AbstractConjugated aromatic bisazomethine, resulting from the reaction of terephthaldicarboxaldehyde and aniline, has been found to react with bismaleimidodiphenylmethane to provide polymeric compositions with glass transition temperature higher than 300°C. These two materials form a low viscosity melt at ca. 150°C and the melt shows only a small viscosity increase when maintained at 120°C over a period of 8 h. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of this composition shows that upon heating above 200°C, it cures rapidly to produce a thermally stable polymer. Thermal mechanical analysis (TMA) of the cured composition does not detect any softening up to 350°C. In the thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), no weight loss is observed up to 400°C in air and the material leaves a rather large amount of residue (ca. 60) even up to 600°C. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) shows that the polymer maintains its high modulus with increasing temperature up to
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