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- Patent Title: Catalyst-doped sizing agent for preparation of high areal weight fiber shelf-stable prepreg or molding compound intermediates
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Application No.: US16332616Application Date: 2017-08-30
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Publication No.: US11254793B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: David H. Bank , Richard Baumer , Kevin J. Bouck , Jun Cai , Marsha L. Langhorst , Abhijit A. Namjoshi , Weijun Wang
- Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Midland
- Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Midland
- International Application: PCT/US2017/049240 WO 20170830
- International Announcement: WO2018/052707 WO 20180322
- Main IPC: C08J5/24
- IPC: C08J5/24 ; C08G59/24 ; C08G59/40 ; C08J3/24 ; C08L63/02 ; D06M13/322

Abstract:
The present invention provides thermosetting resin pre-impregnated or infused fiber materials or prepregs comprising a thermosetting resin mixture and a fiber material component of a heat resistant fiber, such as carbon fiber, having an areal weight of from 500 to 3,000 g/m2 having a coating of from 0.5 to 4 phr of a latent, particulate curative or solid curative, preferably, dicyandiamide, wherein the prepregs are infused with a thermosetting resin mixture comprising (a) at least one liquid epoxy resin, and (b) a hardener and/or a catalyst, as well as methods of making the same. The prepregs of present invention enables the simple provision of lightweight composites having consistent resin cure throughout.
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