Accelerated ageing due to moisture absorption of thermally cured epoxy resin/polyethersulphone blends. Thermal, mechanical and morphological behaviour

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 642-648

  Alessi, S ^a   Conduruta, D ^a   Pitarresi, G ^a   Dispenza, C ^a   Spadaro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epoxy resins; Fracture toughness; Hydrothermal ageing; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; ACCELERATED AGEING; AGEING CONDITIONS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CROSS-LINKING DEGREE; CURED EPOXY; DISTILLED WATER; DYNAMICAL MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTS; HYDROTHERMAL AGEING; HYDROTHERMALLY; MATRIX; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; PARTICLES DISTRIBUTION; POLYETHERSULFONES; SEGREGATION EFFECTS; SEM; SEM ANALYSIS; TOUGHENING AGENTS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; PHASE SEPARATION; SYNTHETIC RESINS; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79952187829     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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