Curable composition and fiber reinforced composite material
AssigneeDIC Corporation
InventorsAtsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
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Abstract
The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw materials. The curable composition of the invention is advantageous in that a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and excellent tensile strength can be formed from the composition.
Claims10
A method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin molded article, the method comprising heat-curing a fiber-reinforced composite material;
- wherein the fiber-reinforced composite material comprises a curable composition and a reinforcing fiber as essential components;
- wherein the curable composition is a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing aromatic bifunctional epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw, and wherein the polyisocyanate compound (a1) and the hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) are reacted with each other to obtain an isocyanate group-containing intermediate, and then the polyester polyol (a2) and an optional additional polyol compound used are reacted with the intermediate;
- wherein the epoxy equivalent of the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is 150 to 300 g/equivalent;
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- wherein the polyester polyol (a2) is a polyester diol having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 500 to 4,000.
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