MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION BY THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN OF THE SYNTHESIS: TERPENE PHENOL RESIN CHARACTERIZATION AND THERMOGRAVIMETRIC STUDY

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the optimal conditions of the resin synthesis of stoichiometric terpene phenol by pure development of a methodological strategy using the experimental design technique. Thus a mathematical model can be established to represent the best synthesis of "descriptive model" to explain "explanatory model" and predict the response at a point where no experience has been made in "provisional model". By following the theoretical results obtained through modeling, we synthesized a new terpene phenolic resin, prepared by oligomerization of terpene and phenol. The resin synthesis was characterized by Fourier transform (FTIR), 1 H, 13 C analyzes. The behavior and thermal stability of hardening was followed by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).