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The kinetic analysis allows finding the set of kinetic parameters needed to represent the curing behaviour of the polymer. CureKinetics contains various standard kinetic models such as nth-order reaction, autocatalytic, Kamal-Sourour, mechanistic and much more (see standard kinetic models here). User can also enter a non-defined model with up to 20 kinetic parameters. CureKinetics will easily find the proper parameter values that fit the DSC data.
Modeling cure kinetics
An intuitive, easy-to-use interface shows the resulting kinetic modeling (see figure below). User can dynamically modify each parameter in the kinetic model while observing its impact on the cure reaction prediction. 
Cure models can also be coupled to inhibition decomposition law, diffusion control or glass transition temperature. If percent of catalyst is varied in DSC data, then the percent of catalyst can be included into the kinetic model, this will allow the user to study its impact on the cure kinetics reaction for a process cycle.
Three-dimensional graphs are used to represent the cure kinetics surface as a function of time, temperature and percent of catalyst (see an example here).
Once reaction kinetic models are solved, CureKinetics has the ability to predict the cure evolution for a given temperature history consisting of a succession of isothermal dwells and heating ramps (see figure below).
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