Fun with epoxy resin
On Mar 14, 12:01 am, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Matty F wrote:
It's a very liquid epoxy resin with a hardener added in a 5:1 ratio.
The amounts have to be precise or it won't set. I coloured it with
blue and yellow pigment because I didn't have green.
Then it possibly isn't epoxy,.
Epoxy is not 'hardened' by a catalytic hardener,. It sets by direct
chemical reaction between two precisley mixed constituents. The mixture
ratio is crucial.
That's what I just said. It is epoxy.
Beware of the propensity of resins like these to carbonise and track.
Structurally its a good material, but I have some reservations about
electrical properties.
I made 33kV insulators using epoxy resin 40 years ago and they are
still fine.
I tested insulation to 80kV and epoxy was almost the best insulator
there is.
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