ABSTRACT

A previously proposed model is applied to analytical description of the microphase structures formation during cure-reaction-induced microphase separation (CRIMPS). The wave number of the mode of maximum growth of concentration 64heterogeneities is determined. The behavior of this wave number in the regions of instability and stability of the initial blend homogeneous states is explored. Regularities of the spatial concentration structures formation at the linear stage of CRIMPS are investigated. The characteristic times for evolution of these structures as well as a change in the conversion degree and molecular weight of cured product are estimated.