Rheological properties of epoxy oligomers and their mixtures in a wide temperature range

Abstract

The rheological properties of a series of epoxy-diane and epoxy-novolac oligomers and active diluents were studied in a wide temperature range. The activation energies of their viscous flow in the regions of low and high temperatures were calculated. In a series of active diluents, the efficiency of decreasing viscosity of their mixtures with epoxy oligomers correlates with the glass transition temperature of the diluent. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.