Influence of the temperature of cure on the mechanical properties of ATBN/epoxy blends

Flexural, compression, chemical resistance, and morphology studies on granite powder‐filled epoxy and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene‐toughened epoxy matrices

“…1 Our aim is to toughen these brittle polymers without significantly decreasing other important properties they possess. Many studies have been carried out with the addition of suitable rubber such as liquid amine-terminated, 2 carboxyl-terminated, 3 and hydroxyl-terminated 4 copolymers of butadiene, and acrylonitrile. In general, toughness can be achieved when elastomer particles are dispersed on a micro level.…”

Miscibilization of low molecular weight functionalized polyethylenes in epoxy resins: Part 2. Effects of curing on morphological features and mechanical properties

“…The occurrence of a less dense network at high curing temperature has been also explained by other authors with the volatilization of the hardener, 51,52 though some researchers did not observe any weight loss during polymerization at 120ЊC, 52,53 -55 and/or the oxidation of the hardener, as indicated by the progressive darkening of castings. 47 In another study the variation of the molecular 56 weight between cross-links of a DGEBA resin (i.e., Mc) was related to the curing temperature. It was found that Mc is strongly dependent on the curing cycle, as already suggested by other researchers, 57 and that the network structure can develop more effectively giving a lower Mc value at low temperatures.…”

“…[39][40][41][42][43][44]46 Curing at different temperatures can lead to diverse network topologies also in toughened systems, 45,47 since it will give rise to different mechanical characteristics of the matrix. The optimization of mechanical properties relies on the attainment of a suf-ficiently high degree of cross-linking, which is usually achieved by curing and post-curing the resin at high temperatures.…”

Influence of Curing Conditions on the Mechanical Properties of Silica-Phenolic Composites: A Comprehensive Study

“…Thus, several methods have been developed to establish optimum cure cycle to reach the desired structural performance [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Mechanical testing, is based on measurement of variations in a specific mechanical property by applying different cure regimes, is one of the most common and conventional methods used in the optimization of curing parameters [12][13][14][15].…”

“…Liu et al [21] revealed the changes in the tensile and interlaminar shear strengths of the carbon-epoxy laminates produced at different curing pressures. Despite this considerable effort devoted to assessing the relationship between curing parameters and mechanical properties of different types of thermoset matrix composites [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25], there has yet to be any comprehensive study related the effect of curing processes on mechanical properties of silica phenolic composites. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of variations in the curing parameters on the mechanical properties of silica-phenolic composites.…”