this is a gas line in the attic. Any problems with this lying over a light fixture?
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Лёгкий танк сопровождения FCM 36 () — французский лёгкий танк 1930-х годов. Разработан в 1934 году для сопровождения пехоты. В массовое производство танк не пошёл, было выпущено всего 100 единиц (№№ 30001 — 30100) с мая 1938 по март 1939 года. Во время Второй мировой войны в 1940 году FCM 36 использовались ограниченно и после капитуляции Франции 37 танков были захвачены германскими войсками и были впоследствии ими использованы для создания самоходных орудий (переоборудовано 22 машины).

Модификации
 FCM 36 (SA.38) — опытная модификация с усовершенстованным орудием SA38.

Машины на базе FCM 36
 7,5-см РАК 40 (Sf), (Marder I) — противотанковая САУ на базе FCM 36, вооружённая 75-мм пушкой Pak 40. Осенью 1942 года переделано 10 машин.
 10.5 cm leFH 16/18(Sf) auf Gw FCM (f) — самоходная 105-мм гаубица на базе FCM 36. Осенью 1942 года переделано 8 машин, а весной 1943 года, дополнительно, еще 4.

Состоял на вооружении
  Франция
  Германия, 37 танков, из них 22 переоборудовали в САУ.

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Is A Destiny's Child Reunion Finally In The Works?
A newly-verified Instagram account for the award-winning group has us crossing our fingers for new music.
A newly-verified Destiny's Child Instagram account has us crossing our fingers for new music.
Can you handle it?!
That's a question we've had to ask ourselves should the Grammy Award-winning trio ever actually decided to reunite, but it seems we may have to answer it sooner rather than later. The new verified Destiny's Child IG account went live recently and fans are speculating that this maybe the initial inklings of a reunion between Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle.
The account went up last weekend and has already reached 20,000 followers.
So far, the only posts to the account are three photos of the group in their prime, accompanied by captions highlighting some of their many accomplishments and accodlades.
"Girl" became the fifth Destiny's Child single to earn a gold record from the RIAA on this day in 2005. #destinyschild #dc #girlgroup #girl #rnb #destinyfulfilled
A photo posted by Destiny's Child (@destinyschild) on Oct 21, 2016 at 6:34am PDT
Destiny's Child released '#1's' on this day in 2005! This career-spanning compilation includes all their biggest singles plus new tracks "Stand Up for Love," "Feel the Same Way I Do" and Beyoncé's "Check on It."
But is there really a possibility of a reunion?
The account is run by Sony Music, and there is no indication that any of the women are involved. When asked about a possible comeback earlier this week, Kelly Rowland quickly shut down the rumor, as each of the group members has done in the past.
"We haven't even talked anything about that," Rowland said. " We've just been enjoying each other's company and love and enjoying being women."
The ladies split in 2006 and have since had individually successful careers, while continuing to support each other through the years.

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PhD in Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 2005
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"The walrus, also called the morse, seahorse, and sea cow, is now confined to the regions within the Arctic Circle, though its extinct ancestors had a much wider geographical range. It is a large carnivorous marine mammal, ordinarily from 10 to 12 feet long, with a girth of nearly as much; it is said that it sometimes attains a length of 20 feet; muzzle abruptly truncated, with long and remarkably strong, bristly, moustaches, small eyes; external ear wanting, though the orifice is distinctly visible; body large and sack-like, tapering toward the tail; hind limbs short, connected by a membrane which covers the tail, fore limbs strong and stumpy, all with five digits. The hide is of a tawny brown color, with difficulty penetrated by bullets, and has been likened to a tough flexible coat of mail. The upper canines are developed in adults of both sexes into immense tusks, each from 15 inches to two feet long and weighing 10 pounds and upward."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
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who's the artist? what's his name?
Reminds me of the lead balloon they made on the TV show "Mythbusters". From extremely thin sheets of lead. But this aluminum one is much bigger and "prettier". Really dramatic!
That's just cool! Too bad it's so big so you can't tell where the leak is while it's still up in the air!
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When I was in art school, a fellow student made an enormous silver mylar balloon and launched it as an art event one afternoon on campus. We watched it float serenely away, she photographed it, and that was that.
Several months later she was in traffic court to contest a ticket, and while waiting for her case to come up she listened to some poor man tell the story of how he was just driving along and an enormous silver thing floated down onto the road in front of him, causing him to hit a fire hydrant. By the time the police arrived, it was gone. Apparently he was in court to protest paying for the hydrant repair.


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That young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries.
Pope Francis, September 2018
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Father of All Goodness, who created your sons and daughters in a great diversity of peoples, ethnic groups and cultures, I thank you this month for the rich gift of the youth of Africa.
We pray for all these young people, who live in environments of war, insecurity, and in precarious living and health conditions. Enlighten with your Spirit those who have the responsibility to make decisions on education and work in Africa, so that they can ensure a decent future for the young people of this great continent.
Proposals for the month:
Get in touch with African migrant communities and their young people, to understand their reality, their dreams, their difficulties and offer your help, or that of your parish or worshipping community, to assist them in growing their educational projects.
Acquaint yourself with development projects that support education and employment in Africa. Great work has been done for many years by the Jesuit Missions offices (whose work is featured in the above photo) and by CAFOD, in England and Wales, by SCIAF in Scotland and by Trocaire in Eire. Take some time this month to obtain some of their materials and be inspired by the great work they do.
Organise in your own community a time of prayer or formation in which the subject of the situations that lead so many young Africans to migrate from their countries is discussed. Include in that prayer-time space for negative views of migrants to be admitted honestly and to consider instances of hostility towards migrants, whether from governments or from local people, and ponder the reasons for this.
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Another financial crisis is 'certain' and will come 'sooner rather than later', the former Bank of England governor has warned.
