The hardening process of films of Japanese lacquer admixed with soy bean oil, linseed oil and tung oil respectively was investigated and the changes in properties of the films observed during their hardening were evaluated by comparing them with those of the Japanese lacquer films admixed with methyl oleate, linoleate and linoleate which had been previously reported.
The results obtained were as follows.
(1) The existence of hydrogen bonding between the catecholic hydroxyl group of urushiol and the carbonyl group of the oil added was proved, as in the case of the mixtures of Japanese lacquer and the methyl esters.
(2) The IR absorption band at 1,160 cm
-1 (>C-0-R) of the oil shifted to 1,185 cm
-1 when admixed with Japanese lacquer. In the lacquer film containing soy bean oil, the 1,185 cm
-1 band remained unchanged even after hardening irrespective to the amount of the oil added.
In the case of linseed oil added, however, after hardening, there were a strong absorption band at 1,215 cm
-1 with 10% of the oil added, two absorption bands of almost the same intensity both at 1,160 cm
-1 and 1,215 cm
-1 with 20% of the oil added, and a strong band at 1,160 cm
-1 and a weak band at 1,215 cm
-1 with 40% of the oil added. In the case of tung oil, there were the only absorption band at 1,215 cm
-1 both with 10 and 20% of the oil added, and the only absorption band at 1,160 cm
-1 (attributed to the oil) with 40% of the oil added.
(3) The absorption bands at 1,185 cm
-1 (initially) and 1,215 cm
-1 (after hardening) being observed in the Japanese lacquer had shifted towards the less wave number side when admixed with the methyl esters of unsaturated fatty acides and particularly a definite relation had been established between the value in the wave number shifted from 1,215 cm
-1 and the amount of the ester added. In the present system, however, of the mixtures of Japanese lacquer and the oils, such a relation was not found.
(4) Among the three oils used, linseed oil made the Japanese lacquer film more lustrous without affecting the hardening and other properties of the film.
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