Effects of Surface Treatments of Montmorillonite Nanoclay on Cure Behavior of Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A Epoxy Resin

Table 3

Results of dynamic DSC scan.

Epoxy system	Scanning rate, C/min	Kinetic parameter
		𝑇𝑖, °C	𝑇𝑝, °C	𝑇𝑓, °C	Δ𝐻, J/g	𝐸𝑎, KJ/mol	ln𝐴, 1/min
SC-15	2.5	55.16	93.47	219.07	315.80±20.86	49.10±5.89	6.12±0.85
	5.0	65.40	107.33	218.16
	10.0	78.98	119.67	216.57
	15.0	94.41	133.64	218.40
SC-15/Nanomer I.28E	2.5	61.31	96.16	241.46	357.60±13.91	61.90±6.39	7.96±0.90
	5.0	66.99	106.43	218.19
	10.0	79.78	120.78	269.25
	15.0	87.11	129.70	277.40
SC-15/Cloisite 10A	2.5	63.41	97.34	252.37	341.30±24.16	57.30±6.02	7.26±0.81
	5.0	70.92	110.64	261.54
	10.0	76.77	122.26	265.50
	15.0	92.03	134.29	282.80
SC-15/Cloisite 30B	2.5	61.40	94.49	242.94	354.60±13.55	58.00±1.39	7.30±0.19
	5.0	69.30	110.51	276.19
	10.0	82.27	123.85	291.92
	15.0	96.27	134.12	291.82