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The polymerization kinetics of the reaction between diglycidylether of bisp
henol A (DGEBA) and ethylenediamine (EDA) was analyzed, using dynamic scann
ing calorimetry, in both isothermal and programmed heating-rate modes. A si
mple mechanistic model, consisting of an equilibrium reaction generating an
epoxy-hydroxyl complex, and including two possible mechanisms for the cons
umption of amine hydrogens [(1) with free epoxy groups, (2) with the epoxy-
hydroxyl complex], provided a reasonable fitting of the whole set of experi
mental results. It was found that the equilibrium constant decreased with t
emperature, making less important the reaction mechanism involving the epox
y-hydroxyl complex. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.