Epoxy resin(s) with anhydride and polybutadiene-maleic anhydride adduct

摘要

Improved toughened epoxy resin systems having glass transition temperatures of 250 C. to 350 C. are prepared by carefully curing a blend of epoxy resin or resins, all of which have an epoxy functionality of at least 2 with the mixture having an epoxy functionality greater than 2, an anhydride hardener mixture comprising a bicycloalkenedicarboxylic acid anhydride, a polybutadiene-maleic anhydride adduct, and optionally, a polybutadiene, a bismaleimide, or benzophenone tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, preferably using a dialkyl imidazole-2-thione accelerator.