Curing kinetics of alkyd/melamine resin mixtures

Alkyd resins are the most popular and useful synthetic resins applied as the binder in protective coatings. Frequently they are not used alone but are modified with other synthetic resins in the manufacture of the coatings. An alkyd/melamine resin mixture is the usual composition for the preparation of coating called 'baking enamel' and it is cured through functional groups of resins at high temperatures. In this paper, curing kinetics of alkyd resins based on castor oil and dehydrated castor oil with melamine resin, has been studied by DSC method with programmed heating and in isothermal mode. The results determined from dynamic DSC curves were mathematically transformed using the Ozawa isoconversional method for obtaining the isothermal data. These results, degree of curing versus time, are in good agreement with those determined by the isothermal DSC experiments. By applying the Ozawa method it is possible to calculate the isothermal kinetic parameters for the alkyd/melamine resin mixtures curing using only calorimetric data obtained by dynamic DSC runs. Depending on the alkyd resin type and ratio in mixtures the values of activation energies of curing process of resin mixtures are from 51.3 to 114 kJ mol-1. The rate constant of curing increases with increasing the content of melamine resin in the mixture and with curing temperature. The reaction order varies from 1.12 to 1.37 for alkyd based on dehydrated castor oil/melamine resin mixtures and from 1.74 to 2.03 for mixtures with alkyd based on castor oil. Based on the results obtained, we propose that dehydrated castor oil alkyd/melamine resin mixtures can be used in practice (curing temperatures from 120 to 160?C). Smese alkidnih i melaminskih smola se primenjuju u lakovima koji ocvrscavaju na povisenim temperaturama. U ovom radu istrazivano je umrezavanje alkidnih smola na bazi ricinusovog ulja i dehidratisanog ricinusovog ulja sa melaminskom smolom, DSC metodom sa programiranim zagrevanjem i u izotermnim uslovima. Vrednosti za stepen reagovanja smesa smola dobijene u neizotermnim uslovima umrezavanja transformisane su u izotermne koriscenjem Ozawa izokonverzijskog modela i poredjene sa eksperimentalnim rezultatima dobijenim u izotermnom DSC rezimu. Dobro slaganje predvidjenih i eksperimentalnih rezultata omogucava primenu Ozawa modela za istrazivanje kinetike umrezavanja ispitivanih smesa smola, odnosno za izracunavanje kinetickih parametara reakcija umrezavanja u izotermnim uslovima koriscenjem sam