A typical impact toughness-modified, one-part epoxy resin adhesive consists of 45% epoxy base resin, 17.5% crosslinking agent (e. g. novolac resin), 27.5% additive to improve the impact toughness, 2.5% pyrogenic silicic acid as rheology additive, 5.5% hardener (e. g. dicyandiamide), and 2% accelerator (e. g. a urea derivative).
The typical parts A and B of a flexibilized, impact toughness-modified, two-part epoxy resin adhesive for use in the car manufacturing industry are composed as follows:
• Part A
— 48% epoxy base resin
-13% reaction diluting agent
— 9% additive to improve impact toughness (e. g. core-shell polymer)
-1.5% adhesion promoter (e. g. a functional silane)
— 0.5% pyrogenic silicic acid as rheology additive
-1.5% glass beads -17.5% filler (e. g. a silicate)
— 7.8% glass bubbles -1.2% pigment
• Part B
— 42% hardener (e. g. an amino amide)
-8.5% catalyst (e. g. a tertiary amine)
-16% flexibilizer
-7% hardener (e. g. a primary amine)
— 23% filler
— 3% pyrogenic silicic acid
The volume-mixing ratio of part A (epoxy) to part B (hardener) is 4 : 1.