsequent research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557369

Entities

People

  • L. Renna
  • N. Francis
  • R. Kovar
  • U. Shin
  • W. Collins
  • Yongwoo Lee

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Products
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Organic Chemistry

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  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.