Abstract:
A process for a composite material, including an assembly of one or more reinforcing fibers, impregnated with at least one thermoplastic polymer with a glass transition temperature Tg of less than or equal to 75° C. and a melting point of from 150° C. to less than 250° C. or a Tg of greater than 75° C., the process including: i) a step of impregnating said assembly in bulk melt form with at least one thermoplastic polymer, which is the product of polymerization by polyaddition reaction of a reactive precursor composition including: a) at least one prepolymer P(X)n of said thermoplastic polymer, and b) at least one chain extender, represented by Y-A-Y, ii) a step of cooling and obtaining a fibrous preimpregnate, and iii) a step of processing and final forming of said composite material.
Abstract:
A molding composition including at least one semi-crystalline polyamide derived from the polyaddition of a) at least one polyamide prepolymer bearing n identical functions X chosen from carboxyl, amine and hydroxyl, and of b) at least one non-polymeric reactive extender bearing two identical functions Y that are reactive with said functions X with n ranging from 1 to 3, the polyamide and prepolymer a) including 55 mol % to 95 mol % of amide units A, 5 mol %-45 mol % of amide units B with A corresponding to x.T in which x is a linear aliphatic C9-C18 diamine and B corresponding to x′.T in which x′ may be B1): specific branched aliphatic diamine dependent on x or B2): MXD or B3): linear aliphatic diamine which depends on x, the polyamide having a Tg of at least 90° C. and a Tm of less than or equal to 280° C.