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Irradiation Effect of Gamma-Rays on Cyanate<br />

Ester/Epoxy Resins<br />

A. Idesaki a) , H. Uechi b) , Y. Hakura b) , T. Nakagawa b) ,<br />

T. Ohshima a) , S. Matsuda b) and H. Kishi b)<br />

a) Environment and Industrial Materials Research Division, QuBS, <strong>JAEA</strong>,<br />

b) Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo<br />

<strong>JAEA</strong> has developed a cyanate ester/epoxy resin as an<br />

1, 2)<br />

insulating material for ITER superconducting coil . Since<br />

the cyanate ester/epoxy resin shows higher radiation<br />

resistance than a pure epoxy resin, it is expected to be<br />

applied to insulating material of magnet systems used in<br />

accelerators such as J-PARC. In order to realize the<br />

application of the cyanate ester/epoxy resins, suitable resin<br />

composition has to be selected. However, there are several<br />

kinds of resins with different molecular structure for each<br />

cyanate ester and epoxy and the relationship between<br />

combination of them and their radiation resistance has not<br />

been clarified. In this work, the effect of molecular<br />

structure of epoxy on the properties of cyanate ester/epoxy<br />

resins such as gas evolution and glass transition temperature<br />

(Tg) after -ray irradiation was investigated.<br />

Table 1 shows the resin composition of cyanate ester and<br />

epoxy used in this work. A bis-A type cyanate ester<br />

(DCBA) and three kinds of epoxy (bis-A type (DGEBA),<br />

bis-E type (DGEBE) and bis-F type (DGEBF)) were used.<br />

The cyanate ester and epoxy were formulated by 50/50 in<br />

weight. The prepared resins were irradiated by -rays with<br />

dose of 5 MGy under vacuum at room temperature.<br />

Table 1 Resin composition of cyanate ester and<br />

epoxy.<br />

A<br />

1-17<br />

Cyanate ester (50 wt%) Epoxy (50 wt%)<br />

DGEBA<br />

B DCBA<br />

DGEBE<br />

C DGEBF<br />

Curing condition: 170 °C/1 h + 230 °C/4 h.<br />

When the cyanate ester/epoxy resins were irradiated,<br />

gases of hydrogen (H 2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon<br />

dioxide (CO 2) and nitrogen (N 2) were evolved. Figure 1<br />

shows the G-value of gas evolution. The G-value means<br />

the number of evolved gas molecules in case of that the<br />

energy of 100 eV is absorbed by the material. The order of<br />

G-value of total gas was sample A (DCBA/DGEBA) ><br />

sample B (DCBA/DGEBE) > sample C (DCBA/DGEBF).<br />

Figure 2 shows change of Tg of cyanate ester/epoxy<br />

resins by -ray irradiation. While the Tg of all resins<br />

decreased after the irradiation, the order of decrease width<br />

was same as gas evolution (sample A > sample B > sample C).<br />

The results of gas evolution and decrease of Tg are<br />

considered to suggest that crosslinking part between cyanate<br />

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ester and epoxy is decomposed by the irradiation and that<br />

the decomposition of crosslinking depends on the molecular<br />

structure of epoxy. In this work, it was found that the<br />

combination of bis-A type cyanate ester and bis-F type<br />

epoxy gives the highest radiation resistance. In future,<br />

formulating ratio of cyanate ester and epoxy on the radiation<br />

resistance of resins will be investigated.<br />

G-value (Gas)<br />

0.08<br />

0.06<br />

0.04<br />

0.02<br />

0<br />

H 2<br />

Sample A<br />

Sample B<br />

Sample C<br />

CO CO 2<br />

Acknowledgement<br />

We thank to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. for<br />

providing cyanate ester resins.<br />

References<br />

1) A. Idesaki et al., Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, 54<br />

(2008) 169.<br />

2) Y. Shindo et al., Cryogenics, 50 (<strong>2010</strong>) 36.<br />

N 2<br />

Total<br />

Fig. 1 Evolved gases from cyanate ester/epoxy resins by<br />

-ray irradiation.<br />

Tg (℃)<br />

240<br />

220<br />

200<br />

180<br />

Unirradiated<br />

5MGy<br />

Sample A Sample B Sample C<br />

Fig. 2 Change of Tg of cyanate ester/epoxy resins by<br />

-ray irradiation.

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