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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Zengshe Liu, Morton, IL (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an elastomer synthesized by a reacting epoxidized vegetable oil with carboxylic acid to form the elastomer compound. More specifically, disclosed herein is an elastomer compound having a polyester component. The method for making the elastomer comprises mixing a polybasic acid with an alcohol solvent to form a solution, reacting said solution having carboxylic groups with epoxidized vegetable oil, and heating the solution at a range of approximately 50° C. to 80° C., wherein an amorphous polyester elastomer is formed. Also disclosed is an elastomer foam product formed by a reacting epoxidized vegetable oil with carboxylic acid.