Japanese Lacquer-A Super Durable Coating (Proposed Structure and Expanded Application)

  • Ju Kumanotani
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Part of the Polymer Science and Technology book series (volume 17)

Abstract

Mankind is indebted to nature with respect to food, clothing and shelter since time immemorial. Though the origin of Japanese lacquer, a naturally occuring phenolic coating material from the lacquer tree, Rhus vernicifera, is not clear, historically, it is known to have been used in continental China for 5,000 to 6,000 years1, and is said to have come to Japan from China in the 6th Century along with Buddhism. Lacquer from other trees (Rhus succedanea, Melanorrhorea usitata, et al) have been used in Asian countries. An outstanding property of Japanese lacquer wares in man’s everyday living, there being many items of many cultures, exhibited in museums in U.S.A. and Europe, some from ancient excavations. At the Shosoin, a temple in Japan, a great number of cultural treasures coated with Japanese lacquer are exhibited, all having been preserved for more than a thousand years without having lost their original elegant beauty.

Keywords

Alkyd Resin Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Melamine Resin Oxidative Crosslinking Unsaturated Side Chain 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ju Kumanotani
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  1. 1.Institute of Industrial ScienceThe University of TokyoMinatoku, TokyoJapan

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