Choosing monomers to suit bio-composite production for marine applications
Choice of materials, resins and production techniques will significantly affect the cost, manufacturing process, mechanical properties and durability of the chosen composite materials.
The University of Plymouth, a partner in the SeaBioComp project have been reviewing current available thermoplastic monomers/resins suitable for in-situ polymerisation during monomer infusion under flexible tooling (MIFT).
In addition they have drawn up criteria for the selection of appropriate monomers based on processing temperatures and viscosity, mechanical properties, recyclability etc.
Full details of their findings and proposed choice of resin/monomer for the composite production in the project have been submitted to the academic publication Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing and is currently awaiting review.
Project Partners Ifremer, Armines and Centexbel also contributed to this report.
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