Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.69, No.6, 1129-1136, 1998
Mechanical properties, thermal stability, and flame retardance of pultruded fiber-reinforced poly(ethylene oxide)-toughened novolak-type phenolic resin
The mechanical properties (flexural modulus, static tensile strength, notched Izod impact strength), miscibility, thermal stability, and flame retardance of a poly( ethylene oxide) (PEO)-toughened phenolic resin glass pultruded composite were investigated. The mechanical properties of a pultruded glass fiber-reinforced modified phenolic resin composite increased while the soft segment of PEO absorbs the loads in the network of brittle phenolic resin. The phenolic/PEO blend is completely miscible, from the results of differential scanning calorimetry. Its thermal degradation temperature is always higher than 370 degrees C and decreased with increasing PEO content. The morphology of the interface between the fiber and matrix is well wetted-out with increasing PEO content from the result with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The modified phenolic composite also shows excellent flame retardance that is UL-94, V-0, and the limited oxygen index is more than 55.
Keywords:POLYURETHANE