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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Jeffery Earl Powell, Blountville, TN (US);
Angela Hartley Honeycutt, Johnson City, TN (US);
Jeffery Earl Powell, Blountville, TN (US);
Angela Hartley Honeycutt, Johnson City, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are unsaturated polyester resins comprising residues of 1,2-propanediol, 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or aromatic diacid, and 2-butenedioic acid. Also disclosed are curable compositions containing admixtures of the unsaturated polyesters and aromatic vinyl compounds copolymerizable with the unsaturated polyesters, and coatings and casted and molded articles obtained from the curable compositions. The curable compositions are useful for coatings and casted and molded articles that have at least one surface that is persistently exposed to organic or aqueous liquids.