The specific heat of thermosetting polymers

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Abstract
The specific heat, Cp, of a number of amorphous thermosetting polymers has been determined over the temperature range 30–160° by means of an adiabatic calorimeter. Epoxide, polyester, polyamide‐epoxide and diallyl phthalate polymers in many cases exhibit abrupt increases in the observed specific heat due to a glass transition within the polymer. In general, thermosetting polymers have higher transition temperatures than have linear polymers. The results are discussed in terms of the overall structure of the polymers.