Abstract:
POLYANHYDRIDES ARE PRODUCED BY A NOVEL BULK POLYMERIZATION PROCEDURE FROM MALEIC MONOMERS AND ALKYL STYRENES. THE POLYANHYDRIDES, OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND CONTAINING MALEIC MONOMER TO ALKYL STYRENE IN A RATIO GREATER THAN 1 TO 1, ARE PARTICULARLY USEFUL AS HARDENERS FOR EPOXY RESIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND GIVE RISE TO EPOXY COMPOSITIONS WHICH RESULT IN CURED PRODUCTS EXHIBITING HIGH HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURES AND EXCELLENT ELECTRICAL AND SELF LIFE PROPERTIES.