Article and associated method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWendy Wen-Ling Lin, Scott Roger Finn, Warren Rosal Ronk, Xiaolan Wei, Rachel Marie Suffield
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Abstract
An article includes a reaction product of a filler having binding sites, a coupling agent composition including an aromatic amine and a first cycloolefin substituted with at least one epoxy group, a polymer precursor including a second cycloolefin, and a metathesis catalyst capable of catalyzing a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction when contacted to the first cycloolefin or the second cycloolefin. The coupling agent composition is capable of bonding to the filler and the coupling agent composition is compatible with a metathesis catalyst. An associated method is also provided.
Claims29
An article, comprising a reaction product of:
- a filler having binding sites;
- a coupling agent composition comprising an aromatic amine and a first cycloolefin substituted with at least one epoxy group;
- a polymer precursor comprising a second cycloolefin and an epoxy compound;
- and
- a metathesis catalyst capable of catalyzing a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction when contacted to the first cycloolefin or the second cycloolefin;
- wherein the coupling agent composition is capable of bonding to the filler and the coupling agent composition is compatible with a metathesis catalyst.
A prepreg, comprising:
- a fibrous material having binding sites impregnated with a curable composition, the curable composition comprising:
- a coupling agent composition comprising an aromatic amine and a first cycloolefin substituted with at least one epoxy group,
- a polymer precursor comprising a second cycloolefin and an epoxy compound, and
- a metathesis catalyst capable of catalyzing a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction when contacted to the first cycloolefin or the second cycloolefin;
- wherein the coupling agent composition is capable of bonding to the binding sites on the fibrous material and the coupling agent composition is compatible with the metathesis catalyst.
A laminate, comprising:
- two or more layers;
- and
- at least one layer comprises a reaction product of:
- a filler having binding sites;
- a coupling agent composition comprising an aromatic amine and a first cycloolefin substituted with at least one epoxy group;
- a polymer precursor comprising a second cycloolefin and an epoxy compound;
- and
- a metathesis catalyst capable of catalyzing a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction when contacted to the first cycloolefin or the second cycloolefin;
- wherein the coupling agent composition is capable of bonding to the filler and the coupling agent composition is compatible with the metathesis catalyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.