Abstract: | Glass transition temperatures (Tg) of nonstoichiometric epoxy-amine networks based on the diglycidylether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), are analyzed in terms of the network structure. In most cases reasonable predictions of Tg can be made using an empirical equation reported by L. E. Nielsen together with the experimental Tg value of the stoichiometric network and statistical calculations of the concentration of elastic chains. It is stated that in these rigid networks the concentration of elastic chains is the main structural factor associated to the variations of Tg with stoichiometry. For flexible networks based on the diglycidylether of butanediol (DGEBD), the effect of elastic chains on the Tg value is much less significant. |