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Materials Selection Guide: High Temperature

Product Name Resin Type Tg Cure Temp/Cure Time Description MSDS
Prepregs
EX-1505 Cyanate Ester 600°F/316°C or 500°F/260°C with post cure
  • 120 minutes at 350°F/177°C
    Optional post cure of 120 minutes at 500°F/260°C
  • High temperature prepreg system
 
RS-8HT BMI 590°F/310°C
  • 120 minutes at 400°F/204°C, post cure at 360 minutes at 482°F/250°C
  • RS-8HT provides excellent elevated temperature properties with good toughness and moisture resistance
  • Also available as an RTM resin
 
RS-9D Cyanate Ester 390°F/199°C or 700°F/371°C with post cure
  • 120 minutes at 380°F/193°C Optional post cure of 240 minutes at 600°F/316°C
  • Very high temperature properties. Controlled flow with long out time.
 
TC420 Cyanate
Ester
350°F/177°C or 610°F/321°C with post cure
  • 3 hours at 350°F/177°C
    Optional post cure at 500°F/260°C
  • Very high temperature service
  • Good resistance to microcracking
  • Out of autoclave processible
 

Various High Temperature Resins

RS-51
AFR PE-4

734°F/390°C

N/A

  • Extremely high service temperature resins
 
Film Adhesive
RS-53 Cyanate Ester 350°F/177°C or 600°F/300°C with post cure
  • 120 minutes at 380°F/193°C
    Optional post cure at 600°F/315°C
  • High temperature cyanate for missile and aircraft structure.
 
TC4015 Cyanate Ester 350°F/177°C
  • 120 minutes at 350°F/177°C
  • Space structures
  • Ablative bonding
  • High temperature structures
 
Syntactics
SF-4 BMI 563°F/295°C
  • 120 minutes at 400°F/204°C and 360 minutes at 452°F/250°C
  • Compatible with RS-8HT and other BMI systems
 
TCF4001 Cyanate Ester
(Syntactic Foam)
350°F/177°C
  • 120 minutes at
    350°F/177°C
    Optional post cure of 
    60-90 minutes at
    450°F/232°C
  • Cyanate ester syntactic foam
  • Packed or injected into tooling cavities and can also be extruded with the proper tooling
 
TCF4050 Cyanate Ester
(Core Splice) 
350°F/177°C
  • 120 minutes at
    350°F/177°C
    Optional post cure of 
    60-90 minutes at
    450°F/232°C
  • Core splice adhesive
  • Tensile strength up to
    500°F/260°C
  • Compatible with TC420 and EX1505 prepreg resin systems