Toray Industries, Inc.

Shizue Ueno

Nobuyuki Arai

Hiroshi Taiko

Jun Misumi

An epoxy resin composition including [A1] a hardener represented by Formula (1), and [B] an aromatic epoxy resin having tri- or higher functionality, wherein a carbon nuclear relaxation time Tcorresponding to a benzene ring carbon atom in the main backbone of Formula (1) assigned to 130 ppm in a solid-stateC-NMR spectrum is 42 seconds or longer, and a prepreg and a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material obtained using the epoxy resin composition:  Provided are an epoxy resin composition that provides a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material excellent in tensile strength and compression strength and suitable as a structural material, a prepreg, and a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material.

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

Provided are: an epoxy resin composition which enables the production of a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material having excellent tensile strength and compressive strength and suitable as a material for structures; a prepreg; and a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material. An epoxy resin composition characterized by comprising at least [A] an epoxy resin having a structure represented by formula (1), [B] an epoxy resin having at least one amine-type glycidyl group or at least one ether-type glycidyl group and having a liquid form at 40&#xb0; C. and [C] a curing agent; and a prepreg and a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material, each produced using the epoxy resin composition. (In the formula, Rto Rindependently represent at least one atom or group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 or less carbon atoms, and a halogen atom.)

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