Kinetic Reaction Analysis of Gelation: Investigations of Random Step-Growth and Chain-Initiated Resins

Autor: D. C. Timm, and Q. Zhu, D. J. Robbins
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 36:1360-1372
ISSN: 1520-5045
0888-5885
DOI: 10.1021/ie960461m
Popis: Subject to intermolecular addition and intramolecular cross-linking reactions, deterministic models which describe chain infrastructure for a random A4 + B2 resin and a Poisson-type, chain-initiated epoxy anhydride thermoset were derived. Sol fractions are described in terms of molar concentrations of molecules of a given chemical composition and conversion and in terms of branch node distributions. Moments of the population density distribution form conditionally convergent series. Two limits were selected. Their difference is proportional to the substance in the gel. Purely deterministic derivations are made regarding the internal structure of the gel-structural parameters related to rubber elasticity, for example, which have been previously held to be obtainable only by statistical arguments. Numerical solutions are presented graphically to emphasize the distinct molecular structure within the two resins and the consequence with regards to mechanical performance. Deterministic solutions are equal to so...
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