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Chemorheological characterization of thermoset cure
Author(s) -
Tungare A. V.,
Martin G. C.,
Gotro J. T.
Publication year - 1988
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.760281610
Subject(s) - thermosetting polymer , materials science , epoxy , rheology , viscosity , composite material , arrhenius equation , rheometer , rheometry , activation energy , chemistry , organic chemistry
Thermosetting resin/glass cloth composites find extensive use in the packaging of electrical circuits into multi‐layered circuit boards. To determine optimum processing conditions, it is necessary to understand the rheology of the resin as it cures. In this study, a squeezing flow geometry was used to determine the shear viscosity of a high performance epoxy resin during cure; Viscosity profiles were obtained during rising temperature cure. The results were compared with the complex viscosities obtained using the dynamic oscillatory parallel plate geometry. A numerical optimization algorithm was used to obtain the dual Arrhenius viscosity model parameters from the experimental viscosity data. The sensitivities of the model parameters and their effects on the predicted viscosity profiles were also determined.