TY - JOUR AU - Wei, Yi AB - Imidazole cured epoxy resin systems were evaluated for one-component, fast-curing resins for liquid molding of automotive composite parts according to industry requirements. It was demonstrated that an epoxy resin-1-(cyanoethyl)-2-ethyl-4-methylimidazol(EP-1C2E4MIM) system would cure in a few minutes at 120 °C, while exhibiting acceptable pot life, viscosity profiles, and low water absorption. Moreover, this system yielded high Tg parts with mechanical properties similar to the amine-epoxy systems, which are the mainstream two-component epoxy resin systems for automobiles. TI - A One-Component, Fast-Cure, and Economical Epoxy Resin System Suitable for Liquid Molding of Automotive Composite Parts JF - Materials DO - 10.3390/ma11050685 DA - 2018-04-27 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/multidisciplinary-digital-publishing-institute/a-one-component-fast-cure-and-economical-epoxy-resin-system-suitable-nsAep4h4zR VL - 11 IS - 5 DP - DeepDyve ER -