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AssigneeMIRteq Pty Ltd.
InventorPeter Clifford Hodgson
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The present invention relates to a reinforced composite material and a method for its production. The composite material comprises at least one cured resin having a reinforcing material. Preferably the reinforcing material is a plurality of glass fibres which are treated such that the properties of the interphase substantially surrounding each fibre are substantially equivalent to those of the bulk cured resin. The fibre treatment may be selected from the group consisting of a polymeric coating, a hydrophilic surface coating, a surface coating of a free radical inhibitor, or a reduction in the total surface area of the fibres. The reinforced composite material of the invention provides improved long-term mechanical properties compared to traditional glass fibre reinforced materials.
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A reinforcing fibre for use in a composite material including a curable resin, said reinforcing fibre being coated with a coupling agent and having a treatment of a polymeric coating comprising a monomer deficient low activity unsaturated polyester resin and/or a hydrophilic surface coating being prepared by reacting a vinyl functional silane with a polyol, applied thereto such that, in use, the cured resin adjacent said reinforcing fibre defines an interphase, said interphase having properties substantially equivalent to those of the bulk cured resin.
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