Organic/inorganic hybrid materials from an epoxy resin cured by an amine silsesquioxane

• DOI: 10.1007/s10973-006-7815-8
• Publication Date: 2007-02-06T13:38:29Z
• Authors: Carmen Ramírez; M. Rico; L. Barral; J. Díez; S. García-Garabal; B. Montero
• Keywords: Silsesquioxane; Thermogravimetric analysis; Degradation

The thermal behaviour of an epoxy resin cured with an amine-POSS was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. The kinetic of polymerization reaction and the thermal degradation have been analyzed based on an iso-conversional model. The obtained results showed that the activation energies of both processes depend on the degree of conversion.