Tri-propargyl isocyanurate (TPIC)was synthesized using isocyanurate and propargyl bromide by phase transfer catalyst reaction.The chemical structure of TPIC was characterized by FT-IR
1H NMR. The analysis of TGA curve referred to the cured TPIC displayed that the preliminary thermal decomposition temperature of cured TPIC was about 375℃ and the char yield was 75% at 800℃.According to DSC curves used to investigate the thermal curing behavior of TPIC
the curing kinetic parameters were calculated by several thermo analysis methods
respectively
such as Kissinger
Flynn-Wall-Ozawa and Friedman-Reich-Levi
and the apparent activation energy was 46.81
48.70 and 40.92 kJ·mol-1 respectively. The order of curing reaction obtained by the three methods all approached 1 and the mechanism was further discussed.Based on comparative analysis of the above three methods
they all can properly simulate the thermal curing process of TPIC.