Research Article

Effect of an Anhydride Excess on the Curing Kinetics and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Synthetic and Biogenic Epoxy Resins

Table 3

Total heat of reaction (), measured on the basis of epoxy equivalents for the DGEBA/MTHPA/1MI and ESO/MTHPA/1MI systems with different stoichiometric ratios .

System (kJ/epoxy eq)Variation

DGEBA/MTHPA/1MI1.0132ā€‰
1.2140+6.1%
1.4144+9.1%

ESO/MTHPA/1MI1.0108ā€‰
1.2120+11.1%
1.4130+20.4%