ACRYLIC-MELAMINE LATEX WITH CONTROLLED CROSSLINKING CAPABILITY

MINARI, ROQUE J.; GUGLIOTTA, LUIS M.; CORDOBA, CARLOS A.

Punta Cana

Conferencia; Polymer Reaction Engineering X (PRE 10); 2018

ECI

This work investigated the synthesis by miniemulsion polymerization of waterborne acrylic-melamine nanocomposites with the aim of obtaining high solid-content latexes with controlled crosslinkable capability. Changes in the acrylic monomer formulation and the content of melamine resin (a commercial butylated melamine-formaldehyde resin) show a significant influence on the degree of crosslinking, and consequently, on the final properties of the acrylic-melamine nanocomposite particles, their coalesced films at room temperature (RT) and those cured at high temperature.