Sunday, 28th February 2016, 3:37 pm
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Former governor of Bank of England Sir Mervyn King
Mervyn King, who headed the bank between 2003 and 2013, believes the world economy will soon face another crash as regulators have failed to reform banking.
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"Without reform of the financial system, another crisis is certain, and the failure ... to tackle the disequilibrium in the world economy makes it likely that it will come sooner rather than later," Lord King wrote.
He said without understanding what caused the crash, politicians and bankers would be unable to prevent another, and lays the blame at the door of a broken financial system.
Lord King, 67, said: "The crisis was a failure of a system, and the ideas that underpinned it, not of individual policymakers or bankers, incompetent and greedy though some of them undoubtedly were."
Spending imbalances both within and between countries led to the crisis in 2008 and he believes a current disequilibrium will lead to the next.
He said: "Only a fundamental rethink of how we, as a society, organise our system of money and banking will prevent a repetition of the crisis that we experienced in 2008."
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'Endemic' Abuse in Irish Schools Run by Catholic Church
Posted byadmin November 29, 2009
James Quinn and his classmates called it the blackjack — five layers
and 18 in. of leather, studded with coins and other metal objects. The priests at the school Quinn attended in rural Ireland in the 1950s each carried a blackjack and used it, along with bamboo rods and other objects, to dole out almost daily beatings to hundreds of children. "Whatever class you went to, you got a beating from whoever was in charge," says Quinn, now 70. "But knowing what other people went through, I know I was one of the lucky ones."
Quinn was one of more than 2,000 people to give evidence in a nine-year inquiry into child abuse at educational institutions, orphanages and hospitals run by Roman Catholic religious orders in Ireland from the 1930s to the 1990s. On Wednesday, May 20, the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse released its findings. The five-volume, 2,600-page report is a catalog of horrors, describing "endemic sexual abuse" at boys' institutions and the "daily terror" of physical abuse experienced by the estimated 30,000 Irish children who were sent to them.
The report lists the sexual, physical and emotional abuse — including rape, molestation and severe beatings — inflicted on children in about 100 so-called industrial schools, most of which had closed by the 1970s. These were state-funded institutions run by Roman Catholic orders such as the Christian Brothers or Sisters of Mercy, to which orphans, truants, children of unmarried mothers and those with behavioral problems were typically sent.
Few children received any semblance of what would pass for an adequate education today. Instead, boys and girls spent much of their days in workshops, on farms or in laundries, providing free labor for the religious orders, which, in turn, received government payments for each child that was sent to school. "I was supposed to be sent to school for an education," says Quinn, who spent hours each day repairing damaged clothes in a tailor's shop. "But it was more like penal servitude."
As well as documenting the most depraved acts committed by school staff, Justice Sean Ryan's report condemns the culture of secrecy that prevailed in the institutions. Incidents of child abuse committed by members of religious orders were almost never reported to the police. Furthermore, priests who were known abusers were often transferred to other institutions, where they continued to abuse children.
The report also criticizes the "deferential and submissive attitude" of the state toward the religious orders. It says inspections of the industrial schools carried out by the Irish Department of Education were inadequate and that despite claims by young people of mistreatment, the government continued to send children to the schools for decades. In some of the most shocking cases detailed in the report, boys who reported sexual abuse by priests or lay staff members were physically beaten for speaking out, while their abusers continued to work at the school.
"I'm delighted about the report," says journalist and campaigner Mary
Raftery. "For years, we were the lone voices. We lived through decades in this society where people just refused to believe that nuns and priests could behave in [this] way." It was Raftery's documentary film series States of Fear, broadcast on Irish television in 1999, that first brought allegations of systemic abuse in reform schools and other institutions to public attention and led to the creation of the child-abuse commission.
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Nov 02, 2017 at 09:50 // News
Tigereum CEO Darren Olney-Fraser is leading an innovative development team that will enable crypto to be sent to friends and family simply and securely by instant message.
Mr Olney-Fraser said:
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He believes everyone will be sending money by instant message within two years. He continued:
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Tigereum's target market is the average person who doesn't use crypto yet and wants to explore the opportunity, but can't work it out.
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Mr Olney-Fraser wants the customer interface for crypto products to be more like social media platforms. He said:
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Tigereum aims to adopt the key principles of the crypto world - decentralization, encryption, security, anonymity and community – to deliver mass adoption of crypto for micro-payments.
"To succeed, security is our number one priority - the eye of the tiger if you will," said Mr Olney-Fraser.
Mr Olney-Fraser still defends the place for digital wallets. "Digital wallets are good for sending larger amounts of crypto. But let's be realistic, they are not easy for many people. Not everyone is a computer programmer."
Tigereum Tokens will be created and used as the cryptocurrency in its instant message solution. Senders will buy Tigereum Tokens to message money. Recipients will redeem Tigereum Tokens into crypto or fiat to receive their money.
"We have created fifty million Tigereum Tokens on the Ethereum platform," said Mr Olney-Fraser, "and forty million of these will be swapped for ETH to help raise funds for this project."
The Tigereum Token Swap opens on Friday 8 December and closes on Monday 18 December 2017.
If all tokens are swapped, Tigereum will have a war chest of approximately USD$15 million to fund this development.
Tigereum Tokens will be listed on public cryptocurrency exchanges, starting with EtherDelta, from Monday 18 December, with other exchanges to follow soon after.
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Compositions and methods for forming epoxy resin systems are provided. In one embodiment, a composition is provided for an epoxy resin system including an epoxy resin blend comprising an epoxy resin, a first curing agent selected from the group of a polyarylene alkylphosphonate, a polyarylene arylphosphonate, and combinations thereof, and a second curing agent.
1. An epoxy resin system, comprising:an epoxy resin blend comprising:an epoxy resin; anda first curing agent selected from the group of a polyarylene alkylphosphonate, a polyarylene arylphosphonate, and combinations thereof; anda second curing agent selected from the group consisting of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, an anhydride, a mixture of a compound having an imidazole group and one or more of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, and an anhydride, and combinations thereof, wherein the epoxy resin system is free of fillers.
2. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin comprises an aromatic epoxy resin based on bisphenol F, bisphenol A, 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethene, phenolic novolacs, phenolic resoles, or combinations thereof.
3. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the liquid epoxy resin component further comprises a monofunctional epoxy additive.
4. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the polyarylene alkylphosphonate is selected from the group of poly-(m-phenylene methylphosphonate), poly-(m-phenylene phenylphosphonate), and combinations thereof.
5. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin blend further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of an additive phosphorus compound, a diluent, and combinations thereof.
6. The epoxy resin system of claim 5, wherein the additive phosphorus compound is selected from the group consisting of a non-polyarylene phosphonate, a phosphazene, an alkyl phosphate, an aryl phosphate, an alkyl phosphite, an aryl phosphite, and combinations thereof.
7. The epoxy resin system of claim 6, wherein the additive phosphorus compound is selected from the group of dimethyl methylphosphonate, diethyl ethylphosphonate, P,P,P,P,P,P-hexamethoxyphosphazene, P,P,P,P,P,P-hexaphenoxyphosphazene, dimethyl phosphite, diethyl N,N-bis (2-hydroxyethyl) aminomethylphosphonate, tributyl phosphate, triphenyl phosphate, diphenyl methylphosphonate, diphenyl phenylphosphonate, resorcinol bis(diphenyl phosphate), t-butylated triphenyl phosphate, bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate), bisphenol F bis(diphenyl phosphate), and combinations thereof.
8. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the total phosphorus content is greater than 4 wt. % of the epoxy resin system/epoxy resin blend.
9. The epoxy resin system of claim 5, wherein the diluent is selected from the group consisting of monoglycidyl ethers of alcohols, polyglycidyl ethers of non-aromatic glycols or triols or polyols, polyglycols, glycidyl esters, and combinations thereof.
10. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the compound having an imidazole group is selected from the group consisting of imidazole, 1-methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, 2-propylimidazole, 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole, 2-phenylimidazole, and combinations thereof.
11. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the compound having compound having a fused imidazole ring is selected from the group consisting of benzimidazole, toluimidazole, and combinations thereof.
12. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the amine is selected from the group consisting of isophoronediamine, dimethylaminoethanol, dodecyldimethylamine, n-methyldiethanolamine, and combinations thereof.
13. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin blend comprises:from about 40 wt. % to about 85 wt. % of the epoxy resin; andfrom about 15 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the first curing agent comprising polyarylene alkylphosphonate.
14. The epoxy system of claim 13, wherein the epoxy resin blend further comprises:from about 0 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of an additive phosphorus compound;from about 0 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of a diluent, wherein the total of all components are 100 wt. % of the epoxy resin blend.
15. The epoxy resin system of claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin system comprises:from about 60 wt. % to about 99.8 wt. % of the epoxy resin blend; andfrom about 0.2 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of the second curing agent.
This application claims benefit to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/558,182, filed Sep. 13, 2017, of which the entire contents of the application are incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates to curing compositions for epoxy resin systems and to epoxy resins prepared utilizing the curing composition. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing epoxy resin systems and to articles made therefrom. The epoxy resin systems of the invention include a novel curing agent system.
Epoxy resin systems are used in the manufacturing of various articles, including composites. Epoxy resins do not possess inherent flame retardant properties. Therefore, different strategies to provide this characteristic have been employed over the years. However, there are very few epoxy resin systems that both combine high process throughput (such as suitability for resin transfer molding (RTM), vacuum infusion, vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM), and filament winding (FiWi)) and also meet FAA regulations for Fire, Smoke and Toxicity (FST).
There is a need for an infusion compatible epoxy resin for aerospace applications, interiors and composites which led to this invention.
In one aspect, the invention is a composition including an epoxy resin system comprising an epoxy resin blend comprising an epoxy resin, a first curing agent selected from the group of a polyarylene alkylphosphonate, a polyarylene arylphosphonate, and combinations thereof, and a second curing agent selected from the group consisting of a compound having an imidazole group, a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, and combinations thereof.
In another aspect, the invention is a composition including an epoxy resin system comprising an epoxy resin blend comprising an epoxy resin, a first curing agent selected from the group of a polyarylene alkylphosphonate, a polyarylene arylphosphonate, and combinations thereof, and a second curing agent selected from the group consisting of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, an anhydride, a mixture of a compound having an imidazole group and one or more of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, and an anhydride, and combinations thereof, wherein the epoxy resin system is free of fillers.
One embodiment of the epoxy resin system of the invention includes an epoxy resin blend comprising an epoxy resin, a first curing agent selected from the group of a polyarylene alkylphosphonate, a polyarylene arylphosphonate, and combinations thereof, and a second curing agent. In one embodiment, the second curing agent may be selected from the group consisting of a compound having an imidazole group, a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, and combinations thereof. In another embodiment, the second curing agent may be selected from the group consisting of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, an anhydride, a mixture of a compound having an imidazole group and one or more of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, and an anhydride, and combinations thereof. The second curing agent is not included in the epoxy resin blend. The composition may further include a diluent, an additive phosphorus compound, or combinations thereof. The epoxy resin system may be free of fillers, may be free of non-arylene alkylphosphonates, may be free of non-arylene arylphosphonates, or a combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the epoxy resin system includes from about 60 wt. % to about 99.8 wt. % of the epoxy resin blend, such as from about 70 wt. % to about 99.5 wt. % or from about 80 wt. % to about 99.8 wt. %. Alternatively, the epoxy resin system may comprise 100 parts epoxy resin blend, and 0.2 to 25.0 phr (parts per hundred resin) of the second curing agent, such as 100 parts epoxy resin blend cured with 0.5 to 10 parts second curing agent, for example, 100 parts epoxy resin blend cured with 1.0 to 8.0 parts second curing agent.).
