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Kinetic study of phenolic resin cure by IR spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Carotenuto G.,
Nicolais L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19991209)74:11<2703::aid-app18>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - kinetic energy , activation energy , nucleation , isothermal process , thermodynamics , materials science , diffusion , homogeneous , reaction mechanism , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , kinetics , order of reaction , chemistry , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , reaction rate constant , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The cure reaction of a commercial phenolic resin (FRD‐5002, Borden Chimie S.A.) has been studied by IR spectroscopy (Fourier transform IR). A phenomenological approach was used to characterize the kinetic of reaction. Various kinetic models, including homogeneous reactions, diffusion‐controlled reactions, phase boundary movement, and nucleation and growth‐type kinetic, have been tested. Kinetic analyses using integral procedures on isothermal data indicate that the cure reaction data can be described above 140°C using the homogeneous first‐order reaction model. The activation energy has been found to be about 49.6 kJ mol −1 . At lower temperature, a diffusive mechanism was active, and the kinetic of reaction was well described by the Jander kinetic model. Because of the simple kinetic control active above 140°C, a mechanistic model for the resol cure at these temperatures has been also proposed. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 2703–2715, 1999