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Thermal properties of an epoxide resin cured with bicyclo Diels‐Alder anhydride adducts
Author(s) -
Fleming Gerald J.
Publication year - 1969
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.1969.070130514
Subject(s) - bicyclic molecule , epoxide , adduct , diels–alder reaction , diglycidyl ether , ether , resorcinol , organic chemistry , chemistry , polymer , polymer chemistry , epoxy , catalysis , bisphenol a
The thermal properties of polymers derived from resorcinol diglycidyl ether cured with several bicyclo Diels‐Alder anhydride adducts have been investigated. Increased char yields and decreased rates of weight loss were observed for these systems as compared to polymers cured by Diels–Alder adducts from acyclic dienes. This is explained on the basis of a reverse Diels‐Alder reaction which these bicyclo adducts undergo at lower temperatures than do adducts from acyclic dienes.