2024
Understanding and Solving the Poor Moisture Resistance of Soy Adhesives
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Contributor/Checkoff:
United Soybean Board
Category:
Industrial
Keywords:
AdhesivesIndustrial UsesWater resistanceWood
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Joseph J., Polymer Synergies, LLC
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
24-101-D-C-1-A
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
United Soybean Board
$59,240
Institution Funded:
Polymer Synergies, LLC
$59,240
Brief Project Summary:
A major reason for the lack of growth of soy-based adhesives in wood composites and other applications is that these adhesives have poor water resistance. Understanding the mechanism of how water affects the chemistry, soy protein structure and resulting strength of the soy adhesive is necessary for finding solutions and solving this poor moisture resistance problem.
Information And Results
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Final Project Results

The mechanism of how soy adhesives work in wood composites is becoming clear based on the spectroscopic and physical property research that has been conducted. The data shows that the adhesion mechanism of soy adhesive to wood, crosslinked with polyamideamine-epichlorohydrin (PAE), is dominated by the viscoelastic behavior of the adhesive and that there is some chemical crosslinking. The penetration of the water-soluble components from soy into the wood is a major part of the adhesion mechanism. We have identified some of the water-soluble components that contribute to the poor moisture resistance of soy adhesives and are exploring chemistries that would react with these water soluble moieties and render them more stable and resistant to washing out of the adhesive.

Benefit To Soybean Farmers

By solving the problem of poor moisture resistance of soy adhesives we can expand their use and grow the demand for soy based adhesives for wood composites as well as other applications.

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