Luminescence spectroscopy as a tool for testing of cure kinetics of epoxy resins

Kresalek, Vojtech; Mikulicova, Michaela

doi:10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106496

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“…Epoxy resin is one of the most widely used thermosetting polymers because of its superior properties, such as excellent chemical resistance, good thermal stability, and high adhesion strength to various substrates. [1][2][3] With the innovation of the lightweight and integral process of epoxy resin composites, their applications have gradually changed from general parts to important and even key parts. [4][5][6] Epoxy resin itself is a linear molecular compound, which needs to react with some groups in the curing agent to form a stable three-dimensional cross-linked polymer before it can be used in practice.…”

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Effect of new nonionic curing agent on curing kinetics and mechanical properties of epoxy resin

Chai

Wang

Yang

et al. 2021

Polymers for Advanced Techs

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The current research work presents a novel nonionic curing agent (AEDA) synthesized by utilizing ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EGDE), 3,4‐dimethoxyaniline (DI), and triethylenetetramine (TETA). Infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used to characterize the structure of AEDA curing agent. Non‐isothermal scanning calorimetry was used to determine the activation energy and curing conditions of epoxy resin in the curing process. An impact testing machine, a tensile testing machine and a scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used to analyze the impact strength, tensile strength, bending strength, and micromorphology of the AEDA/E‐51 system with different mass ratios. The results show that AEDA is an effective high‐temperature curing agent. For the AEDA/E‐51 system with the optimal mass ratio of 10:100, the best curing temperature is 92.15°C, and the post‐curing temperature is 135.65°C. Furthermore, the apparent activation energy (Ea) of 1670 J/mol, the pre‐exponential factor (A) of 3.7 × 10−4, and the reaction series (n) value of 0.76 are obtained for the AEDA/E‐51 system. The impact strength of AEDA/E‐51 epoxy resin polymer is 7.82 kJ/m2, tensile strength is 14.2 MPa, and bending strength is 18.92 MPa. The micromorphological results of the AEDA/E‐51 system are consistent with the results of DSC test and mechanical properties test. Hence, this study provides theoretical support for the practical applications of AEDA as curing agent.

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