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Epoxy–lignin polyblends. III. Thermal properties and infrared analysis
Author(s) -
Feldman Dorel,
Banu Dorina,
Khoury Marwan
Publication year - 1989
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.1989.070370403
Subject(s) - materials science , dynamic mechanical analysis , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , dynamic modulus , epoxy , modulus , differential scanning calorimetry , young's modulus , polymer , thermodynamics , physics
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and IR analysis were performed on a nonviscous epoxy polymer system (EP) with Kraft lignin (L) up to 20%. Mixtures of EP with similar amounts of silica (S) as in EP–L polyblends were used as a reference system for the analyses performed. EP–L polyblends cured at room temperature exhibit a single T g , a fact characteristic for the monophasic systems. One‐step tensile storage modulus vs. temperature curves, and related one‐peak tensile loss modulus vs. temperature curves were found for all the EP–L polyblends. At about 30°C the tensile storage modulus of EP does not change in the presence of lignin in amounts up to 20% by weight. All these showed that L is miscible with EP and it does not affect the crosslinking at room temperature. IR spectra led to similar conclusions. The gradual decrease of the peak values of tan δ with the amount of L in polyblends is due to an increase in the tensile storage modulus and a decrease of the tensile loss modulus at temperatures close to T g . This fact is explained by a stronger bond between EP and L, which could be formed at higher temperatures. The DSC and DMA data are in agreement with the mechanical properties of EP–L polyblends, which were reported previously.