Epoxy Vinyl Ester

Ve resins are a combination of both polyester resin and epoxy resins best properties.

Epoxy vinyl ester.

However most are prepared solely with reactive vinly type monmomers. In some cases conventional solvents such as xylenes are also used. Epoxy resin is an ideal resin for high performance and light weight parts. Vinyl esters also use peroxides e g.

While they have high mechanical strength values similar to epoxy resins they are easy to apply similar to unsaturated polyester resins. Vinyl ester resins are the binary resin systems containing a dimethacrylate monomer from which the cured material gains most of its properties and a reactive monomer such as styrene which acts as a reactive diluent and also takes part in the cross linking reaction. Vinylester is essentially a styrene modified epoxy resin. Bisphenol a based epoxy vinyl ester resins.

Essentially they comprise a base of polyester resin strengthened with epoxy molecules in the backbone of the molecular chain. Vinyl ester resin or often just vinyl ester is a resin produced by the esterification of an epoxy resin with acrylic or methacrylic acids. Epoxy adheres to wood much better than polyester does. To cover wood a laminate using epoxy resin and 10 oz cloth will yield a much better job than 10 oz.

It adds excellent strength rigidity adhesion water and chemical resistance. Regarding costs vinyl ester resin is more expensive than polyester resin but cheaper than epoxy resin. Aoc vipel f010 series is a bisphenol a epoxy based vinyl ester resin dissolved in styrene. It is water resistant.

Cloth and polyester resin. Vinyl ester resins are produced by the reaction esterification between an epoxy resin and an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid. A new generation of epoxy vinyl ester resins. The vinyl groups refer to these ester substituents which are prone to polymerize.

The diester product is then dissolved in a reactive solvent such as styrene to approximately 35 45 percent content by weight. Advances in fire retardant materials 2008. The hardener catalyst for vinyl ester resin and polyester resins is mekp.