Curing and Characteristics of N,N,N′,N′-Tetraepoxypropyl-4,4′-Diaminodiphenylmethane Epoxy Resin-Based Buoyancy Material

Buoyancy material is a type of low-density and high-strength composite material which can provide sufficient buoyancy with deep submersibles. A new buoyancy material with N,N,N′,N′-tetraepoxypropyl-4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane epoxy resin (AG-80) and m-xylylenediamine (m-XDA) curing agent as matrix and hollow glass microsphere (HGM) as the filler is prepared. The temperature and time of the curing process were determined by the calculations of thermal analysis kinetics (TAK) through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis. The results show that the better mass ratio of AG-80 with m-XDA is 100/26. Combined TAK calculations and experimental results lead to the following curing process: pre-curing at 75 °C for 2 h, curing at 90 °C for 2 h, and post-curing at 100 °C for 2 h. The bulk density, compressive strength, and saturated water absorption of AG-80 epoxy resin-based buoyancy material were 0.729 g/cm3, 108.78 MPa, and 1.23%, respectively. Moreover, this type of buoyancy material can resist the temperature of 250 °C.

Thermal Analysis Kinetics of Pd-Doped SiO2 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material

Pd-doped SiO2 organic-inorganic hybrid material (Pd/M-SiO2) was prepared by sol-gel method and characterized by XRD, FTIR spectra and TG/DTG analysis. The most probable kinetic mechanism function, apparent activation energy and pre-exponential factor of the thermal decomposition for Pd/M-SiO2 material were calculated using the combined Coast-Redfern intergral and Αchar differential methods. Pd element in noncalcined Pd/M-SiO2 materials exists in PdCl2 form. FTIR spectroscopy confirmed the existence of hydrophobic Si−CH3 groups. The thermal decomposition process of Pd/M-SiO2 materials can be divided into four stages, with different mechanism functions. The activation energies are 76.37, 146.85, 208.90 and 413.89 kJ·mol−1 for the four stages, respectively, and the pre-exponential factors are 5.04×1012, 7.14×1013, 2.93×1012 and 6.56×1019 s−1, respectively. There is no obvious influence of the existence of metallic Pd0 on the thermal decomposition of methyl.

Study on Kinetics of Nano-Ni(OH)2 Powder Ethanol Desorption Process

This paper studies on the thermal analysis kinetics of nanometer powders ethanol desorption process.The DTA-TG-DTG curves obtain by SDT 2960 Simultaneous DSC-TGA analysis apparatus. Under the condition of N2atmosphere operation and rise temperature velocity was 10°C·min-1. The mechanism functionis used to calculate the kinetics factors. Reaction progressionnwas obtained by calculation of the kissinger peak shape factor method. The results showed that the apparent activation energy of nano-Ni(OH)2was 73.210 kJ·mol-1, the pre-exponential factor was 2.349×1012, the reaction progression was obtained as 1.2767, the kinetic equation is