%A HUO Shu-ping, WU Guo-min, CHEN Jian, LIU Gui-feng, KONG Zhen-wu %T Curing Reaction and Properties of Cardanol-based Epoxy Diluent/E-51 Blends %0 Journal Article %D 2015 %J Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products %R 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2015.03.007 %P 38-42 %V 35 %N 3 %U {http://www.cifp.ac.cn/CN/abstract/article_2093.shtml} %8 2015-06-28 %X A cardanol-based epoxy (CDE) diluents with high diluting and toughening properties was synthesized from cardanol.The blends of the prepared CDE and bisphenol type epoxy resin (E-51) at different mass ratios were cured with anhydride.The influence of the CDE content on the thermodynamic properties and mechanical properties of the cured epoxy was systematically investigated.The results showed that CDE had high diluting and toughening properties to E-51.The glass transition temperature (Tg) of cured epoxy decreased gradually with the increase of the content of CDE.When the CDE content was 20%,the impact strength and tensile strength of cured epoxy reached the maximum values (19.17 kJ/m2 and 56.81 MPa,respectively) while the high bending strength was 108.8 MPa.