Toray Industries, Inc.

Tory Industries Inc.

Masayuki Miyoshi

Noriyuki Hirano

Ayumi Mori

Kenichi Yoshioka

Shinji Kochi

Toshiya Kamae

Daisuke Konishi

Eiki Takahashi

Ayumi Matsuda

The present invention aims to provide an epoxy resin composition that is high in both fast curability and storage stability, a prepreg prepared by using the epoxy resin composition, and a fiber reinforced composite material prepared by curing the prepreg. The epoxy resin composition contains the following components [A], [B], [C], and [D] and meets the following requirements [a], [b], and [c]:

Epoxy resin composition, prepreg, and fiber-reinforced composite material

One purpose of the present invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition which is for obtaining a fiber-reinforced composite material that combines heat resistance with tensile strength on a high level. Another purpose is to provide: a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained using this epoxy resin composition; and a molded article and a pressure vessel both containing the fiber-reinforced composite material. The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above purposes. Namely, the epoxy resin composition includes the constituent element [A]: An epoxy resin including an aromatic ring and having a functionality of 2 or higher and the following constituent element [B]: An amine-based hardener, and is characterized in that a cured object obtained by curing the epoxy resin composition has a rubber-state modulus of 10 MPa or less when evaluated for dynamic viscoelasticity and the cured object has a glass transition temperature of 95&#xb0; C. or higher.

Epoxy resin composition, fiber reinforced composite material, molded article and pressure vessel

One purpose of the present invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition which is for obtaining a fiber-reinforced composite material that combines heat resistance with tensile strength on a high level. The other purpose is to provide: a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained using this epoxy resin composition; and a molded article and a pressure vessel both containing the fiber-reinforced composite material. The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above purposes. Namely, the epoxy resin composition includes the constituent element [A]: An epoxy resin including an aromatic ring and having a functionality of 2 or higher and the following constituent element [B]: An acid anhydride-based hardener, and is characterized in that a cured object obtained by curing the epoxy resin composition has a rubber-state modulus of 10 MPa or less when evaluated for dynamic viscoelasticity and the cured object has a glass transition temperature of 95&#xb0; C. or higher.

One purpose of the present invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition which is for obtaining a fiber-reinforced composite material that combines heat resistance with tensile strength on a high level. The other purpose is to provide: a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained using this epoxy resin composition; and a molded article and a pressure vessel both containing the fiber-reinforced composite material. The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above purposes. Namely, the epoxy resin composition includes the constituent element [A]: An epoxy resin including an aromatic ring and having a functionality of 2 or higher and the following constituent element [B]: An amine-based hardener or an acid anhydride-based hardener, and is characterized in that a cured object obtained by curing the epoxy resin composition has a rubber-state modulus of 10 MPa or less when evaluated for dynamic viscoelasticity and the cured object has a glass transition temperature of 95&#xb0; C. or higher.

Epoxy resin composition, fiber reinforced composite material, molded article, and pressure vessel

Disclosed herein are an epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials which has low viscosity, high Tg, high elastic modulus, and excellent fracture toughness and a fiber-reinforced composite material using such an epoxy resin composition which has excellent thermal properties, compressive strength, impact resistance, fatigue resistance, and open-hole tensile strength and which is suitable for producing structural parts of aircraft and the like. The epoxy resin composition comprises at least a given bifunctional epoxy resin as a component (A), a liquid aromatic diamine curing agent as a component (B), and core-shell polymer particles as a component (C), wherein the core-shell polymer particles as the component (C) contain epoxy groups in their shell and have a volume-average particle size of 50 to 300 nm.

Epoxy resin composition, fiber-reinforced composite material, and method for producing the same

An epoxy resin composition is provided including at least the following component [A], component [B], and component [C] or [D] wherein cured product obtained by curing the epoxy resin composition has a rubbery state modulus in dynamic viscoelasticity evaluation of 10 MPa or less, and the cured product has a glass transition temperature of at least 95&#xb0; C.;

Epoxy resin composition and fiber reinforced composite material

A binder composition comprising [A] an amorphous polyamide with a glass transition temperature of 140&#xb0; C. or higher having a dicyclohexylmethane skeleton in the molecule and [B] a sulfonamide compound is used to provide a binder composition, a reinforcing-fiber base material and a preform respectively most suitable for RTM, which respectively exhibit excellent impact resistance and physical properties remaining stable over the variations of molding conditions and can be used for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material most suitable for members such as primary structures of aircraft.

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