Demonstration of military composites with low hazardous air pollutant content

John J. La Scala; Theresa Glodek; Caroline Lochner; Xing Geng; Ashiq Quabili; Ken Patterson; Frank Bruce; Edward Bartling; Charlie Johnson; Philip Myers; Steven Boyd; Stephen Andersen; Lawrence Coulter; Roger Crane; John Gillespie; James M. Sands; Michael Starks; Jorge Gomez; Giuseppe R. Palmese

Demonstration of military composites with low hazardous air pollutant content

John J. La Scala, Theresa Glodek, Caroline Lochner, Xing Geng, Ashiq Quabili, Ken Patterson, Frank Bruce, Edward Bartling, Charlie Johnson, Philip Myers, Steven Boyd, Stephen Andersen, Lawrence Coulter, Roger Crane, John Gillespie, James M. Sands, Michael Starks, Jorge Gomez, Giuseppe R. Palmese

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Abstract

Liquid resins used for molding composite structures are a significant source of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. One method of reducing styrene emissions from vinyl ester (VE) resins is to replace some or all of the styrene with fatty acid-based monomers. Fatty acid monomers are ideal candidates because they are inexpensive, have low volatilities, and promote global sustainability because they are derived from renewable resources. This patent pending technology allows for the formulation of high performance composite resins with no more than 25 wt% styrene. These resins have low viscosities suitable for vacuum infusion methods, and have excellent polymer and composite properties. As a result, these resins are currently being demonstrated/validated for DoD use on Army tactical vehicles, including HMMWV hoods, HMMWV helmet hardtops, T-38 dorsal covers, and composite rudders for the Navy.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	SAMPE '07
Subtitle of host publication	M and P - From Coast to Coast and Around the World; Conference Proceedings
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	SAMPE '07: M and P - From Coast to Coast and Around the World - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: Jun 3 2007 → Jun 7 2007

Publication series

Name	International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)
Volume	52
ISSN (Print)	0891-0138

Conference

Conference	SAMPE '07: M and P - From Coast to Coast and Around the World
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	6/3/07 → 6/7/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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La Scala, J. J., Glodek, T., Lochner, C., Geng, X., Quabili, A., Patterson, K., Bruce, F., Bartling, E., Johnson, C., Myers, P., Boyd, S., Andersen, S., Coulter, L., Crane, R., Gillespie, J., Sands, J. M., Starks, M., Gomez, J., & Palmese, G. R. (2007). Demonstration of military composites with low hazardous air pollutant content. In SAMPE '07: M and P - From Coast to Coast and Around the World; Conference Proceedings (International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings); Vol. 52).

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Demonstration of military composites with low hazardous air pollutant content. / La Scala, John J.; Glodek, Theresa; Lochner, Caroline et al.
SAMPE '07: M and P - From Coast to Coast and Around the World; Conference Proceedings. 2007. (International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings); Vol. 52).

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