This coating composition for an electrical steel sheet is a coating composition for an electrical steel sheet containing an epoxy resin, a high-temperature curing agent, and inorganic fine particles, wherein a content of the high-temperature curing agent with respect to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin is 5 to 30 parts by mass, wherein the inorganic fine particles are one or more selected from metal hydroxides, metal oxides that react with water at 25° C. to become metal hydroxides and silicate minerals having a hydroxyl group, wherein the volume average particle diameter of the inorganic fine particles is 0.05 to 2.0 μm, wherein a content of the epoxy resin with respect to a total mass of the coating composition for an electrical steel sheet is 45 mass % or more, and wherein a content of the inorganic fine particles with respect to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin is 1 to 100 parts by mass.

Provided is a resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material that has low tackiness when turned into a prepreg, has satisfactory handleability, and can be suppressed in deformation at the time of its release from a mold in a PCM method. The resin composition is a resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material including, as essential components: a liquid epoxy resin (A); a novolac-type epoxy resin (B); a polymer component (C) having a molecular weight of 10,000 or more; dicyandiamide (D); and an imidazole-based curing aid (E), wherein the resin composition includes 10 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass of the liquid epoxy resin (A), and 10 parts by mass to 25 parts by mass of the polymer component (C) out of 100 parts by mass of the total of the components (A) to (E), and has a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or more before its curing.

Disclosed are a structural adhesive tape in which a mesh layer is located on one side or both sides of an adhesive layer, and a method of manufacturing the same. The mesh layer having a specific specification may be used and an adhesive layer including an epoxy resin with a solid phase and a liquid phase and a flame retardant plasticizer may be used introduced so that a tape sagging phenomenon can be solved while minimizing degradation in adhesive strength. In addition, the mesh layer may be used so that a usage temperature range may be extended from a range ranging from about 5° C. to about 35° C. to a range ranging from about 0° C. to about 40° C., and thus workability in high and low temperature ranges may be improved such that tape workability can be improved even in overseas factories with poor temperature conditions.

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]: [A]: epoxy resin, [B]: dicyandiamide, [C]: aromatic urea, [D]: borate ester, [a]: 0.014≤(content of component [D]/content of component [C])≤0.045, [b]: 0.9≤(number of moles of active groups in component [A]/number of moles of active hydrogen in component [B])≤1.2, and [c]: 14≤(content of component [A]/content of component [C])≤25.

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]: [A]: epoxy resin, [B]: dicyandiamide, [C]: aromatic urea, [D]: borate ester, [a]: 0.014≤(content of component [D]/content of component [C])≤0.045, [b]: 0.9≤(number of moles of active groups in component [A]/number of moles of active hydrogen in component [B])≤1.2, and [c]: 14≤(content of component [A]/content of component [C])≤25.

A pumpable thermally foaming filler compositions based on combinations of a liquid epoxy resin and a polyvinyl chloride resin and/or an acrylic resin powder and at least one alkali metal salt of a fatty acid containing 16 C-atoms or 18 C-atoms, wherein the alkali metal is calcium or zinc. These pumpable filler materials provide the advantage that they can be expanded to provide foam with high expansion values after humidity exposure/storage. Further described are methods for filling closed spaces with the pumpable thermally foaming filler composition as well as vehicle parts which are obtainable with the indicated methods.

A ready to use surface veil and surface film integrated prepreg layer which is suitable to use in the 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 that is 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 the outer resin which is the curable bottom base resin being 10% more viscous than the resin, at least one thermoplastic toughening agent, at least one accelerator, at least one curing agent and at least one hardener agent.

A bonding method for joining two structural parts using a curable adhesive layer having a fibrous veil embedded therein. The fibrous veil carries a polymeric binder, which is in a solid phase at room temperature (20° C.-25° C.) and is capable of dissolving into the adhesive composition during curing thereof.

A substrate assembly, including: (a) a first substrate; (b) a second substrate; and (c) a thermosetting adhesive associated with at least a portion of the first and second substrates, wherein the thermosetting adhesive includes a curing agent, and an epoxy-modified dimerized fatty acid combined with an epoxy terminated polyurethane interpenetrating network.

An epoxide resin for the manufacture of a fibre-reinforced composite material having fire retardant properties and/or for use as an adhesive or hot-melt adhesive having fire retardant properties, the epoxide resin being halogen-free and phenolic resin-free, the epoxide resin having: A. a mixture of (i) at least one first non-halogenated multifunctional epoxide-containing resin which has an epoxide functionality of greater than 2 and (ii) at least one second non-halogenated multifunctional epoxide-containing resin which has an epoxide functionality of less than or equal to 2; B. at least one catalyst for curing the mixture of epoxide-containing resins to form a cured epoxy resin; and C. a mixture of first, second and third fire retardant additives for reacting together to form an intumescent char when the cured epoxy resin is exposed to a fire, wherein (i) the first fire retardant additive comprises a blowing agent for generating a non-combustible gas, (ii) the second fire retardant additive comprises an acid donor for decomposing to form a phosphoric acid when the cured epoxy resin is exposed to a fire, and (iii) the third fire retardant additive comprises at least one or both of (a) a ceramic or glass material and (b) a ceramic or glass material precursor to form a ceramic or glass material when the cured epoxy resin is exposed to a fire.