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Physical aging in graphite/epoxy compositesSub-Tg annealing has been found to affect the properties of graphite/epoxy composites. The network epoxy studied was based on the chemistry of tetraglycidyl 4,4'-diamino-diphenyl methane (TGDDM) crosslinked by 4,4'-diamino-diphenyl sulfone (DDS). Differential scanning calorimetry, thermal mechanical analysis, and solid-state cross-polarized magic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy have been utilized in order to characterize this process of recovery towards thermodynamic equilibrium. The volume and enthalpy recovery as well as the 'thermoreversibility' aspects of the physical aging are discussed. This nonequilibrium and time-dependent behavior of network epoxies are considered in view of the increasingly wide applications of TGDDM-DDS epoxies as matrix materials of structural composites in the aerospace industry.
Document ID
19840034376
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kong, E. S. W.
(Stanford University Stanford, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Subject Category
Composite Materials
Accession Number
84A17163
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF CHE-79-16324
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC2-103
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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