Cure kinetics of amine-cured diglycidyl ether of bisphenol- A epoxy blended with poly(ether imide).pdfVIP

Cure kinetics of amine-cured diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A epoxy blended with poly(ether imide) L. Barral*, J. Cano, J. Lo?pez, I. Lo?pez-Bueno, P. Nogueira, A. Torres, C. Ram??rez, M.J. Abad Departamento de F??sica, E.U.P. Ferrol, Universidad de A Corun?a, Avda. 19 de Febrero s/n, 15405 Ferrol, Spain Accepted 23 August 1999 Abstract An epoxy based on the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) has been modi?ed with poly(ether imide) (PEI) and cured with 1,3-bisaminomethylcyclohexane (1,3-BAC). The curing kinetics of the neat resin and of a PEI/epoxy blend were analysed and compared by diffe