Effect of cure cycle on curing process and hardness for epoxy resin

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 534-541

  Zhang, J ^a   Xu, Y C ^a   Huang, P ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degree of cure field; Epoxy resin; Hardness; Temperature field; Thermosetting resins

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949146351     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.67     Document Type: Article

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