Fateme Shokrolahi - Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Ali Reza Mahdavian - Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Parvin Shokrolah - Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran

The curing reaction of epoxy novolac /tetrabromobisphenol A resin with nadic methyl ahydride as a curing agent and benzyl dimethyl amine as a catalyst was studied by non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at heating rates of 5, 10, 15 and 20ºC/min. The dynamic scans were analysed to estimate the activation energy and the order of reaction for the curing process using some empirical reactions. The results were dependent on the catalyst concentration and proceeded through Ozaea and Kissinger equations.

Epoxy novolac resin, NMA, BDMA, Kinetic, Cure, Non-isothermal DSC