Kinetic approach for epoxy resins cured with diaminodiphenyl sulfone under non-isothermal conditions
✍ Scribed by Kuo-Chung Cheng; K. C. Lia; Wen-Yen Chiu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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✦ Synopsis
The curing reactions of epoxy resin basing on diglycidyl ether bisphenol A (DGEBA) with 4,4Ј-diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS) were investigated with a differential scanning calorimeter and gel permeation chromatography. Based on the generating function method and the Monte Carlo simulation procedure, kinetic models for both isothermal and nonisothermal curing conditions were proposed. The apparent activation energy of curing reactions was found to be 14.9 Kcal/mol by the thermal analysis. According to our kinetic models, gel points, the profiles of epoxy conversion, and the molecular weights of polymers were calculated. Good agreement is obtained between the model predictions and experimental data.