화학공학소재연구정보센터
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.36, No.4, 1360-1372, 1997
Kinetic Reaction Analysis of Gelation - Investigations of Random Step-Growth and Chain-Initiated Resins
Subject to intermolecular addition and intramolecular cross-linking reactions, deterministic models which describe chain infrastructure for a random A(4) + B-2 resin and a Poisson-type, chain-initiated epoxy anhydride thermoset were derived. Sol fractions are described in terms of molar concentrations of molecules of a given chemical composition and conversion and in terms of branch node distributions. Moments of the population density distribution farm conditionally convergent series. Two limits were selected. Their difference is proportional to the substance in the gel. Purely deterministic derivations are made regarding the internal structure of the gel-structural parameters related to rubber elasticity, for example, which have been previously held to be obtainable only by statistical arguments. Numerical solutions are presented graphically to emphasize the distinct molecular structure within the two resins and the consequence with regards to mechanical performance. Deterministic solutions are equal to solutions derived by expectation theory.