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It can provide temperature, concentration and degree of polymerization profiles during a foaming process. It is regarded as a promising approach to understand the foaming process in kinetic and thermodynamic aspects. In Chapter 2, the model is further applied into practical use. In this study, biobased polyol is employed to prepare foams for its goodness to the environment and low cost. It is found that temperature has an impact on curing process, with higher temperatures leading to high curing rate and cure extent, additionally. Insufficiently cured foam can have inferior properties. In order to improve properties of resulted foams, preheating is used as an approach to raise the system temperature. Due to the similar mechanism of crosslink reaction system, the model has been further developed and applied to another thermosetting system in chapter 3: a curing process of epoxy/amine system. Chapter 3 introduces the system of epoxy resins and shows the details of related modeling work. 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In this study, biobased polyol is employed to prepare foams for its goodness to the environment and low cost. It is found that temperature has an impact on curing process, with higher temperatures leading to high curing rate and cure extent, additionally. Insufficiently cured foam can have inferior properties. In order to improve properties of resulted foams, preheating is used as an approach to raise the system temperature. Due to the similar mechanism of crosslink reaction system, the model has been further developed and applied to another thermosetting system in chapter 3: a curing process of epoxy/amine system. Chapter 3 introduces the system of epoxy resins and shows the details of related modeling work. 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