Date of Award
Spring 5-2013
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
First Advisor
James W. Rawlins
Advisor Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
Thermosetting polymers comprise a significant part of polymer research that is in progress today because thermosets are especially critical in the field of aerospace composites. In this context the proposed research project is designed to develop a novel method to detect and quantify chain scission and thermal degradation of matrix materials using profluorescent nitroxide probes as well as, to study the interaction of the thermoset with its environment during utilization and property degradation. Acquisition of this knowledge will allow for a better understanding of early, i.e., premacroscopic, thermoset degradation and to establish whether these early events are predictive of material lifetimes during real applications.
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Recommended Citation
Fazende, Kylee F., "Preparation and Detection of Degradation and Chain Scission Events In Epoxy-Amine Networks Using a Profluorescent Nitroxide Probe" (2013). Honors Theses. 131.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/131