Claims
- 1. A thermosettable mixture comprising
- (A) a thermosettable vinyl ester prepared by reacting
- (1) one or more polyepoxide compounds; with
- (2) one or more polymerizable monounsaturated monocarboxylic acids; and blending said reaction product with
- (B) one or more polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers, at least one of which contains a mesogenic or rigid rodlike moiety.
- 2. A thermosettable mixture of claim 1 wherein from about 1 to about 100 percent of the polyepoxide compound(s) contain a mesogenic or rigid rodlike moiety.
- 3. A thermosettable mixture of claim 1 wherein said mesogenic or rigid rodlike moieties are oriented.
- 4. A thermosettable mixture of claim 3 wherein said orientation is by means of an electric field, a magnetic field or shear flow or any combination thereof.
- 5. The product resulting from thermosetting (curing) the thermosettable composition of claim 1 or 2.
- 6. The product of claim 5 resulting from application of an electric field or magnetic field or shear flow or any combination thereof during thermosetting (curing).
- 7. The product of claim 5 which additionally contains one or more fillers and/or reinforcing materials.
- 8. The product of claim 6 which additionally contains one or more fillers and/or reinforcing materials.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/298,460 filed Jan. 17, 1989, now allowed.
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