AbstractThe kinetic parameters of the polymerization of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A with hexahydrophthalic anhydride and benzyldimethylamine as catalyst were determined using differential scanning calorimetry. The reaction was found to be first order with some variation with temperature, and the activation energy and natural log of the frequency factor were 25 kcal/mole and ∼25 sec−1, respectively. These results are discussed with respect to a steady‐state mechanism of the polymerization and compared with results reported for other epoxide–anhydride re
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