시차주사열량계(DSC)를 이용하여 에폭시 -아민계의 경화 촉진을 연구하였다. 비스페놀 A의 디글리시딜에테르(DGEBA)는 촉진제와 함께 또는 촉진제 없이 메틸렌디아닐린(MDA)으로 경화시켰다. 본 연구를 위하여 트리스(디메틸아미노메틸페놀(DMP -30)과 3- (3,4- 디클로로페닐 ) - 1,1 - 디메틸우레아(DIUON) 두 종류의 촉진제를 사용하였는데 경화시의 발열량, 유리전이온도(T_g) 및 동적 DSC에 의한 활성화에너지 계산에 의해 DMP -30이 빠른 경화 속도 및 낮은 활성화에너지를 보여 DIURON보다 양호한 촉진제임을 알 수 있었다.

The curing acceleration of epoxy/amine system was investigated by using differential scanning calorimeter(DSC). The epoxy, diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) was cured with methylene dianiline (MDA) with or without accelerators. Two kinds of accelerators were tested for the study ; tris (dimethylaminomethyl)phenol (DMP -30) and 3- (3,4- dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea (DIURON). Heats of reaction and glass transition temperatures (T_g) of the cured epoxy system were analyzed by DSC along with the estimation of activation energy by the dynamic DSC studies. It was found that DMP -30 is more effective accelerator than DIURON which showed faster curing and lower activation energy.