The second curing agent may comprise from about 0.2 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 40 wt. %, such as from about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % or 0.2 wt. % to about 20 wt. %, of the epoxy resin system.
It has been discovered that the epoxy resin system disclosed herein cured by itself, or in combination with a second curing agent, may have a resulting formulation that has a viscosity of less than 500 mPa-s at 100 C., and more preferentially less than 500 mPa-s at 60 C., and a char yield of greater than 40%.
The epoxy resin blend of the invention may include aromatic epoxy resins based on aromatic compounds, in particular, phenolic compounds, including bisphenol F, bisphenol A, 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane (bisphenol E), 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethene (bisphenol C), phenolic novolacs, phenolic resoles, and combinations. The epoxy resins may be polyfunctional (including bifunctional) epoxy resins. The epoxy resin component comprises from about 20 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 95 wt. %, such as from about 40 wt. % to about 90 wt. %, for example, from about 50 wt. % to about 85 wt. % of the epoxy resin blend.
Commercial examples of suitable liquid epoxy resins include, but are not limited to, EPON Resins 827, 828, and 862, and EPIKOTE Resin 158, all of which are commercially available from Hexion Inc., of Columbus, Ohio.
In another embodiment, the epoxy resin blend may contain an epoxy diluent, such as a monofunctional or multifunctional epoxy diluent as a viscosity reducer. Suitable diluents include monoglycidyl ethers of alcohols or polyglycidyl ethers of non-aromatic glycols or triols or polyols, or polyglycols, or combinations thereof. One example of a polyglycol is polypropylene oxide) glycol. The additive may be a monofunctional epoxy additive, which may also include monoglycidyl esters.
When present in the epoxy resin blend, the optional epoxy diluent may be blended with the epoxy resin component from about 1 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 30 wt. %, such as about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of the epoxy resin blend.
The epoxy resin system may include a polyarylene alkylphosphonate compound, a polyarylene arylphosphonate compound, or a combination thereof. It is believed that the polyarylene alkylphosphonate and polyarylene arylphosphonate compounds may function as curing agents for epoxy compounds.
Examples of suitable polyarylene alkylphosphonate and polyarylene arylphosphonate compounds include poly-(m-phenylene methylphosphonate), poly-(m-phenylene phenylphosphonate), and combinations thereof. An example of a preferred polyarylene alkylphosphonate is poly-(m-phenylene methylphosphonate), as shown in the following structures.
with n from 1 to 50.
The polyarylene alkylphosphonate compound, a polyarylene arylphosphonate compound, or a combination thereof, may comprise from about 5 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 80 wt. %, such as about 10 wt. % to about 60 wt. %, for example, from about 15 wt. % to about 50 wt. %, of the epoxy resin blend.
In an alternative embodiment, the epoxy resin blend may further include an additive phosphorus compound selected from the group of a non-polyarylene phosphonate, a phosphazene, an alkyl phosphate, an aryl phosphate, an alkyl phosphite, an aryl phosphite, and combinations thereof. The additive phosphorus compound may be selected from the group of dimethyl methylphosphonate, diethyl ethylphosphonate, P,P,P,P,P,P-hexamethoxyphosphazene, P,P,P,P,P,P-hexaphenoxyphosphazene, dimethyl phosphite, diethyl N,N-bis (2-hydroxyethyl) aminomethylphosphonate, tributyl phosphate, triphenyl phosphate, diphenyl methylphosphonate, diphenyl phenylphosphonate, resorcinol bis(diphenyl phosphate), t-butylated triphenyl phosphate, bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate), bisphenol F bis(diphenyl phosphate), and combinations thereof. One preferred example is resorcinol bis(diphenyl phosphate) (RDP), as shown in the following structure.
The additive phosphorus compound may comprise from about 0 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 30 wt. %, and if present, from about 0.1 wt. % to about 30 wt. % for example, from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. %, of the epoxy resin blend.
The total phosphorus content is preferably greater than 4 wt. % of the epoxy resin system/epoxy resin blend.
In one embodiment, the epoxy resin blend includes from about 40 wt. % to about 85 wt. % of the epoxy resin, from about 15 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of the first curing agent selected from the group of a polyarylene alkylphosphonate, a polyarylene arylphosphonate, and combinations thereof, from about 0 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of the diluent and from about 0 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of the additive phosphorus compound, with the total of all components are 100% of the epoxy resin blend.
The epoxy resin system may also include a second curing agent. The second curing agent may be a non-phosphorus containing compound. The second curing agent may be selected from the group consisting of a compound having an imidazole group, a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, and combinations thereof. Alternatively, the second curing agent may be selected from the group consisting of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, an anhydride, a mixture of a compound having an imidazole group and one or more of a compound having a fused imidazole ring, an amine, and an anhydride, and combinations thereof. The amine may be a aliphatic amine or an aromatic amine. Additionally, the second curing agent may further include a thiol, a phenolic compound, or a combination thereof. The second curing agent may comprise from about 0.2 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 40 wt. %, such as about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of the epoxy resin system.
In one embodiment, the epoxy resin system may include from about 60 wt. % to about 99.8 wt. % of the epoxy resin blend, from about 0.2 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 40 wt. % of the second curing agent, and additives, if present, may be present in an amount from about 0.2 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 30 wt. %, and the total of all components are 100% of the epoxy resin blend.
where R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 can each independently be a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group. If R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 , are all hydrogen atoms, then the compound is imidazole. Each alkyl group or aryl group may be substituted or unsubstituted, and may have from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, such as from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
Examples of suitable compounds having an imidazole group are selected from the group consisting of imidazole, 1-methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, 2-propylimidazole, 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole, 2-phenylimidazole, and combinations thereof.
where R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 can each independently be a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and at least one of the R combinations, such as R 1 and R 2 , R 1 and R 5 , or R 4 and R 5 , comprise a non-aromatic ring structure or an aromatic ring structure. For example, R 4 and R 5 may be part of a monocyclic aromatic or polycyclic aromatic ring structure, such as in benzimidazole.
