Acrylic polymers containing both epoxide and carboxyl group have been studied by use of alkyltrimethylammonium salts. As the cure site monomers of acrylic polymers allylglycidylether and methacrylic acid were used, and these monomers were copolymerized with main acrylic monomers such as ethylacrylate, butylacrylate and 2-methoxy-ethylacrylate.
Alkylammonium salts with chlorine, bromide and iodide were carried out for studying the cure rate and physical properties. In the ammonium salts, octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (OTABr) were showed superior properties to other halogenes. However, because of having the high cure rate of ACM compound by use of OTABr, 1, 3-diphenylguanidine (DPG) as the retarder in various guanidines was choosed to improve the cure rate. Then the studies of the compounding recipe by combination of OTABr and DPG were carried out for obtaining the relations between the cure rate and the physical properties. Accordingly, the mechanism of the crosslinking by use of OTABr and DPG were discussed.
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