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Effects of diffusion on the kinetic study of the system BADGE n = 0/ m ‐xylylenediamine
Author(s) -
Núñez Lisardo,
Fraga F.,
Núñez M. R.,
Castro A.,
Fraga 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(19991213)74:12<2997::aid-app27>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - epoxy , diglycidyl ether , curing (chemistry) , isothermal process , bisphenol a , materials science , kinetics , polymer chemistry , diffusion , composite material , thermodynamics , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The curing reactions of an epoxy system composed of a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (BADGE n =0) and m ‐xylylenediamine (m‐XDA) were studied. Two models, the first based solely on chemical kinetics and the second accounting for diffusion, were used and compared to the experimental data. The epoxy resin was used as received in a first series of experiments. In a second series of experiments, the resin was purified in vacuo (180°C and 1 mmHg). The inclusion of a diffusion factor in the second model allowed for the cure kinetics to be predicted over the whole range of conversion covering both pre‐ and postvitrification stages. The investigation was made in the temperature range 50–110°C, which is considered optimum for the isothermal curing of the epoxy system studied. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 2997–3005, 1999