Title
Novel curative systems for high strength, low thermal conductivity epoxy-based syntactic foams
Conference Dates
March 26-31, 2017
Abstract
Epoxies cured with anhydrides form crosslinked thermoset networks that exhibit good chemical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical behavior. Past studies on epoxy-based curative systems for syntactic foam focused on monoanhydrides and monoanhydride blends to optimize performance and processibility. There have been very few investigations incorporating dianhydrides as curatives in these syntactic foams despite the fact that they can lead to higher performance. In this present study we investigate novel mono/dianhydride blends as curative systems for epoxy-based syntactic foams. Mechanical, thermal and processibility data for syntactic foams are presented and compared to monoanhydride-based curatives. We discuss this data in relation to the material design of deep-sea thermal insulation.
Recommended Citation
Gary Gladysz, Borys Schafran, Jeff Dimmit, Karana Shah, Benjamin Willis, and Brian Pillay, "Novel curative systems for high strength, low thermal conductivity epoxy-based syntactic foams" in "Syntactic and Composite Foams V", Gary M. Gladysz (Empyreus Solutions, LLC, USA) Krishan K. Chawla (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA) Aldo R. Boccaccini (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) Manabu Fukushima (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan) Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2017). https://dc.engconfintl.org/syntactic_composite_foams_v/27