THERMOANALYTICAL STUDY OF AN EPOXY-RESIN CROSSLINKED WITH AN ALIPHATIC POLYAMINE

Samples of the cured resins were prepared in the form of cast sheets. The concentration of the amine curing agent (triethylenetetramine) in the epoxy resin (bisphenol-A diglycidylether) was varied between 25 and 100% of the stoichiometric quantity. The cured resins were examined by differential scanning calorimetry, penetration under load as a function of temperature, and dynamic mechanical analysis. It is found that all of these methods provide a useful means of monitoring crosslinking through changes in the glass transition temperature. The dependence of some characteristic secondary relaxation temperatures, and the change in heat capacity at the glass transition, on the concentration of the amine were also investigated. © 1979.