Decomposition behavior and decomposition products of epoxy resin cured with MeHHPA in near-critical water

Abstract

A kind of chemical method that used water as the liquid reaction medium to decompose epoxy resin was studied. The thermosetting epoxy resin was decomposed successfully under the condition of near-critical water. The decomposition rate of epoxy resin raised rapidly as the reaction time and reaction temperature increased. The decomposition reaction products were characterized by infra-red spectra and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The phenol, isopropylphenol, 4, 4′-(1-methylethylidene) bis-phenol were found as the main compounds in liquid products, which were common monomers from epoxy resin. When reaction was carried out at the temperature of 260 °C–300 °C, the decomposition mechanism of epoxy resin was envisaged as the ether and ester bonds cracking.

Keywords

epoxy resin / near-critical water / decomposition / mechanism

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