Abstract:
Methods for manufacturing a polymer dispersion, polymer dispersions, and their use are provided herein. The methods of manufacturing the polymer dispersion comprise the steps of providing a reaction mixture in an aqueous medium comprising a polymeric dispersant and a monomer composition comprising radically polymerizable monomers, and subjecting the monomer composition in the reaction mixture to a radical polymerization to synthesize a dispersed polymer so as to form the polymer dispersion, wherein the ratio of the polymeric dispersant to the dispersed polymer in the polymer dispersion is in a specified narrow range. These polymer dispersions are designated as water-in-water (w/w) polymer dispersions.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous coating composition which exhibits a small viscosity change and can form a coating film having a superior coating film appearance even when the amount of the solvent contained in the aqueous coating composition is reduced due to changes in the coating environment. The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition comprising an acrylic resin dispersion (A) and a melamine resin (B), wherein the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has a core/shell structure, the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is a dispersion of a solution-polymerization product of a core part preparation monomer (a-1) and a shell part preparation monomer (a-2), wherein the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) comprises an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer, the mass ratio of the core part to the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of core part/shell part=30/70 to 70/30, the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has an acid group, and the neutralization rate of the acid groups in the shell part is 50% or more, the weight-average molecular weight of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of 10,000 to 70,000, the core part preparation monomer (a-1) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or less, and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 70 mg KOH/g or less, the whole monomer mixture comprising the core part preparation monomer (a-1) and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 30 mg KOH/g or less, the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of −10 to 60° C., and the melamine resin (B) comprises a hydrophobic melamine resin.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an ethylene/glycidyl acrylate copolymer aqueous dispersion composition ensuring an obtained film (e.g., coating film) with excellent adhesion, and high stability of the film itself. Specifically, the present invention provides an ethylene/glycidyl acrylate copolymer aqueous dispersion composition, comprising:
(A) an ethylene/glycidyl acrylate copolymer, (B1) an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer, (B2) a polyoxyalkylene-based non-ionic surfactant, (C) an alkali-soluble acrylic resin emulsion, and (D) a basic substance, wherein (B1) and (B2) are present in a total amount of 5 to 15 parts by mass, and (C) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of (A), and (D) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 0.2 parts by mass per part by mass of (C).
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a cyclic olefin polymer having an epoxy functional group prepared by ring-opening metathesis polymerization and method of preparing the same.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an aqueous urethane resin composition containing (A) a urethane resin, (B) an organic solvent having a boiling point of 150 to 350° C., and (C) an aqueous medium, the aqueous urethane resin composition being characterized in that the organic solvent (B) has a Hansen solubility parameter in which a dispersion member (δd) is 15.5 MPa0.5 or more and less than 20 MPa0.5, a polar member (δp) is 4.5 MPa0.5 or more and less than 12 MPa0.5, and a hydrogen-bonding member (δh) is 3 MPa0.5 or more and less than 10.5 MPa0.5. The aqueous urethane resin composition has excellent film formability, corrosion resistance, chemical resistance, and substrate adhesiveness, and is capable of forming a low-toxic coating film.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to new acrylic associative thickening agents which, when polymerized in the presence of particular polyglycerols, ultimately result in an increase of the open time of the paint or of the thick coating in which they are incorporated. By so doing, painters and applicators will have more time to work the paint layers gradually or to correct imperfections such as paint droplets, traces of brushes and filling-knives.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to tackifier compounds and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a tackifier compound including independently substituted or unsubstituted fused rings A and B each independently chosen from (C5-C10)cycloalkyl and (C2-C10)heterocyclyl. Fused ring A is substituted with (R1)1-8 and fused ring B is substituted with —(OC(O)R′C(O)R2)1-8. At each occurrence R′ is independently chosen from (C2-C10)alkanylene, (C2-C10)alkenylene, (C2-C10)alkynylene, (C5-C20(arylene), and (C1-C20)heteroarylene, wherein R′ is unsubstituted or substituted. At each occurrence R′ is independently selected from —OH, —OR3, and —OC(O)R′C(O)R2. At each occurrence R2 is independently chosen from —OH, —OR3, —NH2, —NHR3, and —NR32. At each occurrence R3 is independently chosen from (C1-C10)alkanyl, (C2-C10)alkenyl, (C2-C10)alkynyl, C5-C20(aryl), and (C1-C20)heteroaryl, wherein R3 is unsubstituted or substituted.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion having a significantly small particle size and excellent dispersion stability. The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous dispersion containing at least one fluoropolymer selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene and melt-fabricable fluororesins excluding polytetrafluoroethylene. The method includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a fluorosurfactant and a polymerization initiator. The fluorosurfactant has a concentration in the aqueous medium of not lower than 0.8 times the critical micelle concentration of the fluorosurfactant.
Abstract:
Blended fluoropolymer compositions are provided. In one embodiment, a liquid dispersion of a first fluoropolymer is blended with a liquid dispersion of a second fluoropolymer. The first fluoropolymer may be polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), such as a low molecular weight PTFE (LPTFE) that has been polymerized via a dispersion or emulsion polymerization process, and which has not been agglomerated, irradiated, or thermally degraded. The LPTFE may be in the form of an aqueous dispersion, having a mean particle size of less than 1.0 microns (□m), with the LPTFE having a first melt temperature (Tm) of 332° C. or less. The second fluoropolymer may be a melt processable fluoropolymer (MPF), such as methylfluoroalkoxy (MFA), fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), or perfluoroalkoxy (PFA), for example, in the form of an aqueous dispersion, and having a mean particle size of less than 1.0 microns (□m). Blending of the dispersions facilitates interaction of the LPTFE and MPF on a submicron level to facilitate intimate blending such that, when the blended fluoropolymer composition is dried, a crystal structure representing a true alloy of the fluoropolymers is formed, having melt characteristics that differ from those of the individual fluoropolymers. The blended fluoropolymer composition may be used to provide a coating having improved impermeability, stain resistance, abrasion resistance, smoothness, and higher contact angles.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the emulsion polymerization of free-radically polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated main monomers, and optionally further auxiliary monomers copolymerizable therewith, wherein the polymerization comprises a polymerization reaction phase starting with the first addition of an initiator or starting with the first addition of monomers, whatever is later, and ending with the completion of the addition of the initiator or the completion of the addition of total monomers, whatever is later, wherein the reaction temperature is increased during said polymerization reaction phase from a start temperature in the range of about 30° C. to about 85° C. to an end temperature in the range of about 60° C. to about 160° C., and wherein the polymerization temperature is increased for at least 25% of the duration of said polymerization reaction phase. The present invention further relates to an aqueous (co) polymer dispersion comprising at least one (co)polymer obtained by said process, and the use of this aqueous (co)polymer dispersion.