Question: ( 2 5 points ) You work for a shower stall manufacturer that uses polyester resin in their composite material to make the shower stall.

(25 points) You work for a shower stall manufacturer that uses polyester resin in their
composite material to make the shower stall. The company has been plagued with shower stall
failures during installation. You attribute these failures to rough handling, and you find that the
polyester resin formulation used contains only unsaturated diacids - making the material very
brittle. In order to obtain a tougher polyester resin, you decide to try replacing 25wt%(weight
percent) of the unsaturated diacids with adipic acid.
The current formulation has the following mix ratio:
35wt% PEST (TP)
60wt%RD(styrene)
4.8wt% initiator (MEKP)
0.2wt% inhibitor (HQ)
The ingredients have the following equivalent weights:
Current PEST: 125gmol
Adipic acid: 73gmol
Styrene: 104gmol
For the first trial you also decide to keep the PEST (TP)-to-RD stoichiometric ratio consistent
and the weight percentages of MEKP and HQ the same (at 4.8wt% and 0.2wt%, respectively).
What is the new mix ratio (in wt% as shown above for the current formulation)?
( 2 5 points ) You work for a shower stall

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