Some alkyd resins with acryloyl functional groups through urethane bond were synthesized to get vehicles for inks whose surfaces were cured by UV irradiation to prevent blocking and set-off of next paper, and whose inner parts were cured by oxidation. Then their UV curing reaction and oxidative reaction were analyzed by infra-red absorption spectra. We found that acryloyl functional groups can be also polymerized by the radicals from oxidation process of unsaturated fatty acid groups of alkyd resins. Therefore UV curable and oxidative polymerizable inks, which consisted of acrylates, alkyd resins, phtoinitiators, oxidative driers, inhibitors, and pigments, were developed successfully. And oxidative polymerization rate could be controlled by adding inhibitors such as
p-methoxyphenol and the like.
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