ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Triethylene tetramine (TETA) has been chemically modified to different extents using acrylonitrile (AN) as chain extender for the hardener system of epoxy resin. The modified hardeners have been characterized and used to make epoxy casting and glass reinforced composites. The neat epoxy matrices have been evaluated in terms of mechanical and thermal properties, while their glass fibre reinforced composites have been characterized mechanically. It has been observed with neat resin casting that the Izod impact strength increased from 14.89 to 67.17 kJ/m2, but the Rockwell hardness and glass transition temperature decreased from 83.1 to 30.8 and 146.2 to 59.7°C, respectively, as the extent of modification of TETA increased through the utilization of 0 to 3 mol AN for epoxy curing. Hardener based on adduct of 1 mol TETA and 3 mol AN was found most suitable for making epoxy prepreg with 1 month shelf life at -5°C.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1990.070411118
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