Curable epoxy resin composition, fiber-reinforced composite material and molded body using same
AssigneeNippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyohei Kano, Yuichi Taniguchi
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AssigneeNippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyohei Kano, Yuichi Taniguchi
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Provided is a resin composition that has satisfactory impregnability into reinforcing fibers due to low viscosity and small viscosity increase even in an impregnation process performed for a long time. The resin composition being suitable as a matrix resin for a fiber-reinforced composite material for producing a cured molded article that has toughness and fatigue resistance. The resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material includes an epoxy resin, an acid anhydride-based curing agent, an imidazole-based curing accelerator, a radically polymerizable monomer, and a radical polymerization initiator as essential components, has a viscosity at 25° C. that falls within a range of 50 mPa·s to 800 mPa·s as measured by an E-type viscometer, and exhibits a viscosity increase ratio of 200% or less after 8 h at 25° C., wherein 50% by mass or more of the acid anhydride-based curing agent is an alicyclic acid anhydride having no olefinic unsaturated bond.
A resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, comprising an epoxy resin (A), an acid anhydride-based curing agent (B), an imidazole-based curing accelerator (C), a radically polymerizable monomer (D), and a radical polymerization initiator (E) as essential components, having a viscosity at 25° C. that falls within a range of 50 mPa·s to 800 mPa·s as measured by an E-type viscometer, and exhibiting a viscosity increase ratio of 200% or less after 8 h at 25° C., wherein 50% by mass or more of the acid anhydride-based curing agent (B) is an alicyclic acid anhydride having no olefinic unsaturated bond;
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