Surface migration of fluorinated additive during the curing of epoxy resin

Driving forces, responsible for the migration of a fluorinated additive added to a thermoset resin, toward the air/solid interface, were investigated. On this subject, the surface chemistry as characterized by XPS analyses was compared to theoretical models based on the rheological properties of the blend. It appears that the migration of the fluorinated molecules toward the surface cannot be described by a conventional diffusion model. A second model derived from the latter suits better to the experimental data and should be presented as another proof that additional motion forces drive the fluorine molecules migration in curing epoxy resin.