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Results <strong>and</strong> Discussion 112<br />

Figure 3.12: Arrhenius plot.<br />

From the equation <strong>of</strong> the interpolating line it is possible to calculate the values<br />

<strong>of</strong> activation energy E a <strong>and</strong> the hyperbolic logarithm <strong>of</strong> the pre-exponential factor<br />

ln (k 0 ) for the conventional curing process.<br />

E a =11, 41 · 1000 K · R=11, 41 · 1000 K · 8, 314472<br />

J<br />

KJ<br />

=94, 84<br />

mol K mol<br />

(3.19)<br />

ln (k 0 )=31, 06 1<br />

(3.20)<br />

min<br />

The kinetic parameters are reported in Table 3.8. These values are in good<br />

Conventional <strong>Kinetic</strong> Parameters<br />

E a [KJ/mol] 94,84<br />

ln (k 0 )[min −1 ] 31,06<br />

Table 3.8: <strong>Kinetic</strong> parameters for conventional curing reaction.<br />

agreement with those obtained by Navabpour et al. [20].<br />

112

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