Abstract:
A curative resin containing at least 50 wt % of an epoxy phenolic resin comprising a mixture of a carboxylic hydrazide and a hydroxy substituted urone.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a curative composition and its use in curing epoxy resins and prepregs, adhesives and moulded materials derived therefrom. The curative composition comprises a clathrate comprising a host component and a guest component, the host comprising a carboxylic acid or ester compounds as defined or phenolphthalin and the guest comprising an imidazole or imidazoline component.
Abstract:
A curable polymeric resin composition comprising i. a resin system comprising at least one resin component, ii. a curative system, and iii. a particle system comprising a multistage polymeric particle comprising a polymer composition (PC1) comprising a) one stage (A) comprising a polymer (A1) having a glass transition temperature of less than 10°C b), one stage (B) comprising a polymer (B1) having a glass transition temperature of at least 60°C and c) and a polymer (C1) having a glass transition temperature of at least 30°C wherein at least the component a) and the component b) of composition (PC1) are part of a multistage polymer (MP1), and characterized in that the polymer (C1) has a mass average molecular weight Mw of at least 100 000g/mol and that the component c) represents at most 40wt% of the composition based on the total weight of.
Abstract:
There is provided a curative system for epoxy resins comprising an alkyl benzene diamine and an additional aromatic amine. There is also provided the use of an alkyl benzene diamine to enhance the performance of an aromatic amine as a curative for an epoxy resin in an infusion processes for the production of fibre reinforced composites; a curable epoxy resin composition containing a mixture of an epoxy resin and a curative system according to the invention; the use of a composition according to the invention as the curable resin in the production of fibre reinforced composites and/or in the production of fibre reinforced composites by infusion processes; a fibre reinforced composite comprising fibrous reinforcement material and a cured epoxy resin obtainable by curing a curable epoxy resin composition according to the invention, and a process for the production of fibre reinforced composites wherein a fibrous reinforcement material is laid up and a curable epoxy resin composition according to the invention is infused through the fibrous reinforcement material at a temperature of 80 to 130°C and, once the composition has infused the fibrous reinforcement material, the temperature is raised to 150 to 190°C.
Abstract:
A surfacing material for use in an automatic tape laying device, comprising a layer of reinforcement material and a conducting surface layer in contact with the reinforcement material, wherein the surface layer extends beyond the surface of the reinforcement material. The surfacing material provides improved surface conductivity perpendicular to the tape direction.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an epoxy resin formulation containing a curative that can be cured at 150°C to 95% cure in no more than 150 seconds, and can be cured at 120°C to 95% cure in no more than 4 minutes. This results in a cured resin having a Tg no greater than 140°C wherein the formulation further contains a mould release agent.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an additive for a thermoset resin matrix having a core and a reactive cross- linked thermoset coating. The reactive cross-linked thermoset coating is the reaction product of a thermoset resin and a curative in a dispersant.
Abstract:
A fast cure epoxy resin system is provided that upon curing has a Tg no greater than 140°C and a Phase angle below 20° at a temperature of 140°C or below, and prepregs and mouldings based on the system. The resin formulation matches the reactivity of the resin to the amount of curative and hardener employed.
Abstract:
A cured or partly cured fiber reinforced sheet material comprising reinforcement fibres and a reinforcement resin material, wherein the reinforcement resin material comprises an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight in the range of from 50 to 250, preferably from 100 to 200, and an amine hardener, the sheet material comprising a surface structure for spacing the sheet material from adjacent moulding materials.
Abstract:
Fast cure resin system comprise semisolid epoxy resins and finely divided curatives of particle size less than 25 microns. The resins are dry to the touch, can be readily combined with fibrous reinforcement to provide prepregs which can be rapidly cured in a short moulding cycle.