Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A Review

Epoxy resins are widely used in composites, aerospace, construction, electronic, adhesive and coatings industries due to their high physical and mechanical, thermal resistance, electrical and chemical properties. For curing epoxy resins, a chemical material, called curing agent or hardener, must be...

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Main Authors: Sayed Morteza Mozaffari, Mohammad Hosain Beheshty
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Language:fas
Published: Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute 2018-12-01
Series:علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر
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Online Access:http://jips.ippi.ac.ir/article_1610_2ea814a68cdb196a96da027108462162.pdf
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description Epoxy resins are widely used in composites, aerospace, construction, electronic, adhesive and coatings industries due to their high physical and mechanical, thermal resistance, electrical and chemical properties. For curing epoxy resins, a chemical material, called curing agent or hardener, must be used. Curing agents have strong effect on the processing conditions and final properties of the cured resins. In general, epoxy curing agents can be classified in two groups of normal (room or high temperature) and latent curing agents. Normal curing agents increase the resin viscosity at room temperature due to crosslinking or curing reactions and the resin is gelled and finally cured. The rate of viscosity increment would be different and depends on the kind of curing agent. On the other hand, latent curing agents cannot react with epoxy resin at room temperature and do not increase the resin viscosity. Therefore, they are being used for preparing one-part epoxy resins. Latent curing agents are not active at room temperature, but they will react with epoxy resin by the application of an external force like heat or light. Thermally-latent curing agents are well-known and they are widely used. They include substances with active hydrogen, and are catalyzed and protected by chemical groups and microcapsules. Selection of a latent curing system for an application is an important issue which affects the processing conditions and final properties of the cured resins. In this paper, the latest achievements in this area are reviewed.
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spelling doaj.art-09faafc1f03d422099b9eb6fd9f1d5f52022-12-21T23:09:29ZfasIran Polymer and Petrochemical Instituteعلوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر1016-32552008-08832018-12-0131540942610.22063/jipst.2019.16101610Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A ReviewSayed Morteza Mozaffari0Mohammad Hosain Beheshty11. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mazandaran University, P.O. Box 47416-13534, Mazandaran, IranDepartment of Composites, Faculty of Processing, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, P.O. Box: 14975-112, Tehran, IranEpoxy resins are widely used in composites, aerospace, construction, electronic, adhesive and coatings industries due to their high physical and mechanical, thermal resistance, electrical and chemical properties. For curing epoxy resins, a chemical material, called curing agent or hardener, must be used. Curing agents have strong effect on the processing conditions and final properties of the cured resins. In general, epoxy curing agents can be classified in two groups of normal (room or high temperature) and latent curing agents. Normal curing agents increase the resin viscosity at room temperature due to crosslinking or curing reactions and the resin is gelled and finally cured. The rate of viscosity increment would be different and depends on the kind of curing agent. On the other hand, latent curing agents cannot react with epoxy resin at room temperature and do not increase the resin viscosity. Therefore, they are being used for preparing one-part epoxy resins. Latent curing agents are not active at room temperature, but they will react with epoxy resin by the application of an external force like heat or light. Thermally-latent curing agents are well-known and they are widely used. They include substances with active hydrogen, and are catalyzed and protected by chemical groups and microcapsules. Selection of a latent curing system for an application is an important issue which affects the processing conditions and final properties of the cured resins. In this paper, the latest achievements in this area are reviewed.http://jips.ippi.ac.ir/article_1610_2ea814a68cdb196a96da027108462162.pdfepoxy resinhardenerlatent curing agentcompositeviscosity
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Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A Review
علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر
epoxy resin
hardener
latent curing agent
composite
viscosity
title Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A Review
title_full Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A Review
title_fullStr Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A Review
title_short Thermally-Latent Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins: A Review
title_sort thermally latent curing agents for epoxy resins a review
topic epoxy resin
hardener
latent curing agent
composite
viscosity
url http://jips.ippi.ac.ir/article_1610_2ea814a68cdb196a96da027108462162.pdf
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