Low HAP/VOC Compliant Resins for Military Applications

Abstract

Composite materials are used in the Department of Defense (DoD) because of their low weight and excellent properties, enabling the production of lighter weight and stronger vehicles, ships, and structures. Programs have been initiated to replace metallic components of high mobility multi-wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) and other Army vehicles and naval ships with composite parts. However, fabrication of composite materials can produce large amounts of volatile organic compound (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. The Army Research Laboratory (ARL)/Drexel University have developed low HAP fatty acid vinyl ester (FAVE) resin systems that would allow DoD facilities to continue manufacturing vinyl ester (VE) resins using current practices and facilities, while reducing pollution and health risks. These resins reduce HAP content in composite resins by using fatty acid (FA) monomers as styrene replacements and using bimodal molecular weight distributions of VE monomers to maintain high performance while using low styrene/HAP contents.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557560

Entities

Organizations

  • Environmental Security Technology Certification Program

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Material Fabrication
  • Composite Materials
  • Fabrication
  • Fatty Acids
  • Laminates
  • Manufacturing
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Military Research
  • Volatile Organic Compounds

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

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  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
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