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Thermal degradation kinetics of epoxy/organically modified montmorillonite nanocomposites

✍ Scribed by Ivan Brnardić; Jelena Macan; Hrvoje Ivanković; Marica Ivanković

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
209 KB
Volume
107
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-8995

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Abstract

Nanocomposites based on a commercial epoxy resin and organically modified montmorillonites (OMMTs), containing 5 and 10 phr OMMT, were prepared and characterized. Poly(oxypropylene) diamine (Jeffamine D400) and octadecylamine were used as organic modifiers. Another poly(oxypropylene) diamine (Jeffamine D230) was used as a curing agent. The thermal degradation kinetics of the neat resin system and nanocomposites were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis. The dispersion of silicate layers within the crosslinked epoxy matrix was verified by transmission electron microscopy. The activation energy of degradation for the investigated systems was determined by the isoconversional Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose method. The thermal behavior of the neat resin systems and nanocomposites was modeled with an empirical kinetic model. The influence of organic modifiers and the OMMT loading on the thermal stability of the nanocomposites was discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. JAppl Polym Sci, 2008

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## Abstract The effect of an organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) on the curing kinetics of a thermoset system based on a bisphenol A epoxy resin and a poly(oxypropylene)diamine curing agent were studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in isothermal and dynamic (constant