Sheet molding compound and molded article
AssigneeMitsubishi Chemical Corporation
InventorsHayato OGASAWARA, Akira OTA, Yasunori MURANO
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Abstract
Provided are a sheet molding compound having good handleability and good reinforcing fiber filling properties; and a molded article having good mechanical properties and good heat resistance. The sheet molding compound comprises a thermosetting resin composition and reinforcing fiber bundles, in which the thermosetting resin composition comprises an epoxy resin component (E) comprising a reaction product (1) of the following component (A) and the following component (B), and the following component (C). The molded article is an article obtained by press-molding the sheet molding compound.
Claims20
A sheet molding compound comprising:
- a thermosetting resin composition;
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- a reinforcing fiber bundle impregnated with the thermosetting resin composition,
- wherein the thermosetting resin composition comprises an epoxy resin component (E) and the following component (C), and
- the epoxy resin component (E) comprises a first reaction product produced by a reaction between the following component (A) and the following component (B) and comprising an unreacted residual epoxy group derived from the following component (A),
- component (A):
- an epoxy resin staying in a liquid state at 25° C.,
- component (B):
- a polymer comprising a functional group reactive with the component (A), and
- component (C):
- an epoxy curing agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.