Resistant to 300°C, Mitsubishi Chemical launches carbon fiber reinforced phenolic resin composites

Recently, Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Co.
, Ltd.
announced that it has developed a carbon fiber composite material (CFRP) that combines light weight, rigidity and high heat resistance.
With phenolic resin as the matrix resin, it has high heat resistance, even at 300 ° C.
Physical properties are also not degraded
.

Combining light weight and strength, CFRP is expected to be increasingly used in mobile transportation and industrial machinery applications where weight reduction and productivity are required
.
However, CFRP based on general-purpose epoxy resins has problems in heat resistance and cannot fully meet the diverse needs of customers
.

The heat-resistance temperature of CFRP based on Mitsubishi Chemical epoxy resin is 100-200°C, while the new product developed this time with phenolic resin as the base material has high heat resistance, and its physical properties are not even at a high temperature of 300°C.
lower
.

Mitsubishi Chemical said that in addition to its high thermal conductivity, high rigidity, and lightweight characteristics, CFRP has successfully imparted high heat resistance, which is expected to help customers solve problems that were difficult to solve before
.
Now some customers have decided to try it out, and the application of this material in aircraft, automobile, rail transit, industry and other fields will be further promoted in the future
.