New high temperature performance resins

In today´s electro-atomic-aerospace atmosphere, continued demands are being placed on industry for ultra performance materials. One step forward in our quest for such materials is the development of diphenyl oxide derivatives. The use of the basic building block diphenyl oxide is not new. It has served as a component in Dowtherm ® heat transfer agents for many years. The new accomplishment is the transforming of this known high temperature performance chemical into a usable resinous form with high temperature performance properties. The two resins we will be discussing are the initial result of a continuing effort to develop diphenyl oxide (DPO) resin products. They represent a new family of resins which perform in the epoxysilicone high temperature sphere. Since the exact chemistry of these derivatives is still a subject of patent disclosures, the description of these resins will be confined to "diphenyl oxide condensation resins having water as the major by-product of the final chemical combination".