WATER RESISTANT WET TAKING-UP EPOXY RESIN SYSTEM CONTAINING AROMATIC DIAMINES

摘要

Curable thermosetting resin compositions comprising at least one cycloaliphatic epoxy resin having at least two 1,2-epoxy groups per molecule, and certain aromatic diamines having three aromatic rings in the molecule are disclosed. Resin compositions comprised of, for example, bis(2,3-epoxycyclopentyl)ether and 1,3-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene exhibit a highly desirable balance of physical and chemical properties which renders such compositions ideally suited for use in the fabrication of wet winding composites. The resin compositions prepared in accordance with the invention have unexpectedly low viscosity, high glass transition temperatures, high tensile properties and unexpectedly low water uptake. Accordingly, the resin compositions find particular application in the preparation of composites by wet winding procedures.