Monitoramento de cura e fotocura de resinas epóxi através da espectroscopia fotoacústica

Abstract

In this work it was proposed the monitoring of the cure and photocuring of epoxy resins by Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. In the experiments, two types of epoxy resins were used: the resin Epoxtec 331,with the hardener DER 24; and the resin EBECRYL 3720 - TP25, with the photoinitiator 808 OMNIRAD. Two models of Photoacoustic cell were used: one based on two-beam phase-lag technique (T2F); and a conventional one. The developed set-ups for monitoring of cure and photocuring of epoxy resins are presented. The study was carried out with monitoring the photoacoustic signal on the wavelengths scan. Also the photoacoustic signal as a function of time was observed during the cure and photocuring. The effect of unmodulated saturating light was studied in the processes of photocuring. Both the amplitude and the phase of the photoacoustic signal proved to be good tools for the proposed monitoring. Although many of the effects found in these studies have not yet been explained, the present study showed the potential of photoacoustic spectroscopy to this area of research.