SYNTHESIS & CHARACTERIZATION OF EPOXIDISED VEGETABLE
OILS AND THEIR APPLICATION ON POLY VINYL CHLORIDE

Mahendrasinh Raj1*, Sagar Joshi1, Ravi Savaliya1 and Lata Raj2
Page No. 1-8

Vegetable oils are the fats and lipids containing triglyceride molecule. Most of the vegetable oils
have high content of unsaturated fatty acid and can be converted into epoxy fatty acid by
conventional epoxidation. The epoxidised vegetable oil is having great concern as they obtain from
sustainable, renewable natural resources and are environmental friendly. The aim of present work is
that application of epoxidised vegetable oils as a plasticizer in polyvinyl chloride. Linseed and
sunflower oil were used for epoxidation and blended with polyvinyl chloride in various proportions.
Epoxidised vegetable oils were characterized by its epoxy equivalent weight (EEW) and FTIR
analysis. Compression moulded sheets of polyvinyl chloride with various proportions of epoxidised
vegetable oils as a plasticizer were prepared and characterized by its mechanical properties.
Key Words: PVC, Epoxidised vegetable oil, Mechanical properties, blending.