STUDIES ON KINETIC PARAMETERS OF LATENT EPOXY RESIN SYSTEMS

The kinetic parameters of two kinds of latent (epoxy resin) systems were discussed. The results indicate that an ideal latent resin system should possess higher reactive activation energy ( E a ) and frequency factor ( A ), or possess a variable reactive activation energy, that is, the resin system should possess a higher activation energy at room temperature and a lower one at elevated temperature.