Polyester resin reaction heat generated

Figure 3 gives plots of the rate of heat generated versus ctire time under isothermal DSC conditions, at various ten ratures, for both the Ashland polyester and the Dow vinyl ester resins. It is seen that the eunount of heat generated (i.e., the area under the dQ/dt-cure time curve) increases as the cure temperat ire increases, as would be expected for exothermic chemical reactions. 

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