Analysi so fth eCrosslinkin gProces so fa Phenoli cResi nby Therma lScannin gRheometry

Th ecurin greactio no fa phenoli cresi n(resol etype )carrie dou ti nthe absenc eo fa ninitiato rwa sstudie db ytherma lscannin grheometr yunde risothermal condition sa ttemperature sfro m7 0t o105°C.Th esam ecurin greactio nwa sstudie din th epresenc eo fa naci da s acatalys ti nth etemperatur erang eo f5 0- 80°C.Th ege ltime, whic hwa sdefine db ysevera lcriteria ,wa sfoun dt ob ea goo dparamete rt odetermine th eapparen tactivatio nenerg yo fthi sprocess .A nempirica lmode lwa suse dt opredict th echang ei ncomple xviscosit ywit htim eunti lth ege ltim ewa sreached .I ffirst-order kinetic swer eassumed ,th eapparen tkineti cconstan to fth ecurin greactio ncoul dbe obtained .Furthermore ,th eeffec ttha tth eadditio no fwate ran dfre epheno lha do nthe curin gproces so fthi styp eo fresi nwa sstudied . ©200 2Joh nWile y& Sons ,Inc .J App lPolym Sc i83 :57 -65 ,2002