Furfuryl alcohol and bio‐based epichlorohydrin were used to prepare a fully bio‐based reactive diluent, 2‐[(oxiran‐2‐ylmethoxy) methyl] furan (FOM). After spectral characterization, FOM was blended with epoxy resin, diglycidylether bisphenol A (DGEBA), at different ratios for reducing the viscosity. For a comparison, Cardura (one of the most common commercial reactive diluents), was separately incorporated to DGEBA. Amine‐curing process of the blends was recorded by FTIR and DSC. Similar trends of curing progression for DGEBA containing the reactive diluents were observed. Thermogravimetric analysis and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, mechanical (hardness, adhesion, and stress–strain) and morphological properties were also investigated to study characteristics of the epoxy matrices formulated with FOM or Cardura. It was concluded that FOM could be considered as an efficient reactive diluent in formulations of polymer composites, structural adhesives and surface coatings based on epoxy resins. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017, 134, 44957.

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一种有效的完全基于生物的环氧稀释剂的反应性稀释剂：2-[（（Oxiran-2-基甲氧基）甲基]呋喃与石油基的对应物

糠醇和生物基环氧氯丙烷用于制备完全生物基的反应性稀释剂2-[（（环氧乙烷-2-基甲氧基）甲基]呋喃（FOM）。光谱表征后，将FOM与环氧树脂，二缩水甘油醚双酚A（DGEBA）混合，以不同的比例降低粘度。为了进行比较，将Cardura（最常见的商业反应性稀释剂之一）单独掺入DGEBA。FTIR和DSC记录了共混物的胺固化过程。对于含有反应性稀释剂的DGEBA，观察到相似的固化进展趋势。还研究了热重分析和动态机械热分析，机械（硬度，附着力和应力应变）和形态学性质，以研究用FOM或Cardura配制的环氧基质的特性。结论是，在基于环氧树脂的聚合物复合材料，结构粘合剂和表面涂料的配方中，FOM可被视为一种有效的反应性稀释剂。©2017 Wiley Periodicals，Inc. J. Appl。Polym。科学2017年，134，44957。