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Polymer Bulletin, Vol.43, No.6, 519-526, 2000
Rheological monitoring of curing reaction of an epoxy system: effect of heating rate
In this work, we present a rheological study of the non-isothermal curing reaction of an epoxy resin, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, with aliphatic amines of different functionalities. The reaction was carried out under a linear temperature program and the epoxy-amine mixtures were prepared at different epoxy groups to amine-hydrogen ratios The effect of vitrification on the curing reaction is analyzed as a function of the healing rate. At low heating rates, the viscous modulus, G ", presents two peaks. The first peak is due to the vitrification-devitrification phenomenon that takes place during cure. At the second peak, the sample is completely cured and the decrement is G " is only due to the temperature increment.