Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used at different heating rates to study the cure kinetics of the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) with a polyaminophenolic product (PAP) derived from the modification of tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA). The activation energy (E-a) based on a single heating rate was compared with E-a based on multiple heating rates (Kissinger, isoconversional method). (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.