The purpose of the present invention is to provide: an epoxy resin composition having both excellent dispersibility of a solid curing agent and excellent impregnation of reinforcing fibers; a molding material for the fiber-reinforced composite material that has excellent dispersibility of the solid curing agent in the post-thickened resin; and a fiber-reinforced composite material that has excellent appearance quality and mechanical characteristics and little unevenness in physical properties. In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, this epoxy resin composition has the following configuration. The epoxy resin composition includes all components (A)-(C). The degree of dispersion of component (B) in component (A) is 0.1-0.8, the viscosity at 25° C. is 0.1-100 Pa.Math.s, and the glass transition temperature of an epoxy resin cured product at any hardness between 85%-95% is at least 110° C. Component (A): An epoxy resin having at least two epoxy groups in each molecule Component (B): A solid curing agent Component (C): A dispersant miscible with component (A)

The invention relates to a fatty acid diamide-based rheology additive composition, which is pre-activated and pre-concentrated in fatty acid diamide, comprising: a) from 5% to 30% by weight of at least one fatty acid diamide based on 12 hydroxystearic acid and on a linear, in particular C5, C6 or C7, aliphatic diamine, b) from 70% to 95% by weight of at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylic reactive diluent comprising a cycloaliphatic group or several cycloaliphatic groups, the % being expressed relative to a)+b). It also relates to a process for preparing the composition and to the use thereof as a rheology additive in reactive binder compositions such as coating, moulding, composite material, anchor bolt or sealant compositions or photocrosslinkable compositions for stereolithography or for 3D printing of objects by inkjet.

A resin composition includes: a resin as Component (A); and an inorganic filler as Component (B). The Component (B) includes anhydrous magnesium carbonate as Component (b1) and aluminum oxide as Component (b2). Content of the Component (b1) falls within a range from 35% by volume to 65% by volume relative to 100% by volume of the Components (b1) and (b2) combined. Content of the Component (B) falls within a range from 60% by volume to 75% by volume relative to 100% by volume of the resin composition.

The present invention provides a porous body, the swelling of which under acidic conditions is suppressed, and a method for producing the porous body. The first porous body of the present invention is formed of a copolymer of an epoxy compound and a curing agent, wherein the porous body is a porous body containing no primary to tertiary amino groups and has an interconnected pore structure in which holes provided inside the porous body communicate with each other. The second porous body of the present invention is formed of a copolymer of an epoxy compound and a curing agent, wherein the porous body is a porous body containing no nitrogen atom to be quaternized by acid treatment, and has an interconnected pore structure in which holes provided inside the porous body communicate with each other.

Disclosed herein is an intrinsically self-healing composite based upon in situ thermal remendability of an embedded polymeric interphase. The fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) material may incorporate a thermoset polymer with a defined glass transition temperature (T.sub.g) and/or a thermoplastic material of amorphous or semi-crystalline nature. The polymeric interphase can be incorporated as a plurality of particles, fibers, meshes, films, or 3D-printed structures. The self-healing composite includes a resistive heating component as a structural element that minimizes electrical energy demand and impact on mechanical integrity. Healing occurs in situ via resistive heating and can be enabled below, at, or above the glass-transition temperature of the FRC matrix, demonstrating viability for in-service repair under sustained loads. In addition to providing rapid healing functionality, the polymeric interphase increases inherent resistance to interlaminar fracture. Repeated heal cycles have been achieved in a double cantilever beam (DCB) fracture test without significant degradation in performance.

A molding process of a co-cured short-fiber resin-based damping composite material and a molding part. Different from a traditional centrifugal processing process of a thin-walled tube of a resin-based composite material, the process uses raw materials including three kinds of materials with different densities and including two kinds of short-fiber epoxy resin with different densities and a damping material. During centrifugal molding, the three kinds of materials are made into fluids to be respectively injected at a uniform speed in three times according to the sizes of the densities. Layering is performed by using different centrifugal forces applied to the three kinds of materials. Co-curing is performed according to a resin curing process after the three kinds of materials are stably distributed, and a tubular thin-walled part of the embedded co-cured short-fiber resin-based damping composite material with a uniform wall thickness is obtained.

Pre-impregnated composite material (prepreg) that can be cured/molded to form aerospace composite parts. The prepreg includes carbon reinforcing fibers and an uncured resin matrix. The resin matrix includes an epoxy resin component, polyethersulfone as a toughening agent, a thermoplastic particle component, a nanoparticle component and a curing agent.

The present disclosure provides a curable resin composition including a thermoset resin, a toughener component containing a multistage polymer and a thermoplastic toughener and a hardener. The curable resin composition may be combined with reinforcing fibers and then cured to form a fiber-reinforced composite article having a high glass transition temperature and excellent mechanical properties. The fiber-reinforced composite article may be used in various applications, such as in transport applications including aerospace, aeronautical, nautical and land vehicles.

A ready to use surface veil and surface film integrated prepreg layer suitable to use in a production of lightweight structural parts/panels with class A surfaces includes a curable bottom base resin formulation including a curable bottom base resin, at least one first toughening agent, at least one accelerator, at least one curing agent and at least one hardener. The prepreg layer further includes a release paper coated with the curable bottom base resin formulation to obtained curable bottom base resin formulation coated release paper as a first resin film; a reinforcement fabric; an outer resin formulation including an outer resin, wherein the outer resin is the curable bottom base resin being 10% more viscous than a resin, at least one thermoplastic toughening agent, at least one accelerator, at least one curing agent and at least one hardener agent.

The present disclosure relates to a CFRP structural body having improved flame retardancy, and a carbon fiber prepreg capable of giving a CFRP structural body having improved flame retardancy.

A CFRP structural body comprising CFRP, in which the CFRP structural body is molded from a carbon fiber prepreg comprising a carbon fiber mat formed of chopped carbon fiber bundles with a filament count of 3K or less impregnated with a resin composition, a carbon fiber content of the CFRP is 60% by mass or more, and the CFRP structural body does not have a portion with a thickness of less than 4 mm; and a prepreg comprising a carbon fiber mat impregnated with a resin composition, in which the carbon fiber mat is formed of chopped carbon fiber bundles with filament counts of 3K or less, and a carbon fiber content of the prepreg is 60% by mass or more.