<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In this study, palm oil was the first time to convert into a novel polyester plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In the first stage, palm oil was converted into palm oil monoglyceride (POM) by alcoholysis with glycerol. Next, a novel palm oil monoglycerides based polyester plasticizer (POMP) was synthesized from POM and maleic anhydride through esterification and condensation reaction. The structure of POMP was characterized with FTIR, 1H NMR and GPC. Then PVC blends were prepared using POMP as a plasticizer, melting behavior, thermal property, compatibility, mechanical properties and mechanism of plasticization of PVC blends were systematically studied. Melting behavior indicated that POMP could decrease the torque and the melt viscosity of PVC blends that was conducive to process. With the content of POMP increasing from 5 g to 15 g in PVC blends, the plasticized PVC blends demonstrated better compatibility, the degradation temperature (Td) increased from 252.6°C to 257.0°C, the glass transition temperature (Tg) decreased from 55°C to 49.5°C. Plasticization was put into effect by interaction of the electron cloud between the PVC chain and POMP molecule. This study may lead to the development of new type of PVC plasticizer based on vegetable oil.</abstract>

In this study, palm oil was the first time to convert into a novel polyester plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In the first stage, palm oil was converted into palm oil monoglyceride (POM) by alcoholysis with glycerol. Next, a novel palm oil monoglycerides based polyester plasticizer (POMP) was synthesized from POM and maleic anhydride through esterification and condensation reaction. The structure of POMP was characterized with FTIR, 1H NMR and GPC. Then PVC blends were prepared using POMP as a plasticizer, melting behavior, thermal property, compatibility, mechanical properties and mechanism of plasticization of PVC blends were systematically studied. Melting behavior indicated that POMP could decrease the torque and the melt viscosity of PVC blends that was conducive to process. With the content of POMP increasing from 5 g to 15 g in PVC blends, the plasticized PVC blends demonstrated better compatibility, the degradation temperature (Td) increased from 252.6°C to 257.0°C, the glass transition temperature (Tg) decreased from 55°C to 49.5°C. Plasticization was put into effect by interaction of the electron cloud between the PVC chain and POMP molecule. This study may lead to the development of new type of PVC plasticizer based on vegetable oil.

A novel biobased polyester plasticizer prepared from palm oil and its plasticizing effect on poly (vinyl chloride)

Chinese Academy of Forest (CAF), Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210042, China

Chinese Academy of Forest (CAF), Institute of New Technology of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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In this study, palm oil was the first time to convert into a novel polyester plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In the first stage, palm oil was...

A novel biobased polyester plasticizer prepared from palm oil and its plasticizing effect on poly (vinyl chloride)

Published Online: Apr 04, 2016

Page range: 9 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0002

Keywords
palm oil, polyester, plasticizer, polyvinyl chloride, blend

© 2016 Puyou Jia et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A novel biobased polyester plasticizer prepared from palm oil and its plasticizing effect on poly (vinyl chloride)

Published Online: Apr 04, 2016

Page range: 9 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0002

Keywordspalm oil, polyester, plasticizer, polyvinyl chloride, blend

© 2016 Puyou Jia et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
palm oil, polyester, plasticizer, polyvinyl chloride, blend