Synthesis and characterization of epoxy resins containing zinc chloride

313-316<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:hi"="" lang="EN-IN">As evidenced from IR spectroscopy, ZnCl2-forms a complex with oxygen atom of epichlorohydrin and thus cures the epoxy resins simultanteusly. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) studies show that the properties, like degree of cure, percent crystallinity, glass transition temperature of the epoxy resin improved significantly. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) studies confirms the presence of zinc metal in the epoxy resin. The activation energy is 95 KJ/mol and order of reaction is first.