Abstract:Foams made from engineered thermoplastic resin systems possess high glass transition temperatures. When compared to most thermoset resins, it was anticipated that lightly cross-linked foam candidates might survive high temperature/ pressure cures. This is especially true if the viscosity decline (i.e., loosening of weak secondary bonds) during sandwich bond cycles were found to be gradual enough to be controllable. To test this supposition, a low-cost five-step screening down-select methodology was utilized: (… Show more
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