Abstract
Abstract The thermal cationic curing of mixtures in different proportions of diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) with γ-valerolactone (γ-VL) initiated by scandium, ytterbium and lanthanum triflates or a conventional BF3·MEA initiator was investigated. The non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments at a controlled heating rate were used to evaluate the evolution of the reactive systems. BF3·MEA and rare earth metal triflates initiated curing systems follow a different evolution. Among rare earth metal triflates tested, the scandium was the most active initiator. The phenomenological changes that take place during curing were studied and represented in a time-temperature-transformation (TTT) diagram. Some characteristics of the materials were also evaluated.
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