Chemical and spectroscopic studies of epoxy resin reactions in the surface coating field

Abstract

Abstract Esterification of epoxy resins with fatty acids at 260° occurs in two stages (1) addition of one fatty acid molecule to an epoxy group to form a hydroxy‐ester, (2) esterification of the original and of the so‐formed hydroxy groups. The curing process of epoxy resins with amines has been studied by infra‐red spectroscopy, and by measurement of the material produced which is non‐extractable by solvents. The combined data provide some indication of the curing mechanism.