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Hygrothermal history dependence of moisture sorption kinetics in epoxy resins
Author(s) -
Apicella A.,
Nicolais L.,
Astarita G.,
Drioli E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760210104
Subject(s) - sorption , epoxy , diffusion , materials science , solubility , moisture , kinetics , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemistry , adsorption , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Abstract A history dependent solubility model is generalized in accordance with the Dual Mode Sorption Theory to take into account a history dependency of effective water diffusion coefficients in epoxy resins, based on hypothesized microcavitational damage due to the combined effects of temperature and sorbed moisture. Sorption data presented in a different paper are analyzed in the light of a transport model in which part of diffusing molecules are completely immobilized in the formed microcavities. The nature of the hypothesized damaging process is in agreement with the diffusion coefficient depressions and solubility increases experimentally found and theoretically predicted by the model.