Abstract

The present work is aimed to the preliminary analysis of the applicability of cardanol derivatives as renewable plasticizers for soft PVC. Two different plasticizers were studied, obtained by esterification of the cardanol hydroxyl group (cardanol acetate) and further epoxidation of the side chain double bonds (epoxidated cardanol acetate). Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) was used to study the miscibility between PVC and cardanol derived plasticizers. The miscibility was correlated to the chemical structure of plasticizer by means of the Hansen solubility parameter analysis. Results obtained indicated that esterification of cardanol yields a partial miscibility with PVC, whereas esterification and subsequent epoxidation yield a complete miscibility with PVC. Therefore cardanol acetate, obtained by solvent-free esterification of cardanol, was used as a secondary plasticizer of PVC. Mechanical and rheological analysis showed that the cardanol acetate can partially replace DEHP in PVC formulation.

Autore Pugliese

• Mele Giuseppe Agostino , Maffezzoli Alfonso , Greco Antonio

Tutti gli autori

• Greco A. , Brunetti D. , Renna G. , Mele G. , Maffezzoli A.

Titolo volume/Rivista

POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Anno di pubblicazione

2010

ISSN

0141-3910

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

67

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

75

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile