The kinetic study of the curing reaction of epoxide catalyzed by terti
ary amine was carried out through thermal analysis of the reaction by
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Using infrared spectroscopy (
IR) and neutron magnetic reasonance (NMR) analysis, a reaction mechani
sm for this reaction was proposed. The reaction proceeded to anionic p
olymerization. An autocatalytic reaction was induced at high concentra
tion of the tertiary amine catalyst. (C) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.