CURING MECHANISM AND KINETICS OF BORON AMINE COMPLEX/EPOXY RESIN SYSTEM

The curing mechanism and kinetics of epoxy resin with cured boron amine complexes containing oxaborinane were studied by means of DSC and IR. The results indicated that the first complexes containing hydrogen proton came into being only after the reaction of boron amine complexes with hydrogen groups of the system, and the polyether cross network was formed by initiation epoxy groups. The study of the curing kinetics reveals that the whole curing process follows the first order kinetics.