Papers by Keyword: Mechanical Interfacial Properties

Abstract: In this work, the thermal and mechanical interfacial properties of diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA)/polyurethane modified epoxy (UME-305) blends were investigated. 4,4’-Diaminodiphenyl methane (DDM) was used as a curing agent, and the content of UME-305 in the mixture was 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 wt%. The cure behaviors of DGEBA/UME-305 blends were studied by DSC. The mechanical interfacial properties were confirmed by critical stress intensity factor (KIC) at 77K and 298K. As a result, the exothermic peaks in DSC results were shifted to higher temperature region as increasing the UME-305 content in the blends. The KIC was also enhanced with increasing the UME-305 content and showing a maximum value at 60 wt.% UME-305.

Abstract: In this work, the blend of diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and modified polyurethane (PU) was prepared and characterized the cure behavior and mechanical interfacial properties. The N-benzylpyrazinium hexafluoroantimonate was used as a cationic initiator for cure, and the content of PU was varied within 0~20 phr. The cure behavior and mechanical interfacial properties were studied by DSC and the critical stress intensity actor (KIC) measurements. Also thermal stabilities were carried out by TMA and TGA analyses. It is found that the cure activation energy (Ea) was slightly increased on increasing the PU content, and a maximum value was noted at 10 phr PU. The mechanical interfacial properties measured from KIC showed a similar behavior with the results of conversion. These results were probably due to the increase of the hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl groups of DGEBA and isocyanate groups in PU.