Abstract:
The invention relates to a hardenable composition of epoxy resins, reactive thinning agents containing epoxy groups and the hardener 2,2',6,6'-tettramethyl-4,4'-methylene-bis(cyclohexylamine), the hardening of the composition and the thus obtained hardened epoxy resin, in addition to the corresponding use of 2,2',6,6'-tetramethyl-4,4'-methylene-bis(cyclohexylamine) as a hardener for epoxy resins in hardenable compositions with reactive thinning agents containing epoxy groups.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of essentially linear polypropyleneimine as curing agent for epoxide resins, and to a corresponding curable composition, the curing thereof and the cured epoxide resin obtainable therefrom.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an epoxide resin composition as a matrix component for sheet molding compounds (SMCs) and/or bulk molding compounds (BMCs), comprising a resin component comprising at least one epoxide resin and a hardener component comprising at least one imidazole compound and at least one latent hardener. In said epoxide resin composition, the amount of the imidazole compounds used lies in a range of 0.007 to 0.025 mol per mol of epoxide groups of the entire composition, and the total amount of optionally contained primary amine groups does not exceed a proportion of 0.09 mol per mol of epoxide groups of the entire composition. The invention further relates to a fiber-matrix semifinished-product composition (SMC or BMC composition), comprising said epoxide resin composition as a matrix component and short reinforcing fibers suspended therein and having an average length of 0.3 to 5.0 cm. The fiber-matrix semifinished-product composition can be produced by mixing the constituents, whereupon the composition thickens. The thickened product thus obtained (semisolid fiber-matrix semifinished product) is characterized by a comparatively short maturing time and comparatively long handleability. The invention further relates to the corresponding semisolid fiber-matrix semifinished product, in particular the semisolid SMC, and the corresponding hardened fiber-matrix semifinished product, in particular the hardened SMC. Finally, the invention further relates to a screening method for identifying epoxide-resin-based compositions that are suitable for use as a thermosetting matrix for the production of SMCs.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the acceleration of the hardening of compositions of epoxy compounds and amino or anhydrid hardeners by adding highly-branched polyetheramines. Said highly branched polyetheramines can comprise terminal hydroxy groups (polyols) and/or amino groups (amino-modified). Said amino-modified highly branched polyetheramines can be obtained by subsequent modification of the terminal hydroxy groups of highly branched polyetheramine polyols.
Abstract:
The invention relates to curable compounds that comprise epoxy resins, amino hardeners and a phosphonate from formula (I). By adding of phosphonate from formula (I), hardened epoxy resins are obtained according to the invention, which hardened epoxy resins have both an improved fire retardancy and an increased glass transition temperature relative to the corresponding resins without said addition.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of cyclic carbonates of formula I or mixtures thereof in epoxy resin compositions, and epoxy resin compositions that contain such cyclic carbonates. In said formula R 1 and R 2 represent, independently of one another, hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or C 2 -C 6 -alkinyl, or R 1 and R 2 together represent a C 3 -C 11 -alkylene group; R 3 and R 4 represent, independently of one another, hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl or C 2 -C 6 -alkinyl, or R 3 and R 4 together represent a C 4 -C 6 -alkylene group; or mixtures thereof, as an additive in epoxy resin compositions.