The curing kinetics of a catalysed epoxy-anhydride system was studied by temperaturemodulated differential scanning calorimetry. The chemical-controlled regime was analysed by empirical kinetic equations. The diffusion-controlled regime was detected by the diffusion factor, DF(α,T ), which was calculated from the ratio of the experimental rate to the chemical reaction rate. DF(α,T ) was compared with a mobility factor, MF(α,T ), which was obtained by measuring the modulus of the complex heat capacity |C p * |. The equivalence of the two factors allowed the diffusion-controlled regime to be studied using the |C p * | signal. However, the results obtained in the epoxy-anhydride system showed a limitation to the method, and this is discussed in terms of the modulation period necessary for the variation in MF(α,T ) to occur in the same conversion interval as does DF(α,T ).
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