PHENALKAMINE EPOXY CURING AGENTS AND EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to a new structural class of phenalkamine curing agent compositions and methods of making such compositions. The phenalkamine curing agent compositions of the present invention can be prepared by reacting cardanol with an aldehyde compound and triaminononane. These curing-agent compositions may be used to cure, harden, and/or crosslink an epoxy resin. The curing-agent compositions of this invention are of low viscosity and can be used neat or dissolved in a minimum amount of an organic solvent or diluent to effect cure of epoxy resins.