Susan J Musselman

US Patent:

53346548, Aug 2, 1994

Filed:

May 3, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/056728

Inventors:

William E. Starner - Nesquehoning PA
Susan G. Musselman - Allentown PA

Assignee:

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - Allentown PA

International Classification:

C08L 6300

US Classification:

524849

Abstract:

This invention relates to improved polyepoxide resins having enhanced physical and elastic properties. The polyepoxide resins comprise an polyepoxide resin based on a polyglycidyl ether of a phenolic type compound and an acrylate terminated urethane prepolymer. The improvement in the polyepoxide resin formulation comprises incorporating an aliphatic, aliphatic ether or ester component having monofunctional reactivity with an amine hydrogen and an amine curative having from 3 to 10, and preferably 3 to 5 epoxide reactive hydrogen atoms into the epoxy resin. The presence of the monofunctional and aliphatic amine reactive component along with the acrylate terminated urethane prepolymer results in an epoxy resin having the enhanced properties.