Effect of the incorporation of a microencapsulated healing agent in an epoxy-amine resin

LUCIANA SÁENZ TIDONE; JULIETA GUITÉRREZ; ROMINA OLLIER; VERA ÁLVAREZ

Buenos Aires

Conferencia; 6th International Conference on Science and Technology of Composite Materials (COMAT 2015); 2015

The objective of this work was to study the effect ofincorporating a microencapsulated healing agent, dicyclopentadiene, in anepoxy-amine matrix. For this, first the suitable formulation for this type ofmaterial was selected based on the study the rheological and mechanical propertiesof various chemical systems. Different amounts of microcapsules wereincorporated, the most appropriate processing method (mixing, curing andpost-curing cycle) was evaluated. Furthermore, flexural and fracture tests werecarried out and thedistribution of the capsules as well as the interfacial adhesion with the epoxymatrix were studied.