Examples of suitable compounds having a fused imidazole ring are selected from the group consisting of benzimidazole, toluimidazole, and combinations thereof.
Suitable amines include primary, secondary, and tertiary amines. Examples of suitable amines may be selected from the group consisting of isophoronediamine, dimethylaminoethanol, dodecyldimethylamine, N-methyldiethanolamine, m-xylylenediamine or 1,3-bis(aminomethyl) benzene, 1,3-diamino-4-methylcyclohexane, 1,3-diamino-2-methylcyclohexane, 1,3-diamino-2,6-diethyl-4-methylbenzene and 1,3-diamino-4,6-diethyl-2-methylbenzene, and combinations thereof.
Suitable anhydrides include cycloaliphatic anhydrides, aromatic anhydrides, and combinations thereof. Examples of suitable anhydrides may be selected from the group consisting of phthalic anhydride, succinic anhydride, adipic anhydride, tetrahydrophthalic anhydride, methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride, methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride, nadic methyl anhydride, and combinations thereof.
In another embodiment, the epoxy resin system may further include one or more additives selected from the group consisting of an accelerator, a filler, a toughening agent, a viscosity modifying agent, and combinations thereof.
Alcohols, polyols or other hydroxyl compounds may be potentially used as processing aids or accelerators for an imidazole containing curing component. Amides, sulfonamides, imides or hydrazides can be also optionally used as accelerators. Examples of toughening agents used with epoxy resins include carboxyl-terminated poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile) rubbers, polyurethane rubbers, amine-terminated rubbers, thermoplastics, and combinations thereof. Examples of viscosity (rheology) modifying agents could include monoepoxy and some polyepoxy diluents of the HELOXY series (from Hexion Inc., of Columbus, Ohio), fumed silica, delaminated clays treated with quaternary ammonium compounds, anionic polymers, and combinations thereof. Fillers (or filler material) may be organic or inorganic materials. Fillers (or filler material) may be materials selected from such known fillers as talc, silica, alumina, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, zinc borate, and the like. A preferred material for use herein is alumina trihydrate. Alternatively, the epoxy resin system may be free of fillers.
The additives, if present, may be present in an amount from about 0.2 percent by weight (wt. %) to about 30 wt. %, such as about 0.5 wt. % to about 15 wt. % of the epoxy resin system.
In one embodiment, the epoxy resin system can be cured at 150 C. providing a cured product having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of greater than 60 C. In another embodiment, the epoxy resin system can be cured with a cure cycle of less than 2 hours at 150 C., more preferably less than 1.5 hours at 150 C., and most preferably less than or equal to 30 minutes at 150 C., providing a glass transition temperature of greater than 65 C., more preferably greater than 70 C. and most preferably greater than 80 C. Alternative curing cycles include 20 hours at 25 C., 12 hours at 100 C., or 1 hour at 125 C.
In order to provide a better understanding of the present invention including representative advantages thereof, the following examples are offered. It is understood that the examples are for illustrative purposes and should not be regarded as limiting the scope of the invention to any specific materials or conditions.
The epoxy resin systems described herein may be used for the manufacturing of composites. Composites may be formed by applying a curable epoxy resin composition to a substrate or a reinforcing material, such as by impregnating, infusing, molding, or coating the substrate or reinforcing material, and curing the curable composition. Curing of the curable compositions disclosed herein may require a temperature of up to about 250 C., such as at a temperature from about 30 C. to about 120 C., for example, about 70 C., for periods of seconds up to hours, depending on the epoxy resin system components. The above described epoxy resin systems may be in the form of a powder, a slurry, or a liquid. After a curable epoxy resin system has been produced, as described above, it may be disposed on, in, or between the described substrates, before or during cure of the curable composition.
In one embodiment, a composite may be made by an infusion process of providing a reinforcing fiber substrate, mixing an epoxy resin system from a composition comprising an epoxy resin component and a curing agent component plus optional filler and release agent as described herein, and contacting the reinforcing fiber substrate with the epoxy resin system.
The reinforcing fiber substrate may comprise fibers and or fabrics of organic materials, such as polymeric materials, inorganic materials, such as glass, ceramics, metal-containing fibers, or combinations thereof, and combinations of organic or inorganic materials. The fibers may include aramid, polybenzimidazole, carbon/graphite, boron, quartz, aluminum oxide; glass, such as E-glass (electrical glass), S-glass, S-2 GLASS material, C-glass, or basalt glass; silicon carbide or silicon carbide fibers containing titanium, and combinations thereof. The fibers may have a random orientation, or be unidirectional fibers or +/45 direction fibers, such as unidirectional or +/45 direction E-glass fibers. Examples of commercially available fibers may include organic fibers, such as KEVLAR, aluminum oxide-containing fibers, such as NEXTEL fibers from 3M, silicon carbide fibers, such as NICALON from Nippon Carbon, and silicon carbide fibers containing titanium, such as TYRANNO from Ube.
The fabrics may be made of woven or non-woven fibers as described herein. The fabrics may be composed of fibers having multiple directions including 0, 0/90, +/45 direction fibers, random orientations, or other orientations. The fabrics may be of two or more layers of fibers.
The substrate may be a monolayer or a multi-layer material structure. For example, the substrate may be a composite of two alloys, a multi-layered polymeric article, and a metal-coated polymer, among others, for example. In other various embodiments, one or more layers of the curable composition may be disposed on a substrate.
The epoxy resin systems described herein may be used for fiber reinforced substrates described herein. In one embodiment, the fiber reinforced substrates comprise high strength filaments or fibers of carbon (graphite), glass, boron, and the like. Composites may contain up to about 75 vol. %, such as from about 55 wt. % to about 65 wt. %, of these fibers based on the total volume (vol %) of the composite. For example, the fibers of the composite may comprise about 60 vol % continuous uni-directional E-glass fibers or comprise up to about 65 vol % continuous +/45 direction E-glass fibers.
