Accession Number:
ADD014739
Title:
Bislactone Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins and Polymers Obtained Therefrom.
Descriptive Note:
Patent Application, Filed 29 Mar 90,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1990-03-29
Pagination or Media Count:
39.0
Abstract:
Bislactone curing agents are used to cure and copolymerize with epoxy-based resins. Preferably, the copolymerization is performed using a tertiary amine catalyst. During cure, the bislactone ring opens and expands. The use of bislactones as curing agents for epoxy-based resins avoids the shrinkage and accompanying stresses which occur when epoxy-based resins are cured conventionally. The novel bislactone cured epoxy-based polymers according the present invention are less prone to failure that are conventional epoxy-based polymers. In a further embodiment, the epoxy is copolymerized with a novel bislactone monomer having at least one trifluoromethyl group. The resulting fluorinated copolymer has a reduced surface energy.ttl
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Subject Categories:
- Plastics