A comparative study of epoxy resin cured with a linear diamine and a branched polyamine

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 188, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-172

  Wan, Jintao ^a,b   Li, Cheng ^a   Bu, Zhi Yang ^a   Xu, Cun Jin ^c   Li, Bo Geng ^a   Fan, Hong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Jiamin Plastics Co Ltd   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Branched polyamine; Curing agent; Epoxy resin; Isoconversional kinetic analysis; Model fitting kinetics; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC AMINES; AMINE CURING; AMINO GROUP; CHAR YIELD; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; CURING AGENT; CURING KINETICS; CURING RATES; CURING REACTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIES (DSC); DIGLYCIDYL ETHER OF BISPHENOL-A; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION ENERGY; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ISOCONVERSIONAL ANALYSIS; ISOCONVERSIONAL KINETIC ANALYSIS; ISOTHERMAL REACTIONS; JEFFAMINES; MODEL FITTING; MOLECULAR CHAINS; MOLECULAR TOPOLOGIES; NONISOTHERMAL; POLYAMINES; RELAXATION TEMPERATURE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; ETHERS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; RESINS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CURING;

TETRA;

EID: 84862800604     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.01.134     Document Type: Article

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