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AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorsWilliam E. Broxterman, Frederick L. Brown
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A wood-polymer composite is prepared by impregnating a wood substrate with a liquid dicyclopentenyl acrylate or methacrylate monomer of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, R' and each R" are independently hydrogen, chloride or bromide, n is 0 or 1, and the dashed line is an optional chemical bond with the provisoes that when the dashed line is present, n is 0, and when the dashed line is absent, n is 1, and curing the resulting monomer-impregnated wood substrate by either heating same in the presence of a catalytic amount of a thermal initiator, such as a peroxide, or by exposing same to high-energy radiation, such as .gamma.-rays. The wood-polymer composite is relatively hard and shows good resistance to hydrocarbon attack.
A wood-polymer composite comprising a wood substrate impregnated with a dicyclopentenyl acrylate or methacrylate polymer consisting essentially of:
A wood-polymer composite comprising a wood substrate impregnated with a copolymer consisting essentially of the polymerization product of
A process for preparing a wood-polymer composite comprising:
A wood-polymer composite comprising a wood substrate impregnated with a dicyclopentenyl acrylate or methacrylate polymer having as a component ##STR7## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, R' and each R" are independently hydrogen, chloride or bromide, n is 0 or 1, and the dashed line is an optional chemical bond with the provisoes that when the dashed line is present, n is 0, and when the dashed line is absent, n is 1;
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