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Toughening of dicyandiamide-cured DGEBA-based epoxy resins by CTBN liquid rubber

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Toughening of a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA)-based epoxy resin with liquid carboxyl-terminated butadiene acrylonitrile (CTBN) copolymer has been investigated. For this purpose six blend samples were prepared by mixing DGEBA with different concentrations of CTBN from 0 to 25 phr with an increment of 5 phr. The samples were cured with dicyandiamide curing agent accelerated by Monuron. The reactions between oxirane groups of DGEBA and carboxyl groups of CTBN were followed by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Tensile, impact, fracture toughness and dynamic mechanical analysis of neat as well as the modified epoxies have been studied to observe the effect of CTBN modification. The tensile strength of the blend systems increased by 26 % when 5 phr CTBN was added, and it remained almost unchanged up to 15 phr of CTBN. The elongation-at-break and Izod notched impact strength increased significantly, whereas tensile modulus decreased gradually upon the addition of CTBN. The maximum toughness of the prepared samples was achieved at optimum concentration of 15 phr of CTBN, whereas the fracture toughness (K IC) remained stable for all blend compositions of more than 10 phr of CTBN. The glass transition temperature (T g) of the epoxy resin significantly increased (11.3 °C) upon the inclusion of 25 phr of CTBN. Fractured surfaces of tensile test samples have been studied by scanning electron microscopic analysis. This latter test showed a two-phase morphology where the rubber particles were distributed in the epoxy resin with a tendency towards co-continuous phase upon the inclusion of 25 phr of CTBN.

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    Reza Akbari, Mohammad Hosain Beheshty & Mahdieh Shervin

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Akbari, R., Beheshty, M.H. & Shervin, M. Toughening of dicyandiamide-cured DGEBA-based epoxy resins by CTBN liquid rubber. Iran Polym J 22, 313–324 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-013-0130-x

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