THE INFLUENCE OF HETEROGENEOUS CROSS-LINK DENSITY ON THE THERMOMECHANICAL AND HYGROTHERMAL PROPERTIES OF AN UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN .1.THERMOMECHANICAL RESPONSE

Authors
JACOBS PM JONES FR
Citation
Pm. Jacobs et Fr. Jones, THE INFLUENCE OF HETEROGENEOUS CROSS-LINK DENSITY ON THE THERMOMECHANICAL AND HYGROTHERMAL PROPERTIES OF AN UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN .1.THERMOMECHANICAL RESPONSE, Polymer, 33(7), 1992, pp. 1418-1422
Citations number
9
Journal title
Polymer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323861
Volume
33
Issue
7
Year of publication
1992
Pages
1418 - 1422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(1992)33:7<1418:TIOHCD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The crosslinking reactions that occur in unsaturated polyester resins result in a heterogeneous structure of highly crosslinked domains sepa rated by less highly crosslinked material. This structure is a result of the formation of gel particles, which are initiated at free radical s during the curing reaction. Controlling the concentration of free ra dicals present in the system enables the heterogeneity within the resi n to be varied, and its influence on the thermomechanical properties t o be studied.