Reactive & Functional Polymers, Vol.73, No.2, 332-339, 2013
Time-temperature-transformation (TTT) and temperature-conversion-transformation (TxT) cure diagrams by RheoDSC: Combined rheometry and calorimetry on an epoxy-amine thermoset
A novel hyphenated RheoDSC combines rheological and calorimetric analyses of samples by performing rheological experiments inside a DSC cell. This enables direct studies of the chemorheological changes of epoxy-amine thermosets during crosslinking. The rheological and calorimetric information can be presented in time-temperature-transformation (TTT) cure diagrams, without the need for making interpretations based on experiments performed on different samples in the different thermal environments of individual rheometers and calorimeters. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.