Epoxy resin systems described herein were formed by providing an epoxy resin system to a mixing device and providing a second curing agent component to the mixing device.
Castings were made by curing the resin between 2 glass plates at 150 C. for 1 to 2 hours.
Laminates were made using VARTM Vacuum bagging using 8H Satin weave glass cloth (2, 3 or 4 plies were used). After vacuum infusion between 50 and 80 C., the temperature was ramped to 150 C. and held for 30 minutes to 1.5 hours.
Sandwich panels were made using Vacuum bagging a 2 plyFoam Core2 ply configuration using a 8H satin weave glass cloth and a FAR 25.853 compliant foam. After vacuum infusion between 50 and 80 C., the temperature was ramped to 150 C. and held for 30 minutes to 1.5 hours.
Vertical burn tests were performed using laminates or (6.4 mm) thick castings per FAR 25.853 App F, Part I(a)(1)(i).
Smoke density tests were performed on laminates and sandwich panels per FAR 25.853, Appendix F, Part V.
Smoke toxicity tests were performed on laminates and sandwich panels per BSS 7239-88.
Heat release tests were performed on laminates and sandwich panels per FAR 25.853, Appendix F, Part V.
Liquid epoxy resin A is a bisphenol F (bisphenol of formaldehyde) diglycidyl ether with an epoxy equivalent weight of 165-173 and a 25 C. viscosity of 2.5-4.5 Pa-s.
Liquid epoxy resin B is a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether with an epoxy equivalent weight of 185-192 and a 25 C. viscosity of 11-15 Pa-s.
Liquid epoxy resin C is a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether with an epoxy equivalent weight of 179-184 and a 25 C. viscosity of 8-10 Pa-s.
Liquid epoxy resin D is a bisphenol F diglycidyl ether with an epoxy equivalent weight of 158-160 and a 25 C. viscosity of 1-1.4 Pa-s.
Liquid epoxy resin E is a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether with an epoxy equivalent weight of 172-178 and a 25 C. viscosity of 4-6 Pa-s.
Liquid epoxy resin F is the polyglycidyl ether of a phenol-formaldehyde novolac, a viscous liquid with an epoxy equivalent weight of 176-181 and a 25 C. viscosity of 31-40 Pa-s.
Liquid epoxy resin G is a grade of N,N,N,N-tetraglycidyl-4,4-methylenedianiline (TGMDA) with an epoxy equivalent weight of 110-120 and a 50 C. viscosity of 3-6 Pa-s.
Solid epoxy resin H is the polyglycidyl ether of a phenol-salicylaldehyde novolac with an epoxy equivalent weight of 160-180 and an 80 C. viscosity of 6-6.5 Pa-s.
Fyrol PMP is a poly-(m-phenylene methylphosphonate) commercially available from ICL Industrial Products.
Fyrolflex BDP is a bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate), commercially available from ICL Industrial Products.
ECA DEV is a liquid mixture of cycloaliphatic anhydrides commercially available from Dixie Chemical Company.
MXDA (m-xylylenediamine) refers to 1,3-bis(aminomethyl) benzene.
Baxxodur EC 210 is a cycloaliphatic diamine mixture containing primarily 1,3-diamino-4-methylcyclohexane and 1,3-diamino-2-methylcyclohexane, commercially available from BASF.
Diethyltoluenediamine (DETDA) is a trade name for an aromatic diamine mixture containing primarily 1,3-diamino-2,6-diethyl-4-methylbenzene and 1,3-diamino-4,6-diethyl-2-methylbenzene.
Examples of testing for neat resin castings, laminates, and sandwich panels. All examples have the same configuration of 2 ply glass fabric (12.7 mm) to (19.1 mm) foam core2 ply glass panels; they were cured at 130-150 C. for 30 minutes to 2 hours. With regard to the data expressed in the following Table 1, processes where data was not produced is represented by the abbreviation N/A for not available.
Table 1 above discloses the superiority of the invention samples Nos. 4-7 and 9 over the control composition samples 1 and 2 with respect to casting vertical burn and/or laminate smoke density performance. Also, the 60 C. viscosity and slow viscosity growth of invention compositions 6 and 9 at 60 C. render them highly suitable for resin infusion processes.
Examples of testing for laminates made with resin mixtures containing multifunctional epoxy resins.
Laminates in this example, as in Example 1, have the configuration of 4 ply glass fabric; they were cured at 130-150 C. for 30 minutes to 2 hours. With regard to the data expressed in the following Table 2, processes where data was not produced are represented by the abbreviation N/A for not available.
For the above Tables 2A and 2B, N/A is represented for data not available or not generated, (a) is a Cure cycle 1 hour at 150 C. and 0.5 hours at 180 C., and (b) is a Cure cycle 1 hour at 175 C. and 1 hour at 180 C.
The data in Tables 2A and 2B show the production of successfully flame-retardant samples (#12-15) from mixtures containing multifunctional epoxy resins by the invention process.
Examples of testing for laminates made with resin mixtures containing cycloaliphatic anhydrides.
Laminates in this example were prepared similarly to those in Example 1. With regard to the data expressed in the following Table 3, processes where data was not produced are represented by the abbreviation N/A for not available.
The data in Table 3 show the production of successfully flame-retardant composition samples (#16-19) from mixtures cured with anhydrides by the invention process.
Examples of testing for laminates made with resin mixtures cured with aliphatic amines.
Laminates in this example, as in Example 1, have the configuration of 4 ply glass fabric; they were cured at 150 C. for 30 minutes. With regard to the data expressed in the following Table 4, processes where data was not produced are represented by the abbreviation N/A for not available.
The data in Table 4 show the production of successfully flame-retardant composition samples (#20-22) from mixtures cured with aliphatic amines by the invention process.
