COMPATIBLE CARRIER FOR SECONDARY TOUGHENING

EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION ARE DIRECTED TO CARRIER PROVIDING A PRIMARY TOUGHENING FUNCTION AND INCORPORATING A SECONDARY TOUGHENING AGENT THEREIN. ACCORDING TO EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION, THE CARRIER/AGENT COMBINATION MAY BE USED IN LIQUID RESIN (518) INFUSION APPLICATIONS. THE CARRIER MAY BE AN...

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Hauptverfasser: BAIDAK, ALEXANDRE A, BLACKBURN, ROBERT, MCGRAIL, PATRICK TERENCE, PONSOLLE, DOMINIQUE
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Zusammenfassung:EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION ARE DIRECTED TO CARRIER PROVIDING A PRIMARY TOUGHENING FUNCTION AND INCORPORATING A SECONDARY TOUGHENING AGENT THEREIN. ACCORDING TO EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION, THE CARRIER/AGENT COMBINATION MAY BE USED IN LIQUID RESIN (518) INFUSION APPLICATIONS. THE CARRIER MAY BE ANY POLYMER-BASED MATERIAL HAVING A SOLUBILITY CHARACTERISTIC IN A THERMOSETTING RESIN. THE SECONDARY TOUGHENING AGENT MAY BE OF A MATERIAL SUCH AS A THERMOPLASTIC, A THERMOSET, A CROSS- LINKED THERMOSET, A RUBBER, A RUBBERY-LIKE MATERIAL OR A COMBINATION THEREOF AND MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A PARTICLE, A MICRO-FIBER (FIBRIL) OR A FIBROUS NETWORK. IN SOME EMBODIMENTS, THE EARNER IS SOLUBLE IN THE RESIN WHILE THE SECONDARY TOUGHENING AGENT IS INSOLUBLE IN THE RESIN WHEN SUBJECTED TO A CURE CYCLE. (FIG.1)