Epoxy composition
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsBharati Balijepalli, David H. Bank, Michael A. Lowe
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Abstract
A flame retardant epoxy resin composition for preparing a flame retardant fiber composite including: (a) at least one epoxy resin; (b) at least one flame retardant agent for improving the flammability performance of carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy composites; (c) at least one mold release agent; (d) at least one curing agent; and (e) at least one catalyst; a prepreg prepared using the above epoxy resin composition; and a flame retardant fiber composite prepared using the above prepreg.
Claims11
A curable flame retardant epoxy resin composition comprising:
- (a) at least one epoxy resin selected for providing a tack-free prepreg;
- (b) at least one non-halogenated, phosphorus-containing flame retardant agent for providing a fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite that retains its mechanical properties while the fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite exhibits a flame retardancy of at least a UL 94 V-1 rating;
- (c) at least one mold release agent;
- (d) at least one curing agent;
- and
- (e) at least one catalyst.
A process for making a curable flame retardant epoxy resin composition comprising admixing:
- (a) at least one epoxy resin;
- (b) at least one non-halogenated, phosphorus-containing flame retardant agent for providing a fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite that retains its mechanical properties while the fiber reinforced epoxy resin composite exhibits a flame retardancy of at least a UL 94 V-1 rating;
- (c) at least one mold release agent;
- (d) at least one curing agent;
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- (e) at least one catalyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.