Epoxy Curing agents.pptVIP

Epoxy curing agents Bart Martens Content Curing epoxy resins Ashcroft 1: homopolymeristaion by a catalytic curing agent a polyaddition/copolymerisation reaction with a multifunctional curing agent In general 3 reactions to ‘worry’ about: Epoxy - amine (curing) Epoxy - epoxy (homopolymerisation) Amine - carbondioxyde (blooming) Epoxy -amine reaction Reaction: oxyrane ring opening, active amine hydrogens Epoxy-amine reaction 2 Types of curing agents Early patents: simple amines acid anhydrides phenol-formaldehyde amino-formaldehyde resins More resent polyfunctional amines poly carboxylic