While the present invention has been described and illustrated by reference to particular embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the invention lends itself to variations not necessarily illustrated herein.


The FDA has been vocal about their commitment to stemming the outbreak of sterilization concerns, both on the drug and devices sides. Headquarters and field personnel are cracking down - in the past six months seven compounders across the U.S. have gotten warning letters about sterilization.
Jerry Dalfors, the man the FDA asked to teach their own field inspectors about this topic, will discuss the definition of "sterile" and how to get there.
He'll describe different sterilization methods, various approaches to be used for the validation of a sterilization process (using moist heat as template that can be applied to other methods) and what is required for routine monitoring and control of sterilization.
Plus, he will review the causes for FDA warning letters for inappropriate sterilization development, validation and on-going assessment of the process.
This presentation will cover lethality, the different elements that affect D-value and Z-value, and how to calculate the probability and determine that you have essentially zero risk in your products due to a lack of sterility.
Different microorganisms in different environments during sterilization have different resistance to the destructive principles that cause the organism or spore to die. Some organisms have their optimal growth temperature at 110°C, whereas most vegetative cells are killed at 60°C. Some species are highly radiation resistant. The chemical environment causes significant variance in the death rate of a microorganism. Very dense cell walls, spore coats, or slime layers outside the cell can severely limit the effect of what is being used to sterilize the product.
Heat sterilization is a probability function dependent on heat exposure, the number of microorganisms, and the heat resistance of the microorganisms.
Current regulations expect the sterilization process to provide a level of assurance of at least 1x10-6 probability (fewer than one non-sterile unit per million units) of survival (non-sterility) for terminally sterilized parenteral drugs and medical devices. Since regulations require that you generate in your sterilization processes a probability of a non-sterile unit (PNSU), how do you use D-values, Z-values and F0 to calculate the probability and determine that you have essentially zero risk in your products due to a lack of sterility?
Jerry Dalfors, Principal JD Technologies.
Mr. Jerry Dalfors has 40-plus years of business administration, consultative, technical and managerial experience in the development and manufacture of highly regulated biopharmaceutical products including injectables, biologics, medical devices and oral dosages. He has held permanent employee, temporary employee and company representative management positions with a multitude of the major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the US. He has worked with or assisted more than two dozen companies with the establishment of controlled document/quality systems, FDA briefing and submittal documents, project management of several multi-million dollar projects including design, start-up and validation to assure fast track FDA approval by maintaining strict regulatory compliance during all phases of engineering, construction, commissioning and validation, and has written numerous submission documents for product, process and facility approval/licensing which also required the development of quality systems that included customer complaint management, deviation management, CAPA and associated site wide employee training. Each of his projects have been received and accepted by the FDA and other regulatory agencies. Jerry is considered an expert in almost all aspects of the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry, and has trained many FDA field inspectors. None of his work has ever received a 483, but he has corrected and prevented many, along with Warning Letter remediation.


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Foster, John E. and Suzanne Gousse. "Voyageurs". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 07 November 2019, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/voyageur. Accessed 20 January 2022.
Foster, J., & Gousse, S. (2019). Voyageurs. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/voyageur
Foster, John E. , and Suzanne Gousse. "Voyageurs." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published June 07, 2007; Last Edited November 07, 2019.
The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Voyageurs," by John E. Foster, and Suzanne Gousse, Accessed January 20, 2022, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/voyageur
Article by John E. Foster, Suzanne Gousse
Published Online June 7, 2007
Last Edited November 7, 2019
Voyageurs were independent contractors, workers or minor partners in companies involved in the fur trade. They were licensed to transport goods to trading posts and were usually forbidden to do any trading of their own. The fur trade changed over the years, as did the groups of men working in it. In the 17th century, voyageurs were often coureurs des bois — unlicensed traders responsible for delivering trade goods from suppliers to Indigenous peoples. The implementation of the trading licence system in 1681 set voyageurs apart from coureurs des bois, who were then considered outlaws of sorts. Today, the word voyageur, like the term coureur des bois, evokes the romantic image of men canoeing across the continent in search of furs. Their life was full of perilous adventure, gruelling work and cheerful camaraderie.
Shooting the rapids, in a master canoe. Painting by Francis Anne Hopkins.
Voyageurs and Coureurs des bois
In the late 17th century, it became increasingly difficult to obtain a trading licence (known as a congé) and goods on credit. The implementation of the trading licence system in 1681 set voyageurs apart from coureurs des bois. Voyageurs were contracted by merchants or military officers with permits. Coureurs des bois, on the other hand, were typically considered outlaws of sorts because they did not have permits from colonial authorities.
Voyageurs were young men hired to transport goods to trading posts. They were forbidden to do any trading of their own. Until 1705, roughly 60 young men travelled on behalf of the Compagnie de la Colonie as far as the post of Detroit (founded in 1701). They earned a modest wage for their efforts. Like the Communauté des Habitants, which operated for about 15 years in the mid-17th century, the Compagnie de la Colonie (created in 1699) gave Canadians a monopoly over the fur trade. The Compagnie was established during a period of decline in the French market for beaver pelts	and dissolved in 1706. The French then enjoyed a monopoly once again.
Voyageurs and Engagés
Later, the voyageur became a "canoe master" in charge of supervising engagés (hired workers). The engagés would transport goods from a merchant-supplier to the Pays d'en Haut	("upper country") and then bring furs back to Montreal. Many young men from the Trois-Rivières region and areas surrounding Montreal worked in the trade each year but did so only casually. However, the sons of habitants involved in the trade typically made a career of it. Years of experience and good credit were required to become voyageurs. The company or merchant that hired a voyageur occasionally permitted him to trade for himself, which engagés normally were not allowed to do.
Merchant Voyageurs
"Merchant voyageurs" were often minor partners contracted for three years in trading companies established by merchant-suppliers and military officers. Some voyageurs were self-employed and hired only a few men to paddle one or two canoes. A number of former voyageurs — those who did not squander their earnings upon returning to town — later became sedentary merchants. They settled down and lived out their days in town or in the country.
