Preparation of Water-Based Alkyd/Acrylic Hybrid Resins

Alkyd resins are amongst the most important and widely used resins in coating sectors. In this communication we report on preparation of alkyd resins emulsified by grafted acrylic resins on their fatty acid moieties. Both high-shear mechanical homogenizer and ultra-sonic sonicator were used step-wise to disperse the alkyd resin and acrylic based monomers in aqueous media. The resins are of nanometric particle size (~200nm) dispersed in water in the presence of polymerization emulsifying agent. The FT-IR spectroscopy revealed the differences in the spectrum of the base resins and hybrid resin. The extraction test revealed formation of better than 99% of grafted hybrid resin. The DSC test showed that the glass-transition temperatures of the hybrid resin are very lower than that of the base alkyd and acrylic polymers which re-confirm formation of chemically grafted hybrid resin. The molecular weight of the hybrid resin was also found to be a combination of those of the base resins. The polydispersity of the base resins locates itself around 8, whereas that of the hybrid resin locates around 32 which is resulted from differences in the molecular weight of the base resins. The films of the resulting resins fully dry after 8 hours at room temperature without any further loss in weight or tackiness.