Bismaleimide (BMI) resins are developed very rapidly due to the demands of the defense and aerospace industries. They are cross-linked polymers which process like epoxy resins but have an upper use temperature of 230°C, compared to the epoxy upper use temperature of 175°C. Also due to the available intrinsic properties of BMI resins such as higher thermal stability and lower toxicity than those...

The use of epoxy resins in metal structures for adhesive reasons is getting wider. Epoxy resins possess enhanced mechanical, chemical and physical properties, i.e. increased shear and compression strength, resistance in solvents, as well as at high temperatures. Tensile tests were carried out with standard aluminium tension specimens glued with epoxy resins. The thickness of the glue and the ac...

Epoxy resins are used widely in industry because of their strong adhesive properties, chemical resistance, mechanical toughness and high electrical insulation. Consequently they are often found in adhesives, stabilizers, sealants, varnishes and paints. Epoxy resins consist of bridged diepoxide oligomers of increasing molecular weight and there are various types corresponding to different molecu...

This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of epoxy resins based on (hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphenol (EFN) and p,p’-isopropylidenebisphenol (EBN), respectively and 4, 4’(hexafluoroisopropylidene)dipthalic-imideamine (IMAM), a curing agent. The synthesized epoxy resins and IMAM curing agent were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (...

Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro (ma bamboo) was liquefied in phenol or in polyethylene glycol/glycerol cosolvent, with H2SO4 as a catalyst. The liquefied bamboo was reacted with bisphenol-A and epichlorohydrin to prepare copolymer epoxy resins. The thermal properties of resins during and after curing were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DM...

Matrix resins of carbon fiber-epoxy composites with different numbers of epoxy functional groups were prepared, and their properties were compared to optimize the matrix resin composition. To understand the bonding strengths between the carbon fiber and epoxy resins in monofilaments and micro-sized resin beads, the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) was measured using the microdroplet technique....

NMR magnet coils are usually quite long, thick, and tightly wound with thin superconducting wires. The successful vacuum/pressure impregnation of such kind of coils demands the use of epoxy resins with superior properties such as low viscosity, long pot life, and high cracking resistance etc.. In order to find the most appropriate impregnating epoxy resin for the fabrication of high-field NMR m...

To evaluate the efficiency of modified epoxy resins using bisphenol-A, hydantoin & cyanuric acid & to investigate the structural change due to the presence of Nitrogen atoms in polymeric chain for improved insulating properties, weatherability etc. The samples of epoxy resin bisphenol-A, hydantoin and Cyanuric acid based was taken for X-ray diffraction analysis. The diffraction patterns were Fo...

Epoxy resins are often exposed to prolonged periods of sub-Tg temperatures which cause physical aging to occur. Because physical aging can compromise the performance of epoxies and their composites and because experimental techniques cannot provide all of the necessary physical insight that is needed to fully understand physical aging, efficient computational approaches to predict the effects o...

The octa-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) containing nanocomposites of epoxy resin are prepared via in situ co-polymerization of epoxy resins with 4,4’-diaminodiphenylsulfone (DDS) in the presence of octaaminophenyl silsesquioxane (OAPS). Two of the most common, technologically relevant epoxy resins, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) and tetraglycidyl diamino dip...