CALORIMETRIC STUDY OF SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE FORMATION IN THE COURSE OF LINEAR EPOXIDE-AMINE POLYCONDENSATION - EPOXY-AMINE CATENATE POLYMERS

The formation of linear epoxy-amine polymers has been studied using th e calorimetry method. Catenate polymer (''olympic gel'') is produced i n the course of linear polycondensation of aniline with resorcinol dig lycidyl ether. A relation was found to exist between the kinetics of t he processes and the glassy state transition temperatures for the samp les obtained in the reaction. A model of glassy state formation is pro posed. In accordance with latter the polymeric glasses are considered to have the dissipative structure resulting from a kinetically control led phase transition.