Monitoring and modeling the diffusion profile in a thermosetting resin

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7293, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mahendran, Ramani S ^a   Chen, Rongsheng ^a   Kukureka, Stephen N ^a   Fernando, Gerard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber optic chemical sensors; FTIR spectroscopy; Moisture ingress; Thermosets

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS; CROSS-LINKING PROCESS; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DIFFUSION PROFILES; FIBRE-OPTIC SENSOR; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE INGRESS; OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS; RESIN SYSTEMS; SAN DIEGO; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMOSETTING RESINS; WATER DIFFUSION; WATER INGRESS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION; FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MONITORING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RESINS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SMART SENSORS; THERMOSETS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 66749117945     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.817619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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