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Cure of epoxy resins with aromatic amines: High heat‐distortion studies
Author(s) -
Illman J. C.
Publication year - 1966
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/app.1966.070101010
Subject(s) - epoxy , curing (chemistry) , heat deflection temperature , materials science , amine gas treating , stoichiometry , aromatic amine , polymer chemistry , pyrolysis , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , ultimate tensile strength , izod impact strength test
Castings having unexpectedly high heat‐distortion temperatures result when certain treated resins of the EPON EPON is a registered trademark of the Shell Oil Company. 828 type and about 75% of the stoichiometric amount of m ‐phenylenediamine, are postcured for 10–20 hr. at 175–200°C. The improvement in heat‐distortion temperature is about 100°C., to values as high as 250°C. A recrystallized resin has given the highest values. Other glycidyl ethers of polyphenols have shown this phenomenon to a lesser degree, but other amine curing agents, including isomers and substitution products of m ‐phenylenediamine, have not. Some evidence of a new curing reaction has been developed, by NMR and pyrolysis studies of model compounds, which supports the postulate that the m ‐phenylenediamine is alkylated with a fifth epoxy group during the postcure, presumably at a ring carbon, resulting in greater crosslinking.