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20090162653 | CARBON FIBER BUNDLE, PREPREG, AND CARBON FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE - A carbon fiber bundle is coated with a sizing agent containing a flexible epoxy resin (A) and an epoxy resin (B) incompatible with the flexible epoxy resin (A) as essential components, wherein the epoxy resin (B) is an aliphatic polyglycidyl ether compound having three or more epoxy groups and an epoxy equivalent of 200 or less. The carbon fiber bundle of this invention provides a carbon fiber reinforced composite excellent in the tensile strength and the compressive strength in the fiber direction and excellent in the tensile strength in the perpendicular direction to the fiber direction and the interlaminar shear strength. | 06-25-2009 |
20090198012 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to an epoxy resin composition comprising the following [A], [A′], [B], and [C]: [A] a bisphenol-type epoxy resin having a glass transition temperature or melting point of 50° C. or higher; [A′] an epoxy resin which is in a liquid state at 25° C.; [B] an epoxy resin curing agent; and [C] at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of S-B-M, B-M, and M-B-M, wherein the blocks are linked to each other by a covalent bond or by an intermediate molecule bound to one of the blocks via one covalent bond formation and to the other block via another covalent bond formation; the block M is a methyl methacrylate homopolymer or a copolymer comprising at least 50% by weight of methyl methacrylate; the block B is incompatible with the block M and has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or lower; and the block S is incompatible with the blocks B and M and has a glass transition temperature higher than that of the block B, a prepreg obtained by impregnating a fiber base with the epoxy resin composition, and a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained by curing the prepreg. | 08-06-2009 |
20100209642 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - It is an object of the present invention to improve drawbacks in conventional technology and provide a fiber-reinforced composite material having both an excellent static strength property and impact resistance, and an epoxy resin composition for obtaining the fiber-reinforced composite material. More particularly, it is the object of the present invention to provide the epoxy resin composition that gives a cured material having a high elastic modulus, a high heat resistance, a high plastic deformation capacity and a high toughness. | 08-19-2010 |
20110311816 | AROMATIC POLYETHERSULFONE HAVING HYDROXYPHENYL END GROUPS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of producing an aromatic polyethersulfone (PES) having hydroxyphenyl end groups suitable as an alloying agent includes heating an aromatic polyester sulfone obtained beforehand by polymerization and a dihydric phenol compound and/or water and a basic compound in an aprotic polar solvent. According to this method, a PES having reactive hydroxyphenyl end groups, which can be suitably finely dispersed into a matrix resin when a thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin and the PES are alloyed with each other, can be produced efficiently in a short time by an economical and simple method. | 12-22-2011 |
20120035299 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PREPREG, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a fiber-reinforced composite material that is high in heat resistance and strength while being low in the content of volatile matter that volatilizes during curing. Also disclosed are an epoxy resin composition for production thereof, and a prepreg produced from the epoxy resin composition. Specifically the invention provides an epoxy resin composition comprising: [A] an epoxy resin comprising two or more ring structures each consisting of four or more members, and at least one amine type or ether type glycidyl group directly connected to the ring structures, [B] a tri—or more—functional epoxy resin, and [C] a curing agent, and also provides a prepreg produced by impregnating reinforcing fiber with the epoxy resin composition and a fiber-reinforced composite material produced by curing the prepreg. | 02-09-2012 |
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20130005855 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR USE IN A CARBON-FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PREPREG, AND CARBON-FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material that is suitable for use as a construction material and exhibits high mechanical strength in harsh usage environments such as low-temperature environments and high-temperature moisture-absorbing environments. Also disclosed are an epoxy resin composition for producing the aforementioned carbon-fiber-rein-forced composite material and a prepreg obtained through the use of said epoxy resin composition. Said epoxy resin composition comprises at least the following constituents, by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition: (A) between 20% and 80% of an epoxy resin having the structure represented by formula (1); and (B) between 10% and 50% of an epoxy resin that has at least two ring structures with four or more members each and also has one amine glycidyl or ether glycidyl directly connected to a ring structure. | 01-03-2013 |
20130202873 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PREPREG, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Provided are a fiber-reinforced composite material excellent in heat resistance and strength properties, an epoxy resin composition to obtain the fiber-reinforced composite material, and a prepreg obtained by using the epoxy resin composition. Further provided are a fiber-reinforced composite material having less volatile matters during the curing time, and having excellent heat resistance and strength properties, an epoxy resin composition to obtain the fiber-reinforced composite material, and a prepreg obtained by using the epoxy resin composition. Provided are: an epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, comprising an amine type epoxy resin [A], an aromatic amine curing agent [B], and a block copolymer [C] having a reactive group capable of reacting with an epoxy resin; a prepreg obtained by impregnating a reinforced fiber with the epoxy resin composition; and a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained by curing the prepreg. Further provided are: an epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin [A] having two or more of four- or more-membered ring structures, and having either one of a glycidyl amino group directly bonded to the ring structure or a glycidyl ether group directly bonded to the ring structure, epoxy resin [B] having three or more of functional groups, a curing agent [C], and an elastomer component [D]; a prepreg obtained by impregnating a reinforced fiber with the epoxy resin composition; and a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained by curing the prepreg. | 08-08-2013 |
20130281573 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS, PREPREG, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Provided are: a fiber-reinforced composite material which has mode I interlaminar fracture toughness, mode II interlaminar fracture toughness and compressive strength under heat and humidity conditions at the same time; an epoxy resin composition for obtaining the fiber-reinforced composite material; and a prepreg which is obtained using the epoxy resin composition. An epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, which contains at least the following constituent elements (A), (B), (C) and (D). (A) An epoxy resin (B) Resin particles that satisfy the following conditions (b1)-(b3) and are insoluble in an epoxy resin (b1) The particle size distribution index is 1.0-1.8. (b2) The particle sphericity is 90 or more. (b3) The glass transition temperature of the particles is 80-180° C. (C) At least one elastomer component that is selected from among block copolymers containing a block having a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or less and rubber particles (D) An epoxy resin curing agent | 10-24-2013 |
20130344305 | PREPREG, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PREPREG, AND CARBON FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a sheet-form prepreg which comprises a plurality of carbon fibers and a matrix resin with which the plurality of carbon fibers are impregnated. This matrix resin contains a thermosetting resin, a curing agent, conductive particles of | 12-26-2013 |