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Commercially available melamine/phenolic (MP) moulding compounds used for manufacturing electro installation parts were investigated by laboratory thermal analysis methods: Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dielectric Analysis (DEA). The results were compared with on-line measurements in a compression mould using incorporated dielectric and ultrasound sensors. Softening and cross-linking behaviour were analyzed. For on-line process monitoring, only the ultrasound method worked well. The dielectric method was distorted by water formed as a by-product from the poly-condensation reaction.
A new method for the evaluation of the low temperature properties of rubber materials is presented. The method emulates the standardized compression set measurement, which is frequently used for sealing materials, but can be performed within a considerably shorter time. The results are compared with the standard test and found to be qualitatively the same. Slight differences are discussed on the basis of the differences in the measurement procedures. Further data evaluation is done by fitting functions to describe the material behaviour.
The technique normally used to measure Cp during isothermal cure is Temperature Modulated - Dynamic Scanning Calorimetry TM-DSC. It is however not standardised, experimentally complicated and quite time intensive. As will be shown, Cp may also be estimated during isothermal cure just from using dynamic heating experiments on a fully cured sample. Such values are often sufficient for isothermal heat transfer models that otherwise employ a constant Cp value obtained from the fully cured epoxy. Secondly, the results from dynamic heating experiments provide a quick means, in comparison to isothermal TMDSC measurements, of estimating Cp variation during cure as well as providing a good estimate value for Cp towards the end of isothermal cure. As will be shown, such values obtained from a standardised measurement procedure are very helpful in setting up TMDSC experiments that are more sensitive to experimental error influenced by factors such as sample weight and geometry.
The DSC results illustrate that the measured heat capacity Cp for a fully cured epoxy over a temperature range are very similar to values for samples partially cured at corresponding isothermal temperatures, under the prerequisite that vitrification takes place. In such cases the primary influence on Cp is specific measurement temperature and not degree of cure. For isothermal cure temperatures investigated between 150 and 200 °C, the total change of Cp during cure is nearly constant and correlates well with values published by authors on other epoxy based systems. Taking Cp variation as constant, it is possible from just dynamic heating experiments on the cured epoxy to estimate Cp for the uncured epoxy system at specific cure temperatures. The next step would be to estimate the full Cp profile during isothermal cure, however, in such cases, the time to vitrification would also be needed as additional information.