Cure Kinetics of a Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Prepreg by Dynamic Differential Scanning Calorimetry

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Heating rate (°C/min)</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 17.4906ptpx;"><svg height="15.9734pt" id="M12" style="vertical-align:-6.01701pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.95639 17.4906 15.9734" width="17.4906pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M545 106L524 126C493 85 467 65 455 65C438 65 427 113 405 238C448 295 498 362 543 439L533 448L478 435C453 386 423 331 398 295H395C370 404 347 448 282 448C169 448 23 309 23 153C23 54 65 -12 128 -12C203 -12 283 70 339 155H341C360 29 380 -12 411 -12C444 -12 491 11 545 106ZM333 204C265 95 210 54 169 54C137 54 113 96 113 171C113 302 191 405 252 405C301 405 318 306 333 204Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.385,-5.741)"><path d="M1000 227C1000 351 905 451 780 451C658 451 590 380 530 279C465 385 388 451 261 451C168 451 38 376 38 210C38 98 121 -12 261 -12C381 -12 448 59 508 160C573 53 652 -12 780 -12C879 -12 1000 64 1000 227ZM485 199C434 109 370 25 271 25C188 25 133 117 133 241C133 355 189 414 249 414C357 414 426 302 485 199ZM903 204C903 70 852 25 790 25C681 25 611 136 552 240C603 330 669 414 768 414C855 414 903 321 903 204Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.059,3.784)"><path d="M169 380V459C122 440 66 423 24 416V392C86 384 90 382 90 317V-135C90 -201 81 -207 17 -213V-240H253V-213C176 -207 169 -201 169 -125V6C182 -1 208 -11 238 -12C368 12 487 109 487 260C487 358 421 449 310 449C298 449 279 444 261 433L169 380ZM169 346C196 367 237 389 269 389C341 389 403 329 403 221C403 109 347 37 263 37C228 37 191 53 169 76V346Z"></path></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center"><i>α</i><sub>M</sub></td><td class="align_center"><i>α</i><sub>p</sub></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">0.26</td><td class="align_center">0.26</td><td class="align_center">0.36</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">5</td><td class="align_center">0.35</td><td class="align_center">0.24</td><td class="align_center">0.33</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">10</td><td class="align_center">0.32</td><td class="align_center">0.23</td><td class="align_center">0.29</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">20</td><td class="align_center">0.32</td><td class="align_center">0.20</td><td class="align_center">0.32</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The values of <span class="nowrap"><svg height="15.9734pt" id="M11" style="vertical-align:-6.01701pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.95639 17.4906 15.9734" width="17.4906pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M545 106L524 126C493 85 467 65 455 65C438 65 427 113 405 238C448 295 498 362 543 439L533 448L478 435C453 386 423 331 398 295H395C370 404 347 448 282 448C169 448 23 309 23 153C23 54 65 -12 128 -12C203 -12 283 70 339 155H341C360 29 380 -12 411 -12C444 -12 491 11 545 106ZM333 204C265 95 210 54 169 54C137 54 113 96 113 171C113 302 191 405 252 405C301 405 318 306 333 204Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.385,-5.741)"><path d="M1000 227C1000 351 905 451 780 451C658 451 590 380 530 279C465 385 388 451 261 451C168 451 38 376 38 210C38 98 121 -12 261 -12C381 -12 448 59 508 160C573 53 652 -12 780 -12C879 -12 1000 64 1000 227ZM485 199C434 109 370 25 271 25C188 25 133 117 133 241C133 355 189 414 249 414C357 414 426 302 485 199ZM903 204C903 70 852 25 790 25C681 25 611 136 552 240C603 330 669 414 768 414C855 414 903 321 903 204Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.059,3.784)"><path d="M169 380V459C122 440 66 423 24 416V392C86 384 90 382 90 317V-135C90 -201 81 -207 17 -213V-240H253V-213C176 -207 169 -201 169 -125V6C182 -1 208 -11 238 -12C368 12 487 109 487 260C487 358 421 449 310 449C298 449 279 444 261 433L169 380ZM169 346C196 367 237 389 269 389C341 389 403 329 403 221C403 109 347 37 263 37C228 37 191 53 169 76V346Z"></path></g></svg>,</span> <i>α<sub>M</sub></i>, and <i>α</i><sub>p</sub> obtained from Malek model in terms of <i>β</i>.</div>

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Table 3: Cure Kinetics of a Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Prepreg by Dynamic Differential Scanning Calorimetry 