Ester resins
AssigneeBlue Cube IP LLC
InventorsYanli FENG, Qiubai PENG, Wei DU, Zhidong SHENG
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Abstract
A vinyl ester resin composition comprising a reaction product of: (a) a polyepoxide resin; (b) an unsaturated carboxylic acid; and (c) a reactive carboxyl group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, a reactive epoxy group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, or a mixture thereof; and a cured thermoset composite product produced from the above vinyl ester resin composition.
Claims23
A vinyl ester resin formulation comprising a blend of:
- (a) at least one vinyl ester resin;
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- (b) a reactive carboxyl group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, a reactive epoxy group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, or a mixture thereof.
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A vinyl ester resin composition comprising a reaction product of the following reaction mixture:
- (a) a polyepoxide resin;
- (b) an unsaturated carboxylic acid;
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- (c) a reactive carboxyl group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, a reactive epoxy group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, or a mixture thereof;
- wherein an epoxy vinyl ester resin or an unsaturated polyester resin is formed;
- and wherein the reactive carboxyl group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, the reactive epoxy group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, or a mixture thereof is reacted into the backbone of the epoxy vinyl ester resin or an unsaturated polyester resin.
A process for preparing a vinyl ester resin composition comprising reacting:
- (a) a polyepoxide resin;
- (b) an unsaturated carboxylic acid;
- (c) a reactive carboxyl group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, a reactive epoxy group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, or a mixture thereof;
- wherein an epoxy vinyl ester resin or an unsaturated polyester resin is formed;
- and wherein the reactive carboxyl group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, the reactive epoxy group terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, or a mixture thereof is reacted into the backbone of the epoxy vinyl ester resin or an unsaturated polyester resin;
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- (d) optionally, a catalyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.