Investigation of the cure kinetics and thermal stability of an epoxy system containing cystamine as curing agent

Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Khalafi ◽  
Morteza Ehsani ◽  
Hossein Ali Khonakdar
2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengwei Zhou ◽  
Aijun Li ◽  
Ruicheng Bai ◽  
Jinliang Sun

2011 ◽  
Vol 415-417 ◽  
pp. 261-264
Author(s):  
Yuan Ren ◽  
Zheng Xi ◽  
Wen Jun Gan ◽  
Liang Zhang ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
...  

A siloxane-containing dianhydride, succinic anhydride terminated polydimethylsiloxane (DMS-Z21) was selected to cure diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A based epoxy resin (DGEBA). The cure kinetics and thermal properties were investigated by nonisothermal and isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), respectively. The activation energy (Ea) of the curing reaction was obtained based on the methods of Kissinger and isothermal measurements. The results of the thermogravimetric analyses of the DGEBA/DMS-Z21 system showed that the thermal stability of the DGEBA/DMS-Z21 system was slightly higher than the DGEBA/MeTHPA system.


2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 127-130
Author(s):  
Ying Na Zhao ◽  
Xiong Feng Zeng ◽  
Wen Li Zhang

Ultrasonic wave (UW) and sol-gel (SG) technology were using to preprocess the nano-SiO2, and the SiO2/EP composites were prepared by adding coupling agent KH-550, curing agent T-31 and different contents SiO2 into EP matrix. Using infrared spectra analysis tested the samples’ structures and the thermal stability of two preparation processes were tested by TG. The results indicated that, the thermal stability of the SiO2/EP composites by UW preprocess was improved about 25 oC -60 oC when compared with pure EP and the SiO2/EP composites by SG. Comparing to the comprehensive evaluation of thermal stability of different SiO2 contents SiO2/EP composites, the most optimum additive of nano-SiO2 was about 10 wt. % by UW process.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahina Riaz ◽  
Soo-Jin Park

A series of composites was prepared from a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) with different graphene filler contents to improve their mechanical performance and thermal stability. Graphene oxide (GO) and GO modified with hexamethylene tetraamine (HMTA) were selected as reinforcing agents. As a latent cationic initiator and curing agent, N-benzylepyrizinium hexafluoroantimonate (N-BPH) was used. The effect of fillers and their contents on the mechanical properties and thermal stability of the composites were studied. Fracture toughness improved by 23% and 40%, and fracture energy was enhanced by 1.94- and 2.27-fold, for the composites containing 0.04 wt.% GO and HMTA-GO, respectively. The gradual increase in fracture toughness at higher filler contents was attributed to both crack deflection and pinning mechanisms. Maximum thermal stability in the composites was achieved by using up to 0.1 wt.% graphene fillers.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1053 ◽  
pp. 257-262
Author(s):  
Mei Li ◽  
Xiang Yu Zhao ◽  
Wei Shao ◽  
Chuan Bao Ma ◽  
Rui Xue Zheng ◽  
...  

An epoxy adhesive and its curing agent are tested using differential scaning calorimetry under different atmospheres and after different exposure times to natural air to analyze its thermal properties. The results show that after the pure epoxy, the curing agent and the adhesive mixture of them are exposed in natural air for different period of time, all show different levels of decline in thermal stability and more complicated reactions when tested in the DSC and TGA in O2 and air, while the thermal properties remain stable when they are tested in an inert gas like N2. And according to the mechanical property tests and SEM results, the mechanical properties of the adhesive mixture in N2 are better than that in air. The results indicate that inert gas can protect the property of this kind of adhesive and thus increase its bond strength.


2015 ◽  
Vol 617 ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamal R. Saad ◽  
Heba M. Abdallah ◽  
Mohamed S. Abdel Aziz ◽  
Nadia A. Mohamed ◽  
Magdy W. Sabaa

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