How to Select the Proper Curing Agent for Epoxy Systems

The performance properties that can ultimately be obtained from your epoxy resin system depend primarily on the nature of the curing agent. But many formulators just use the same curing agent for all end-uses. They think that they are familiar with it and its behavior. But different applications have different property needs. And the use of same curing agent doesn’t allow you to vary the properties.Watch this tutorial and learn how to select the best curing agent for your epoxy, based on practical examples!

By Mark DeMeuse

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Chapters

Welcome

Few Words About Paul Daniels

Current Practices to Cure Epoxies

Influence of Curing Agents on Glass Transition Temperature

Influence of Speed of Reaction of Curing Agents with Epoxy

How to Select the Right Curing Agent for Your Application

Practical Examples

Summary & Conclusion

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Many formulators use the same curing agent for all end-uses. But different applications have different property needs. And the use of the same curing agent doesn’t allow you to vary the properties.

Watch this tutorial and learn a step-by-step approach for selecting the proper curing agent for your epoxy polymer.

Author : Mark DeMeuse

Dr. Mark DeMeuse is an internationally recognized expert in the area of structure-property-processing relationships for materials. He received his PhD from Illinois Institute of Technology and then, did postdoctoral studies with a joint appointment between University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Celanese Corporation.

Throughout his career, he has held positions of increasing importance in both technical and management areas at EniChem America, Applied Extrusion Technologies and Celgard. Presently, Dr. DeMeuse runs his own consulting firm in Charlotte, NC specializing in high temperature polymers, composites and porous materials for use as battery separators and filtration membranes. He has published over 50 papers in various areas of polymer research and is the inventor of 35 patents.

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