Journal
POLYMER TESTING
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 830-835Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.07.005
Keywords
Epoxy resins; Rheology; Hyperbranched polymers; Rheometer
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A hyperbranched polymer (HBP), based on a highly branched polyester, was added to a trifunctional triglycidyl-p-aminophenol (TGAP) epoxy resin as a possible route to increase the toughness of the resin. Different amounts of the HBP. up to 26.5% wt. of resin, were dispersed in the TGAP resin. The rheological behavior of the formulations produced was studied as function of the shear rate and the filter content using a cone and plate rheometer. The theological behavior of the TGAP resin, initially Newtonian, was modified displaying a pseudo-plastic trend when the hyperbranched polymer was added. An increase in the viscosity of the resin was observed with increasing volume fraction of the filler. The Cross equation was used to predict the viscosity of each formulation as a function of the shear rate. A novel procedure was developed to predict the viscosity of each mixture as a function of the filler volume fraction. This could be employed to provide quantitative information on the filler volume fraction in epoxy/HBP systems, necessary to achieve the characteristic viscosity values corresponding to the typical shear rates for a specific processing technology. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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