Patent ID: 11965087
Assignee: ACS TECHNICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 17:
18. A binder composition comprising:
an epoxidized vegetable oil or a derivative thereof having an epoxy group content of 1 to 12 weight percent, based on the total weight of the epoxidized vegetable oil, and wherein the epoxidized vegetable oil comprises a fatty acid ester comprising C5-26 alkyl groups;
a carboxyl-functionalized resin having an acid value of greater than or equal to 50; and
a liquid reactive diluent;
wherein a combined acid value of the carboxyl-functionalized resin and the liquid reactive diluent is 50 to 500; and
wherein the liquid reactive diluent is a transesterification reaction product of an epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester and a vinyl-containing compound having pendant hydroxyl groups, said reaction product having a number average molecular weight of 650 grams per mole or less.