Nanocomposites based on furan resins

GUADALUPE RIVERO; VALERIA PETTARIN; ANALIA VAZQUEZ; LILIANA MANFREDI

Los Cocos, Argentina

Simposio; IV Simposio Chileno-Argentino de Polímeros ARCHIPOL 2009; 2009

During the last years, the use of biomass wastes as row materials for the development of new polymeric materials has been increasingly promoted. Furan resins are similar to phenolic resins as formaldehyde is replaced by furfural, which is easily produced from a wide range of agricultural or forestry wastes containing pentoses. As formaldehyde is a dangerous atmospheric pollutant, its replacement in paints and metal coatings would decrease its potential emissions. Furthermore, it was reported (Hussain et al., 2006) sizeable properties improvement after the addition of low quantities of nanoparticles to a polymeric matrix.   The purpose of this work is to study and compare the curing kinetic of a furan resin and three kinds of nanocomposites. Several experimental and numerical methods will be used to evaluate kinetic parameters.