메타크릴酸과 diglycidyl ether 型 低分子量의 에폭시樹脂로부터 에폭시樹脂의 dimethacrylate를 合成하였으며 이 prepolymer와 단위체인 스티렌 및 polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate 混合物의 電子線硬化에 關하여 檢討하였다. 에스테르化反應은 메타크릴酸에 對하여 約 250∼300ppm以上의 hydroquinone과 $1{\%}$(wt) 以下의 triethanolamine의 添加로서 거의 定量的으로 進行되었다. 空氣中에서 행한 硬化에 있어서는 단위체 濃度10 ∼ $30{\%}$에서 最高의 겔分率을 나타내었으며 겔化速度는 prepolymer의 未反應 에폭시基와 酸의 存在에 의하여 減少되었고 polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate內의 polyethyleneglycol의 重合度가 增加함에 따라 增加하였다. 窒氣中과 空氣中에서 겔化速度는 별다른 差異가 없었으나 生成物 性質의 差異로 보아 硬化時의 酸素의 影響은 상당히 컸으며 polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate類를 단위체로 使用時는 더욱 그러하였다.
Epoxy-methacrylate prepolymer was synthesized from methacrylic acid and a diglycidyl ether type low molecular weight epoxy resin, and the electron beam curing of the prepolymer was studied using styrene and polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylates as comonomers. The esterification was carried out quantitatively without any side reaction adding more than 250∼300ppm hydroquinone and less than $1{\%}$ (wt) triethanolamine by wt. of methacrylate acid, respectively. In the radiation curing under air atmosphere, the maximum gel fraction was observed at 10∼$30{\%}$ monomer contents. The rate of gel formation was decreased by the presence of unreacted epoxy group and acid in the prepolymer and increased with increasing degree of polymerization of polyethyleneglycol block in the dimethacrylates. Considerable oxygen effect in the curing, particularly when polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate was used as a comonomer, was recognized through the differences of the product properties, though no remarkable differences were found in the rate of gel formation in air and nitrogen atmosphere.
