Kinetic Analysis and Characterization of Epoxy Resins ... - FedOA
Kinetic Analysis and Characterization of Epoxy Resins ... - FedOA
Kinetic Analysis and Characterization of Epoxy Resins ... - FedOA
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Then the components have been mechanically <strong>and</strong> carefully mixed <strong>and</strong> stirred,<br />
with a steel spatula, until clear mixture has been obtained. During this phase,<br />
generally air bubbles are formed inside the mixture. For this reason the system<br />
has been submitted to a degassing treatment, under vacuum at room temperature<br />
for 20 min. In this way the bubbles rise to the surface <strong>of</strong> the mixture <strong>and</strong> then it is<br />
possible to remove them with a technical spoon, or directly during the microwave<br />
radiation.<br />
During the mixture preparation the conversion is completely negligible.<br />
2.2 Microwave Plant<br />
The samples, microwave cured, have been polymerized using a microwave<br />
multimodal cavity produced by Microglass s.r.l.<br />
placed in the Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Materials <strong>and</strong> Production Engineering (DIMP) <strong>of</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Naples “Federico<br />
II”.<br />
This is a laboratory scale microwave oven, equipped with three heating<br />
mechanisms:<br />
1. Hot air;<br />
2. Infrared radiations;<br />
3. Microwaves radiations.<br />
These can be used singularly or in combined way.<br />
The exposure time, under<br />
infrared <strong>and</strong> microwave radiations, can be chosen by the user, selecting the sampleholder<br />
tray velocity <strong>and</strong> the total number <strong>of</strong> passages to perform or the time with<br />
immovable tray. Moreover the plant can be used with moving or immovable tray.<br />
In this second case the sample is fixed under the waveguide for a preset time in<br />
order to use the oven as a static cavity.<br />
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