Abstract
AbstractDiglycidyl ether of 9,9‐bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl) fluorene (DGEBF) was synthesized to introduce more aromatic structures into an epoxy resin system. The structure of DGEBF was characterized with Fourier transform infrared and 1H‐NMR. 4,4′‐Diaminodiphenylmethane (DDM) was used as the curing agent for DGEBF, and differential scanning calorimetry was applied to study the curing kinetics. The glass‐transition temperature of the cured DGEBF/DDM, determined by dynamic mechanical analysis, was 260°C, which was about 100°C higher than that of widely used diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA). Thermogravimetric analysis was used to study the thermal degradation behavior of the cured DGEBF/DDM system: its onset degradation temperature was 370°C, and at 700°C, its char yield was about 27%, whereas that of cured DGEBA/DDM was only 14%. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 2007
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