Jm. Morancho et Jm. Salla, INFLUENCE OF A CARBOXYL-TERMINATED MODIFIER (CTBN) ON THE CURE OF AN EPOXY-RESIN, Journal of non-crystalline solids, 172, 1994, pp. 656-660
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to monitor the degree
of cure within epoxy-carboxyl-terminated modifier (CTBN) samples cure
d at 50 +/- 1 degrees C. At this temperature, all samples were found t
o achieve 80% of conversion within 1000 min or less. CTBN accelerates
the curing process and modifies the cross-linked network. The DSC was
also used to measure the extent of 'physical aging' which took place d
uring the cure process.