Applications of Unsaturated Polyester Resins
Synthesis, Modifications, and Preparation Methods
- 1st Edition - March 30, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Sabu Thomas, Cintil Jose Chirayil
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 6 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 6 7 - 5
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Request a sales quoteApplications of Unsaturated Polyester Resins: Synthesis, Modifications, and Preparation Methods takes a practical approach to unsaturated polyester-based materials and their preparation for implementation in a range of innovative areas. Sections introduce the background of polyester and the fundamentals of unsaturated polyester resins (UPRs), including chemistry, additives, curing, and processing methods. Hydrolytic stability and structure-property relationships are also discussed in detail, along with coverage of modification strategies for UPR and the development of bio-composites incorporating natural fiber with unsaturated polyester.
Subsequent chapters focus on the preparation of UPR for specific target applications, including in construction, marine and aerospace, adhesives and coatings, insulation systems, electrics, pipeline corrosion, military, biomedicine, and tissue engineering. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of UPR compared to other resins, in terms of properties and performance, as well as life cycle assessment, are addressed and analyzed.
- Presents processing methods, morphology, structure-property relationship, and modification strategies for unsaturated polyester
- Explores sustainability in terms of lifecycle assessment of unsaturated polyester and bio-composites incorporating unsaturated polyester
- Guides the reader to advanced applications across construction, marine and aerospace, adhesives and coatings, electrics and many more areas
Researchers and advanced students in polymer science, chemistry, composite science, chemical engineering, and materials science and engineering, R&D professionals, engineers, and scientists with an interest in unsaturated polyester for advanced industrial applications
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Historical aspects of polyesters
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Polyester: first discoveries, growth, decline, and renaissance
- 1.3. Insight the polyesters
- 1.4. Polyesters: a new challenge for the future
- 1.5. Conclusions
- 2. Unsaturated polyester resins and their classification
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Classification of unsaturated polyester resins
- 2.3. Common modifications of UPRs
- 3. Unsaturated polyester resins: Catalysts, accelerators, and inhibitors
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Method and critical for determination of the gel time
- 3.3. Background
- 3.4. The curing reaction
- 3.5. Effect of different parameters on cure reaction
- 4. Special additives to unsaturated polyester
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Special additives
- 4.3. Applications of UPE composites in various sectors
- 4.4. Conclusion
- 5. Curing of unsaturated polyester resins
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Influence of inhibitor, initiator, and temperature on the curing kinetics of unsaturated polyester resin
- 5.3. Gelation and network formation
- 5.4. Microstructure formation
- 5.5. Future perspectives
- 6. Processing methods of unsaturated polyester
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Processing techniques
- 6.3. Conclusions
- 7. Hydrolytic stability of unsaturated polyesters
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Mechanism of hydrolysis of UPE
- 7.3. Stabilization of UPE against hydrolysis
- 7.4. Hydrolytic stability of UPE composites
- 7.5. Methods to determine the hydrolytic stability of UPE
- 7.6. Conclusions
- 8. Structure–property relationship of unsaturated polyester composites
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Processing and types of unsaturated polyester composites
- 8.3. Structure–property relationship of unsaturated polyester composites
- 8.4. Applications of unsaturated polyester resins
- 8.5. Choice of fiber in fiber-reinforced polyester composites
- 8.6. Conclusions
- 9. Modification of unsaturated polyester resin by poly (ethylene glycol)
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. PEG for modification of UPR
- 9.3. Conclusion
- 10. Modification of unsaturated polyester resin by epoxy resin
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Prolog to UPE-epoxy polymer network
- 10.3. Results of the structural modification
- 10.4. Application of epoxy modified UPE
- 10.5. Conclusion
- 11. Potential of natural fiber in unsaturated polyester biocomposite application
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. General aspects of natural fibers
- 11.3. Natural-reinforced UPR biocomposites
- 11.4. UPR biocomposites fabrication
- 11.5. UPR biocomposites applications
- 11.6. UP biocomposites challenges
- 11.7. Conclusions
- 12. Applications of unsaturated polyester resins in asphalt pavements
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Physical and chemical properties of unsaturated polyester resins
- 12.3. Application of UPR in construction and building materials
- 12.4. Application of UPR in asphalt pavement materials
- 12.5. Prospects of applying UPR for enhancing the asphalt binding and circular economy
- 12.6. Conclusions
- 13. Application of UPR in marine applications
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Characteristic properties of UPR in marine applications
- 13.3. Fiber based UPR composites
- 13.4. Organic/bio–filler-based UPR composites
- 13.5. Inorganic filler based UPR composites
- 13.6. Carbon filler-based UPR composites
- 13.7. Conclusions
- 14. Application of UPR in aerospace sector
- 14.1. Introduction: the aerospace environment
- 14.2. Polymers used for aerospace environment
- 14.3. Unsaturated polyester resins and composites
- 14.4. UPR for aerospace environment
- 14.5. Conclusion
- 15. Application of UPR in thermal insulation systems
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Thermal insulation materials
- 15.3. Unsaturated polyester resin (UPR)
- 15.4. UPR in thermal insulation application
- 15.5. Waste fillers-reinforced unsaturated polyester thermal insulators
- 15.6. Conclusions
- 16. Application of UPR in pipeline corrosion: protection and applications
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Corrosion in pipelines
- 16.3. General measures of pipeline corrosion prevention
- 16.4. Unsaturated polyester resin for pipe line corrosion application
- 16.5. Pipeline applications using FRP composite
- 16.6. Corrosion-resistant pipes and coatings
- 16.7. Conclusion
- 17. Potential of unsaturated polyesters in biomedicine and tissue engineering
- 17.1. Biomedical application of unsaturated polyester resins
- 18. High-end applications of unsaturated polyester composites
- 18.1. Introduction
- 18.2. Unsaturated polyester resins
- 18.3. Types of fillers
- 18.4. Unsaturated polyester-based composites
- 18.5. Applications
- 18.6. Conclusions
- 19. Recycling and upcycling-oriented degradation of unsaturated polyester resins
- 19.1. Introduction
- 19.2. Chemical degradation of resins in UPRs
- 19.3. Utilization of degradation products from UPRs
- 19.4. Life cycle assessment of UPRs
- 19.5. Summary and outlook
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 30, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 498
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323994668
- eBook ISBN: 9780323994675
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Sabu Thomas
Prof. Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Director of the School of Energy Materials at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University and the former Vice-Chancellor of the same institution.
Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Director, International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, IndiaCC
Cintil Jose Chirayil
Dr. Cintil Jose Chirayil is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Newman College, India. She is an expert in nanocellulose and its applications, with a strong background in functionalized cellulose nanocrystals and nanocellulose-based aerogels. Her research encompasses sustainable packaging, drug delivery systems, and advanced coatings, demonstrating her commitment to addressing environmental challenges.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Newman College, Kerala, IndiaRead Applications of Unsaturated Polyester Resins on ScienceDirect