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Microstructures of B72 Acrylic Resin/Mtmos Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

George Segan Wheeler ,
Eugene Wolkow  and
Harry Gafney
George Segan Wheeler
Affiliation:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Objects Conservation Department, 1000 Fifth Avenue, NYC 10028
Eugene Wolkow
Affiliation:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Objects Conservation Department, 1000 Fifth Avenue, NYC 10028
Harry Gafney
Affiliation:
Queens College, Chemistry Department, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367
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Abstract

Gels prepared from solutions of B72 acrylic resin and methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMOS) are examined by SEM. Four initial mixtures - 0,2,5 and 10% w/v B72/MTMOS - produced gels whose fractured surfaces exhibit distinct features. Scanning electron microscopy shows that neat MTMOS produces a glass-like gel while the addition of B72 creates MTMOS-derived spheres in a “connective tissue” of acrylic resin. These particle sphere/acrylic resin solids are mechanically weak composites.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 267: Symposium J – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III , 1992 , 963
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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