Research on Heat Resisting Epoxy Resin System for Liquid Composite Molding
The properties of heat resistance and manufacturability of epoxy resin system are contradictory to each other. In order to maintain the balance of both properties, this article studied the heat resistance (testing the glass-transition temperature using differential scanning calorimetry) and the manufacturability (characterizing the variation trend of viscosity at molding temperature using AR2000EX rotational rheometer) of two kinds of epoxy resin systems by means of designing orthogonal table. Studies show that when the mass ratio of hydantoin epoxy resin, MF-4101 epoxy resin, anhydride and accelerant is 100:20:150:1.5, the glass transition temperature of the epoxy resin system can reach over 180°C. What’s more, the initial viscosity of the epoxy resin at 40°C is about 230mPa•s, and the viscosity can maintain no more than 800mPa•s in approximately 3 hours, which meets the requirements of liquid composite molding.