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Effects of solvent on solution prepregging of the resin system LaRC{trademark}-IAX-2

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OSTI ID:412044
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  1. NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (United States)
This work assesses the feasibility of using an alternative solvent for the production of composites from polyimide resin systems via solution prepregging. Previous work on solution prepregging of polyimide systems at NASA Langley Research Center has concentrated on the use of the solvent N-methylpyrrolidinone. An alternative solvent with a similar boiling point, -{gamma}-Butyrolactone, was used to prepare the poly(amide acid) version of LaRC{trademark}-IAX-2. These solutions were subsequently used to prepare prepreg and graphite-reinforced composites. Mechanical properties are presented for the resin system LaRC{trademark}-IAX-2 (4% and 5% offset in stoichiometry and endcapped with phthalic anhydride) impregnated onto Hercules IM7 carbon fiber. Results from this work were compared to data obtained on the same resin system which had been solution prepregged with the solvent N-methylpyrrolidinone.
OSTI ID:
412044
Report Number(s):
CONF-960310--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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