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Properties of impregnation resin added to multifunctional epoxy at cryogenic temperature
Author(s) -
Chen Qiang,
Gao Bingjun,
Chen Jinglin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.12431
Subject(s) - epoxy , materials science , diglycidyl ether , gelcoat , composite material , rosin , bisphenol a , fracture toughness , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polymer chemistry , resin acid , chemical engineering , engineering
A multifunctional epoxy tetraglycidyl dibenzmethyldiamine and triglycidyl benzylamine were blended, respectively, into impregnation resin, which mainly consists of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and acid anhydride hardener. This resin is expected to impregnate HT‐7U superconducting Tokamak toroidal field coils and improve the fracture toughness of DGEBA–acid anhydride resin at cryogenic temperature. However, the experimental results reveal that resin lap shear strengths decrease remarkably both at ambient and liquid nitrogen temperatures. After blending multifunctional epoxy for several hours, its viscosity increased quickly at room temperature. The usable potting life is too short to impregnate large coils such as those used in fusion reaction. By FTIR the possible reason was investigated. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 1385–1389, 2003