Plant Oil-Based Polyether

Plant oils are mainly triglycerides comprising a variety of different fatty acids. The fatty acid composition differs on the basis of the type of the plant and the plant’s growing environment. These differences could be in chain length, composition, distribution, and location [1,2]. Using plant oils as a source for polymers has many advantages over using petroleum as a polymer source. Plant oils are more abundant than fossil oil. This abundance-combined with the low cost of extraction, as noted above, makes them an attractive choice for industrial use. Polyethers are formed by creating ether links between monomers. Varying the amount of functional groups in the monomer will have a large impact on the properties of the polymer. Polyethers can be linear, branched cross-linked. Plant oil-based polyethers are polyethers that are derived from monomers that are derived from plant seed oils.