Storage-stable, homogeneous mixture containing epoxide resin, curing agent and curing accelerator, and the use of the mixture for producing cured products
AssigneeCiba-Geigy Corporation
InventorsRoland Moser, Alfred Renner
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Abstract
A mixture of (a) epoxide resin, (b) a cyanoacetyl compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is the radical of an alcohol or ether, and n is 1-4, as curing agent, and (c) a phenylurea derivative, such as monuron, as curing accelerator is characterized by good storage stability. The mixture can be used as casting resin, laminating resin, adhesive, surface-protective agent and moulding material, and the mixture yields, on being heated, cured products having homogeneous and good mechanical properties.
Claims13
A homogeneous mixture of epoxide resin, curing agent for the resin, and curing accelerator, which mixture contains
- (a) an epoxide resin having on average more than one epoxide group in the molecule,
- (b) as curing agent for the epoxide resin, a cyanoacetyl compound dissolved in the resin, which compound has a melting point (m.p.) below 120.degree. C. and corresponds to the formula I ##STR42## wherein R is the radical of a mono- to tetravalent alcohol or amine having a partial molecular weight of .ltoreq.2000, which radical is formed by removal of 1 to 4 hydroxyl hydrogen atoms or amine hydrogen atoms, and n is a number from 1 to 4 inclusive, the amount of (b) being such that to 1 --CH.sub.2 --C.tbd.N group there are 3-4 epoxide groups of the component (a), and
- (c) as curing accelerator, to 100 parts by weight of epoxide resin 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a phenylurea derivative of the formula II ##STR43## in which Z is the group ##STR44## wherein A is --CH.sub.2 -- or N, p is 0, 1 or 2, and q is 1 or 2, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are each an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently of one another are each hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenoxy group, and R.sub.5 is hydrogen, trifluoromethyl, nitro or one of the groups ##STR45##
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