Thermal and cure shrinkage behaviors of epoxy resins cured by thermal cationic catalysts

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Abstract

The thermal and volumetric change properties of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) epoxy resin were studied using two thermal cationic catalysts: benzylquinoxalinium hexafluoroantimonate (BQH) and triphenyl benzyl phosphonium hexafluoroantimonate (TBPH). The cure reactivity and thermal stability of the DGEBA/BQH system were higher than those of the DGEBA/TBPH system; this was because of the slow thermal diffusion rate of the DGEBA/TBPH system induced by the bulky phenyl groups in TBPH. The volumetric change values of DGEBA/BQH and DGEBA/TBPH were −0.17% and 7.95%, respectively.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)156-160
Number of pages5
JournalMacromolecular Research
Volume23
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cure reactivity
  • epoxy resin
  • thermal cationic catalyst
  • thermal stability
  • volumetric change

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