Method of producing a high voltage electrical insulation, in that (i) an ultra-violet radiation as well as thermally curable composition, comprising at least one UV-curable and heat-curable epoxy resin, at least one cationic photo-initiator and at least one cationic thermal-initiator, is provided, and that (ii) ultraviolet radiation as well as heat is applied to the curable composition in any desired sequence for a time long enough until complete curing of the curable composition is obtained and products obtained.

Disclosed is an anhydride-free insulation system for current-carrying construction parts of an electric engine which comprises:

(A) a mica paper or mica tape for wrapping parts of said electric engine that are potentially current-carrying during operation of the engine, which mica paper or mica tape is impregnable via vacuum pressure impregnation with a thermally curable epoxy resin formulation and comprises one or more thermally activatable sulfonium salt initiators for the homopolymerisation of the epoxy resins present in said said thermally curable epoxy resin formulation or a mixture thereof in an amount sufficient to homopolymerize the epoxy resin taken up by the mica paper or mica tape and the construction part of the engine during the vacuum pressure impregnation step;
(B) a thermally curable bath formulation for the vacuum pressure impregnation comprising (i) a polyglycidyl ether or a mixture thereof, and (ii) a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin comprising at least two epoxy groups, which are fused to a cycloaliphatic ring, or a mixture thereof,
which formulation is substantially or, preferably, entirely free of thermally activatable curing initiators for the epoxy resin formulation.

[Problem] To provide an epoxy (meth)acrylate compound that serves as a material for a protective film that is unlikely to cause migration to an electrically conductive pattern, and a curable composition containing the epoxy (meth)acrylate compound. [Solution] Provided is an epoxy (meth)acrylate compound which is characterized by being represented by general formula (1) and in which the content of halogen atoms, which are impurities, is 100 ppm by mass or less. In addition, provided is a curable composition for forming a protective film for an electrically conductive pattern, the curable composition being obtained by mixing this epoxy (meth)acrylate compound with a photopolymerization initiator and at least one type of monomer or oligomer that contains a (meth)acryloyl group.

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(At least one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 has a structure represented by formula (2), and the remainder of R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and alkyl groups and alkoxy groups having 1-6 carbon atoms. R.sup.6 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.)

##STR00002## (* denotes the bonding position to a carbon atom that constitutes the benzene ring to which R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 are bonded in formula (1), and R.sup.7 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.)

An epoxy oligomerization catalyst can be employed to prepare an epoxy resin employing a method including admixing a first epoxy resin having a first epoxy equivalent weight of from about 100 to about 600 with a diphenolic compound, and a catalyst, thereby forming a second epoxy resin having a second epoxy equivalent weight of from about 200 to about 10,000; wherein the catalyst is a guanidinium catalyst. The second equivalent weight is greater than the first equivalent weight.

An epoxy group-terminated impact modifier is described, comprising the reaction product of a) two or more polyols, b) one or more polyisocyanates, and c) at least one epoxy resin comprising a primary or secondary hydroxy group-containing epoxy compound, wherein the polyols comprise a1) at least one polyether polyol and a2) at least one OH-terminated rubber, wherein the weight ratio of polyether polyol to OH-terminated rubber is in the range from 7:3 to 2:8; an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer as possible intermediate product is described; furthermore a method for producing same is described. The products obtained are suitable for improving the impact resistance of epoxy resin compositions, in particular of 1K or 2K epoxy resin adhesives.

A liquid epoxy resin composition is provided. In preferred embodiments, the liquid epoxy resin composition is free of bisphenol A, bisphenol F, and bisphenol S, including epoxides thereof, and is useful in preparing a polyether polymer having utility in coating compositions, including, e.g., coating compositions for use on food or beverage containers.

A fiber reaction process whereby reactive components contained in immiscible streams are brought into contact to effect chemical reactions and separations. The conduit reactor utilized contains wettable fibers onto which one stream is substantially constrained and a second stream is flowed over to continuously create a new interface there between to efficiently bring about contact of the reactive species and thus promote reactions thereof or extractions thereby. Co-solvents and phase transfer catalysts may be employed to facilitate the process.

Coating compositions for coating an oilfield operational component, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of the oilfield operational component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.

Coating compositions for coating an oilfield operational component, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of the oilfield operational component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.

Produce diglycidyl-capped polyalkylene glycol by (a) providing epihalohydrin, a polyalkylene glycol that contains and ethylene oxide component and a Lewis acid; (b) coupling the epihalohydrin to the polyalkylene glycol using the Lewis acid as a catalyst to produce a coupling product; (c) stripping 1,4-dioxane from the coupling product; and (d) epoxidation of the coupling product by addition of a base to form diglycidyl-capped polyalkylene glycol in an organic phase.