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Specialty Chemistry Forums => Materials and Nanochemistry forum => Topic started by: blackcat on November 12, 2019, 06:14:43 PM

Title: Thermoset polymers and glass transition
Post by: blackcat on November 12, 2019, 06:14:43 PM

Do thermoset polymers have glass transition temperature (Tg)?

Title: Re: Thermoset polymers and glass transition
Post by: mjc123 on November 13, 2019, 04:36:19 AM

Yes. It depends on the degree of crosslinking, so you might not be able to find definitive values in the literature.

Title: Re: Thermoset polymers and glass transition
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