Quantitative analysis of curing mechanisms of epoxy resin by mid- and near- fourier transform infra red spectroscopy

Sagar T Cholake, Mykanth R Mada, Singh Raman, Yu Bai, XL Zhao, Sami H Rizkalla, Sri Bandyopadhyay

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Abstract

This article informs the essence of major work done by a number of researchers on the analysis of two-step curing mechanism of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) epoxy resin in presence of amine curing agents using near- and mid-IR technology. Various peaks used as a marker for resin formation are discussed and their implementation is comprehensively studied. In addition to this, a wide range of information about the importance of reference peaks in both near-IR (NIR) and mid-IR (MIR) regions are congregated and their accuracy is audited. Also discrepancies observed by researchers in epoxy conversion (α) in NIR and MIR regions are reviewed to highlight the comparative advantages of both regions, one over the other.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)314-321
Number of pages8
JournalDefence Science Journal
Volume64
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Amines
  • curing
  • epoxy resin
  • FTIR

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