that can be used to epoxidize fatty acids to convert the unsaturation to epoxy
Soybean oil and linseed oil also referred to as flaxseed oil that are usually used for epoxidation to produce epoxidized linseed oil (ELO) and epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). ELO-based resin utilized as the matrix for natural fibre compos- ites has showed a flexural modulus of 1.8GPa and a strength of 60 MPa (Boquillon 2006), which are very close to the strength and flexural modulus of synthetic resins. ESO can be modified using acrylic acid and become acrylated epoxidized soybean oil (AESO) (Akesson et al. 2009), which is also used as the matrix resin in natural fibre thermoset matrix composites. In addition to that, ESO can be transformed into methacrylated soybean oil (MSO) (Ramamoorthy et al. 2012) and the MSO can also be modified to methacrylic anhydride-modified soybean oil (MMSO) using methacrylic anhydride (Adekunle et al. 2011). Bio-based epoxy resins have been proven to be environmentally friendly. However, their high water absorption and their swelling present lim