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Chapter 2<br />

Experimental<br />

In this chapter a description <strong>of</strong> materials, equipments <strong>and</strong> operative procedures<br />

will be presented.<br />

2.1 Materials<br />

The epoxy system investigated is composed by EC 57, a DGEBA 1 prepolymer<br />

based on bisphenol A <strong>and</strong> epichlorhydrin, <strong>and</strong> K21, an aliphatic diammine 2 used as<br />

hardener agent, both supplied by Elantas Camattini S.p.A. This fluid, not charged,<br />

bicomponent epoxy-amine system is developed for the resin transfer moulding<br />

process.<br />

2.1.1 Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Fresh Mixture<br />

The characteristics <strong>of</strong> the epoxy system, before curing process, as illustrated<br />

in the technical datasheet are reported in Table 2.1.<br />

1 See the section 1.2 on page 22.<br />

2 3,6,9,12-tetraazatetradecano 1,14 diamine.<br />

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