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Results <strong>and</strong> Discussion 141<br />

than the corresponding value for conventional heating, though DSC thermal pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

is comparable with the temperature during MW exposure (Figures 3.16, 3.17 <strong>and</strong><br />

3.29). These results suggest the existence <strong>of</strong> the “specific microwave effect”.<br />

3.4 <strong>Kinetic</strong> analysis in Microwave Field with<br />

Avrami Method<br />

The pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>of</strong> degree <strong>of</strong> conversion in function <strong>of</strong> reaction time, obtained in<br />

static operative conditions, have been used for a qualitative estimation <strong>of</strong> microwave<br />

kinetic parameters 18 with the Avrami method.<br />

This method was found to account well for the autocatalytic cure behaviour<br />

<strong>of</strong> an amine-epoxy system [32, 33].<br />

According to Avrami method the degree <strong>of</strong> cure is calculated with the following<br />

equation:<br />

α =1− e −ktp (3.29)<br />

The derivative form <strong>of</strong> Avrami equation is given below:<br />

dα<br />

dt = e−ktp pkt (p−1) (3.30)<br />

The Avrami parameters k <strong>and</strong> p are easily obtained through graphical analysis<br />

<strong>of</strong> the experimental degree <strong>of</strong> cure versus reaction time data by plotting<br />

log [−ln (1 − α)] versus log t.<br />

The slope <strong>of</strong> the line is equal to p <strong>and</strong> the “yintercept”<br />

is equal to log k according to the relationship 3.31:<br />

log [−ln (1 − α)] = log k + p log t (3.31)<br />

With the data obtained through experiments at 1500 W an example <strong>of</strong> this graphical<br />

analysis is illustrated in Figure 3.36.<br />

18 Activation energy E a <strong>and</strong> the pre-exponential factor k 0 .<br />

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