Fiber-reinforced composites made with reactive resin compositions and fibers

Abstract

Methods of making fiber-resin compositions are described. The method may include the providing of a reactive resin composition to an extruder, where the reactive resin composition may include monomers, oligomers, or both, that are capable of polymerizing into a thermoplastic resin. The method may further include combining the reactive resin composition with a plurality of reactive fibers that are also supplied to the extruder. The plurality of reactive fibers may be sized with at least one polymerization agent and/or coupling agent. The fiber-resin composition may be extruded from the extruder, where the composition includes a thermoplastic resin in contact with the plurality of fibers that is formed by the polymerization of the monomers and/or oligomers of the reactive resin composition. Also described are methods of making fiber-reinforced composite articles from the fiber-resin composition.

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