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Physical degradation by water clustering in epoxy resins
Author(s) -
Carfagna C.,
Apicella A.
Publication year - 1983
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.1983.070280917
Subject(s) - epoxy , sorption , materials science , void (composites) , degradation (telecommunications) , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , adsorption , telecommunications , engineering
Water uptakes in sorption experiments on thin sheets of epoxy resins have been explained on the basis of theoretical models. The occurrence of an irreversible void formation process at higher humidities induces strong deviations from the Flory–Huggins analysis. This phenomenon can be successfully explained on the basis of cluster formation.