Canadian voyageurs of the North West Company.
The End of the Voyageurs
Today, the word voyageur, like the term coureur des bois, evokes the romantic image of men canoeing across the continent in search of furs. Their life was full of perilous adventure, gruelling work and cheerful camaraderie. But the fur trade changed once again in the 19th century. The number of engagés had increased to such an extent that the role of voyageur had disappeared. They were replaced by the bourgeois, who were often Scottish immigrants.
Voyageur Gear
The stereotypical voyageur outfit featuring a woven arrowhead sash is merely a product of our collective imagination. So too is the fringed-leather clothing of the coureur des bois. Voyageurs and engagés in the fur trade wore a variety of clothes over the centuries. From the early days of New France, they wore a mixture of European clothing, Indigenous garb and colonial adaptations. Certain garments disappeared over the years and were replaced by others. In the 19th century, men no longer wore the Indigenous breechcloth, which had replaced French breeches. They preferred trousers instead. However, tuques (knitted wool caps) and capotes (hooded coats) remained essential. (See also: Clothing.)
Voyageur Culture
The voyageurs left behind a significant repertoire of songs, such as "Alouette" and "C'est l'aviron qui nous mène." The latter describes travelling through the Pays d'en Haut. Others were derived from traditional French songs. Pierre Falcon, known as "Pierre the Rhymer," wrote many famous songs and poems about the fur trade.
Every year, festivals and events are held to commemorate the voyageurs, particularly in Western Canada. Each February, Winnipeg holds the Festival du Voyageur. It celebrates the richness of the voyageur era and the vitality of Manitoba's francophone community. The city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, hosts the Rendez-vous des coureurs des bois de Trois-Rivières. The event allows visitors to immerse themselves in a New France-style celebration with food, dance and traditional music.
New France
Suzanne Gousse, Costume in New France from 1740 to 1760: A Visual Dictionnary (1999).
Suzanne Gousse, Les couturières de Montréal au XVIIIe siècle (2013).
Allan Greer, The People of New France (1997).
Carolyn Podruchny, Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade (2006).
Canoes in a Fog, Lake SuperiorView an online image of Francis Anne Hopkins' dramatic painting "Canoes in a Fog, Lake Superior." From the Glenbow Museum website.
Le voyageurA website about the legendary voyageurs from the Centre du patrimoine de la Société historique de Saint-Boniface. In French.
Le Rendez-vous des coureurs des bois de Trois-RivièresA website devoted to the history of the coureurs des bois in Québec.
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CNS aquaporin-4 autoimmunity in children
Background: In adult patients, autoantibodies targeting the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) are a biomarker for a spectrum of CNS inflammatory demyelinating disorders with predilection for optic nerves and spinal cord (neuromyelitis optica [NMO]). Here we describe the neurologic, serologic, and radiographic findings associated with CNS AQP4 autoimmunity in childhood. Methods: A total of 88 consecutive seropositive children were identified through service evaluation for NMO-IgG. Sera of 75 were tested for coexisting autoantibodies. Clinical information was available for 58. Results: Forty-two patients (73%) were non-Caucasian, and 20 (34%) had African ethnicity. Median age at symptom onset was 12 years (range 4-18). Fifty-seven (98%) had attacks of either optic neuritis (n = 48; 83%) or transverse myelitis (n = 45; 78%), or both. Twenty-six (45%) had episodic cerebral symptoms (encephalopathy, ophthalmoparesis, ataxia, seizures, intractable vomiting, or hiccups). Thirty-eight (68%) had brain MRI abnormalities, predominantly involving periventricular areas (in descending order of frequency): the medulla, supratentorial and infraten-torial white matter, midbrain, cerebellum, thalamus, and hypothalamus. Additional autoantibodies were detected in 57 of 75 patients (76%), and 16 of 38 (42%) had a coexisting autoimmune disorder recorded (systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren syndrome, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Graves disease). Attacks were recurrent in 54 patients (93%; median follow-up, 12 months). Forty-three of 48 patients (90%) had residual disability: 26 (54%) visual impairment and 21 (44%) motor deficits (median Expanded Disability Status Scale 4.0 at 12 months). Conclusions: Aquaporin-4 autoimmunity is a distinctive recurrent and widespread inflammatory CNS disease in children. Copyright © 2008 by AAN Enterprises, Inc.
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Motorola Moto G Screenshot Taking Guide
In this guide check out how to get Motorola Moto G screenshot without the need of any app or root access.
The launch of Moto G by Motorola is set to bring back the mobile handset giant back in the market which is predominantly captured by Samsung. Moto G has been launched with some of the power packed features like 1.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon processor, 4.5 inch HD display, 5MP camera and 1 GB RAM. The company is backed by Google and provides Android 4.4 Kitkat version as the operating system and 50GB of free cloud storage in addition to the usual limit of 15GB of Google Drive.
Motorola Moto G Screenshot
The phone also comes with all the android features and available in 8 GB and 16 GB variant. Most attracting feature of this phone is the 2000 mAh battery which gives a longer power backup. The phone was launched with a punch line of "Exceptional Phone, Exceptional Price" had indeed a very reasonably priced phone.
With such an amazing phone in hand, it becomes important to take screenshots at regular intervals. Unlike desktops and laptops where the screenshot can be taken by printscreen key, taking screenshots in Android phones require the installation of supported apps which makes the task easier. In some cases, the users are required to root the phones in a manner that the screen capture can be done effectively.
Surprisingly, Moto G comes with an inbuilt screenshot taking technique. To take the screenshot, press and hold the Power and Volume Down button for about a second or so till the screen flashes. It is that simple. The screenshot can be viewed in the image gallery and can be shared easily.
So, that was a simple trick on how to take screenshot on Moto G smartphones. It will work for the following phones:
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