Epoxy-rubber interactions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
Films containing amine-terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile (ATBN) rubber and diglycidal ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) epoxy, cross-linked with amine curing agent, exhibit tensile extensibility over the composition range of 50-600 parts by weight rubber to 100 parts by weight epoxy. This tensile extensibility suggests the presence of ductile behavior in the second-phase particles of ATBN rubber-toughened DGEBA epoxy systems, even if the particles contain substantial amounts of epoxy. Such cured films also are capable of absorbing large additional amounts of liquid epoxy that contains the cure agent. When the epoxy is cured in situ, the film tensile behavior is consistent with the overall proportions of rubber and epoxy present. The solubility behavior also suggests that the glassy epoxy matrix immediately surrounding a precipated particle contains rubber in solid solution and thereby can plastically yield under shear-stress action. As observations confirm, such flow would be heat recoverable. 15 refs., 9 figs., 2 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 76238
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-900802-; TRN: 94:009880-0019
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 200. American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 26-31 Aug 1990; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Toughened plastics I: Science and engineering; Riew, C.K.; Kinloch, A.J. [eds.]; PB: 567 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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