Title of article :
Spectroscopic Analysis of Epoxidised Jatropha Oil (EJO) and Acrylated Epoxidised Jatropha Oil (AEJO)
Author/Authors :
Wong, J. L. Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products - Universiti Putra Malaysia , Aung, M. M. Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products - Universiti Putra Malaysia , Lim, H. N. Department of Chemistry - Faculty of Science - Universiti Putra Malaysia , Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain Department of Chemistry - Faculty of Science - Universiti Putra Malaysia
Abstract :
The non-edible seed oil of the Jatropha plant is a renewable and sustainable material to produce vegetable oil-based epoxy and epoxy acrylate as raw polymeric material. The objective of this study is to synthesis Jatropha seed oil-based epoxy and acrylate epoxy
resins through conventional methods. An epoxy ring of Epoxidised Jatropha Oil (EJO) was formed through an in-situ epoxidation process using hydrogen peroxide and formic acid as an oxygen donor and oxygen carrier respectively. Acrylated Epoxidised Jatropha Oil
(AEJO) was produced by reacting EJO with acrylic acid with the existence of triethylamine and 4-methoxyphenol as a catalyst and inhibitor respectively. The measured oxirane-oxygen
content (OOC) of EJO was 4.99%. The acid value of the AEJO was determined at 4.42 mg KOH/g. Both the EJO and AEJO were characterised by FTIR and 1H NMR spectroscopies.
Keywords :
oxirane-oxygen content , FTIR , epoxidised jatropha oil , acrylated epoxidised jatropha oil , Acid value , NMR
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
