| Resin | Density (liquid kg/m2) |
Density (cured kg/m2) |
Initial viscosity (mPa.s (cP) at 25°C, mixed system) |
Shrinkage$ (%: L= linear, V=volumetric) |
Water absorption# (%) |
Thermal (°C, Tg or HDT |
Modulus (MPa) |
Strength (MPa) |
Elongation at break (%) |
Description | Reference |
| Unsaturated polyester resin | |||||||||||
| Crystic®474PA | 1100 | 1220 | 530 | L: 2.7 V: 8.2 |
"28 mg" | HDT: 112 | 3700 | 57 | 1.8 | "thixotropic, pre-accelerated orthopthalic polyester resin" | June 2014 data sheet |
| Crystic®491PA | 1100 | 1200 | 650 | ~ | "17 mg" | HDT: 77 | 3500 | 77 | 4.0 | "thixotropic isophthalic polyester resin with good water and chemical resistance", "approved by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping" | February 2013 data sheet |
| Crystic®701PAX | 1080 | 1190 | 160 | ~ | "10 mg" | HDT: 75 | 3580 | 66 | 2.5 | "pre-accelerated isophthalic polyester resin .. for vacuum injection" | January 2017 data sheet |
| Crystic®703PA | ~ | ~ | 160 | ~ | "11 mg" | HDT: 59-64 | 2758-3162 | 38-49 | 1.3-2.1 | "pre-accelerated DCPD based polyester resin", "approved by Lloyd's Register of Shipping .." |
February 2013 data sheet |
| Crystic®785PA(LR) | 1100 | ~ | 220 | ~ | "23 mg" | HDT: 56 | 2900 | 49 | 1.82 | "pre-accelerated, DCPD based,polyester resin designed for ... RTM" | February 2013 datasheet |
| Vinyl ester resin | |||||||||||
| Derakane®8084 | 1020 | 1140 | 360 | L: 2.7 V: 8.2 |
~ | Tg: 115, HDT: 82 |
2900 | 76 | 8-10 | "elastomer modified epxy vinyl ester resin" | 30 August 2011 Ashland data sheet |
| Dion®9100 series | ~ | 1050-1130 | 400-500 | ~ | ~ | HDT: 104 | 3172 | 80 | 5.2 | "bisphenol-epoxy vinyl ester resins" | July 2012 Reichhold data sheet |
| Epoxy resins | |||||||||||
| AMPREG 21 | 1100 | 1140-1150 | 432-1194 | L: 1.3-1.6 V: 3.9-4.8 |
~ | Tg: 67-115, HDT: 66-77 |
2200-3250* | 42-63* | 3.0-4.3 | "epoxy wet laminating system" | Ampreg 21-8-0515 data sheet |
| AMPREG 26 | ~ | 1110-1130 | 292-1150 | L: 1.6 V: 4.8 |
0.9-1.3 | Tg: 55-109, HDT: 48-89 |
3450-3910 | 58-85 | 1.9-5.1 | "epoxy laminating system" | PDS-Ampreg 26-12-0515 data sheet |
| CYCOM®977-2 | ~ | 1310 | ~ | ~ | ~ | Tg: 212 | 3520 | 81 | ~ | "toughened epoxy resin .. for autoclave or press molding" | Cytec AECM-00007 Rev 01 2012 data sheet |
| PRIMETM27 | 1080-1090 | 1130-1140 | 115-590 | L: 1.05-1.8 & tba V: 3.2-5.4 |
0.36-0.97 | Tg: 69-75, HDT: 60-68 |
3430-3600 | 70-78 | 3.3-5.0 | "lowest viscosity PRIME™ infusion resin" | Gurit PDS-PRIME27-7-1215 data sheet |
| Bismaleimide (BMI) resin | |||||||||||
| Cycom®5250-4 | ~ | 1250 | ~ | ~ | 3.9-4.2 | Tg(dry): 254-271 Tg(wet) 199-207 |
4600 | 103-104 | 4.8-4.9 | "one-part homogeneous BMI resin" for the RTM process | Cytec AECM-00019 Rev 01 2012 data sheet |
$ italic data calculated from quoted value using the approximation linear shrinkage is one-third of volumetric shrinkage
# water absorption in mg after "24 hours at 23°C"
* Resin modulus and strength reduced by factor 10 assuming error on datasheet!