Melamine formaldehyde: Curing studies and reaction mechanism

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-419

  Merline, Dyana J ^a   Vukusic, Sulafudin ^a   Abdala, Ahmed A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

curing; melamine formaldehyde; thermal properties; thermosetting resin

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CROSSLINKING REACTION; EXOTHERMIC PEAKS; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE; REACTION MECHANISM; SYNTHESIZED RESINS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSES (TGA);

CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FORMALDEHYDE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RESINS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOSETS;

MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

EID: 84877272915     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.162     Document Type: Article

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