Thermal oxidation of anhydride cured epoxies. I—mechanistic aspects
Thermal oxidation of anhydride cured epoxies. I—mechanistic aspects
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DOI:
10.1016/0141-3910(92)90138-u
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
H. Huy;V. Bellenger;J. Verdu;M. París
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作者:
H. Huy;V. Bellenger;J. Verdu;M. París
The thermal ageing of various anhydride cured epoxies was studied in the temperature range 140–200°C, in vacuum and in air. Except for a slight post-crosslinking process, the main structural changes are due to oxidation. two steps can be distinguished. In the first, whose duration does not exceed 300 h at 140°C, the monomeric anhydride is reformed presumably from monoacid dangling groups. When this anhydride is saturated (hexahydrophthalic anhydride), it is evolved. When it is unsaturated (methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride), it is bound to the network by radical additions to the double bonds. This latter process is responsible for the increase in the glass transition temperature. At the end of this first step, the rates of weight loss andTgchange decrease strongly, and the ageing becomes dominated by the oxidation of the regular structural units of the polymer. This process leads essentially to the formation of anhydrides different to those formed in the first step.