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GLOSSARY
Degree of Cure
The degree of curing describes the conversion achieved during
crosslinking reactions (curing).
In macromolecular chemistry, crosslinking refers to reactions in which a large number
of individual molecules are linked to form a three-dimensional network. Linkage can be
achieved either by direct setup of macromolecules or reaction to the already existing
polymers.
This can easily be measured by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
The degree of curing, a, is the amount of heat converted divided by the reaction
enthalpy.
H/AHR
The degree of cure of an already (partially) crosslinked sample can be determined via
the residual enthalpy of post-crosslinking, HPC (post-cure). Then, the degree of cure
can be calculated as
a= 1-(Hpc/AHR)
Figure 1 depicts an example for the calculation of the degree of cure for a partially
cured adhesive. The uncured adhesive shows a curing enthalpy of 242.35 J/g,
whereas the partially cured sample shows an enthalpy of just 203.92 J/g for the post
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curing reaction. Therefore, a degree of cure of 15.9 % for the partially cured sample
can be calculated.
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Figure 1: DSC 214 Polyma measurement results; black curve: uncured adhesive; red curve:
partially cured adhesive (sample weight: 2.80 mg and 2.77 mg; heating rate 5 K/min)
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Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
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