Viscoelastic investigations were made regarding cracks during the thermocycle test (-20°C-+50°C) and a mat appearance after buff-polishing of unsaturated polyester films.
A study on the relation between viscoelastic moduli and film-defects gave some suggestions to improve unsaturated polyester coatings using.
Choosing the kinds of unsaturated polyester resins and cross-linking agents for experimental variables, dynamic moduli and loss moduli were obtained by the resonance frequency method and static moduli by stress-strain curves.
The results are as follows : for improuing the crack-resistance at the thermocycle test and to eliminate a mat appearance after buff-polishing, it is necessary to decrease the temperature-dependance of dynamic moduli or to minimize the difference in moduli depending on the fluctuation of temperature, to raise glass transition temperature and to increase the energy of destruction. At the same time, the shorter relaxation time gave better results.
To summerize, it is effective to make longer the molecular chain of polyester resins and to strengthen molecular interactions raising the degree of condensation and to increase the degree of cross-linking using polyfunctional monomers as cross-linking agents.
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