The present invention provides a sulfonium salt photoinitiator, a preparation method therefor, a photocurable composition comprising sulfonium salt photoinitiator, and use thereof. The sulfonium salt photoinitiator has a structure represented by formula (I). By modifying the structure of an existing sulfonium salt photoinitiator, a sulfonium salt photoinitiator having a new structure is obtained, which can exhibits a higher photosensitivity and an excellent as well as characteristics of low odor and low toxicity, when being used in a photocurable composition. This is significantly superior to existing similar photoinitiators. ##STR00001##

Provided are a curable composition which is rapidly curable and which gives cured products with good heat resistance, a cured product thereof, a fiber-reinforced composite material, a fiber-reinforced resin-molded article, and a method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced resin-molded article. Provided are a curable composition containing an epoxy resin (A), an aliphatic and/or alicyclic amine compound (B), and an imidazole compound (C), wherein the ratio H/E of the number of moles H of active hydrogen in the aliphatic and/or alicyclic amine compound (B) to the number of moles E of an epoxy group in the epoxy resin (A) is in the range of 0.2 to 0.9; a cured product thereof; a fiber-reinforced composite material; a fiber-reinforced resin-molded article; and a method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced resin-molded article.

This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection which can form layers that are excellent in terms of pattern retentivity and moisture resistance at high temperatures, have satisfactory adhesiveness to the circuits or metal wiring lines of the semiconductor device over a long period, and are less apt to suffer ion migration. The ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection comprises (A) one or more cationic photopolymerizable compounds including an alicyclic epoxy compound, (B) a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a silane coupling agent, wherein the silane coupling agent is contained in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the cationic photopolymerizable compounds. The ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection has a viscosity, as measured with an E-type viscometer at 25° C. and 20 rpm, of 5-50 mPa.Math.s.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection which can form layers that are excellent in terms of pattern retentivity and moisture resistance at high temperatures, have satisfactory adhesiveness to the circuits or metal wiring lines of the semiconductor device over a long period, and are less apt to suffer ion migration. The ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection comprises (A) one or more cationic photopolymerizable compounds including an alicyclic epoxy compound, (B) a cationic photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a silane coupling agent, wherein the silane coupling agent is contained in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the cationic photopolymerizable compounds. The ink-jet application type composition for wiring-line protection has a viscosity, as measured with an E-type viscometer at 25° C. and 20 rpm, of 5-50 mPa.Math.s.

A sheet molding compound resin composition containing a thermosetting resin (A), a resin-curing agent (B), and a glycidyl ether (C) including an alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 7 to 14 and a glycidyl group is provided. The sheet molding compound resin composition can be favorably used for a sheet molding compound and a molded article of the sheet molding compound as a result of having excellent impregnating ability with respect to carbon fiber regardless of the resin viscosity.

The present disclosure provides a curing agent comprising a polyetheramine, a tertiary amine and an alkanolamine. The curing agent may be combined with an epoxy resin to form a curable composition which is capable of being applied to a substrate and cured to form a cured article.

An adhesive film that can be wound and punched, comprising an epoxy-based adhesive compound that can be activated by UV-radiation or thermally and an expandable filler admixed to the adhesive compound to produce an adhesive film that is compressible when not yet cured.

A prepreg having at least one layer of fibres and a curable thermosetting resin system at least partly impregnating the at least one layer of fibres, wherein the curable thermosetting resin system includes a curable thermosetting resin including at least two epoxide groups, a curing agent that includes at least one amine group, and an accelerator that includes an azole group; wherein the curable thermosetting resin, the curing agent and the accelerator are provided in respective concentrations in the prepreg to provide that, after curing the thermosetting resin at a cure temperature of at least 140° C. for a period of from 1 to 6 minutes, (i) the cured thermosetting resin has a glass transition temperature Tg which is greater than the cure temperature and is within the range of from 150° C. to 180° C. and (ii) the cured thermosetting resin is at least 90% cured.

A curable, one-part epoxy/thiol resin composition comprising: an epoxy resin component comprising an epoxy resin having at least two epoxide groups per molecule; a thiol component comprising a polythiol compound having at least two primary thiol groups; a nitrogen-containing catalyst for the epoxy resin; and a substituted barbituric acid soluble in the one-part epoxy/thiol resin composition.