HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that Westlake Epoxy will collaborate with Alpha Recyclage Composites to support them in scaling up the recycling capacity for ...

Gamma rays can cause serious damage to the human body. Therefore, it is very important to develop gamma-ray shielding materials with excellent radiation shielding properties. To reach this goal, ...

Epoxy resin is a versatile product in numerous industries thanks to its well-known strong adhesive properties. Due to its resistance to heat, moisture, and chemical exposure, it is the perfect ...

This collaboration will provide support to Westlake’s composite customers in their development of improved circular options for both production (scrap or off spec composite materials that otherwise ...

In the pursuit of more sustainable materials for wind turbine blades, the EOLIAN project’s Work Package 2 is dedicated to developing innovative bisphenol A-free epoxy systems derived from biobased ...

Resins are natural or synthetic viscous monomers or pre-polymers with a non-crystalline and brittle texture in solid form. Epoxy resins (ERs) in particular are resins with an epoxide functional group.

Dr. Nishar Hameed, senior research fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, holding a 3D-printed screen prototype at Swinburne’s Factory of the Future. Photo Credit: Swinburne University of ...

The effects of thermal curing reactivity on the phase-separated structures of acrylic copolymer/epoxy thermosetting resin composites containing various accelerator amounts were investigated to ...

Naturally, the importance of high performance and cost-effectiveness cannot be overstated when designing structural components for aerospace, marine, civil, automotive, and other such industries.

The matrix binds the fiber reinforcement, transfers loads between fibers, gives the composite component its net shape and determines its surface quality. A composite matrix may be a polymer, ceramic, ...