Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a silica useful as a reinforcing filler for a silicone rubber composition by bringing an organic silicon compound selected from organosilane, organosiloxane and organodisilazane into contact with a hydrophilic precipitated silica in the presence of a mixture of water and a miscible organic solvent of an amount sufficient for promoting the reaction of the organic silicon compound with the hydrophilic precipitated silica. SOLUTION: An aqueous suspension of a hydrophilic precipitated silica is brought into contact with one or more kinds of organic silicon compound selected from an organosilane of formula I: R1aHbSiX4-a-b, an organosiloxane expressed by the average unit formula II: R2nSiO(4-n)/2 and an organodisilazane expressed by formula III: (R33Si)2NH in the presence of a catalytic amount of an acid. A mineral acid such as hydrochloric acid, hydroiodic acid and sulfuric acid can be used as the acid catalyst. In the above formulas, R1 groups are each a 1-12C hydrocarbon group; R2 groups are each H, Cl or the like; R3 is a 1-12C hydrocarbon group; X groups are each a hydrolyzable group bonded to Si; (a) is 2 or 3; (b) is 0 or 1; a+b is 1-3; (n) is an integer of 2-3.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a silica useful as a reinforcing filler for a silicone rubber composition by bringing an organic silicon compound selected from organosilane, organosiloxane and organodisilazane into contact with a hydrophilic precipitated silica in the presence of a surfactant of an amount sufficient for promoting the reaction of the organic silicon compound with the hydrophilic precipitated silica. SOLUTION: An aqueous suspension of a hydrophilic precipitated silica is brought into contact with one or more kinds of organic silicon compound selected from an organosilane of formula I: R1aHbSiX4-a-b, an organosiloxane expressed by the average unit formula II: R2nSiO(4-n)/2 and an organodisilazane expressed by formula III: (R33Si)2NH in the presence of a catalytic amount of an acid. Useful examples of the silicon compound are diethyldichlorosilane and allylmethyldichlorosilane. In the above formulas, R1 groups are each a 1-12C hydrocarbon group; R2 groups are each H, Cl or the like; R3 is a 1-12C hydrocarbon group; X groups are each a hydrolyzable group bonded to Si; (a) is 2 or 3; (b) is 0 or 1; a+b is 1-3; (n) is an integer of 2-3.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a polysiloxane sheetlike or tubular polymer. SOLUTION: This method for producing a polysiloxane sheetlike or tubular polymer comprises bringing a sheetlike or tubular silicate into contact with a halogen end blocked halosiloxane of the formula (X is chlorine, fluorine, bromine or iodine; R1-R7 are each a 1-6C-containing alkyl group, aryl group, alkaryl group or aralkyl group; (n) is an integer of 2-20; one of R1, R4 and R5 is X) in the presence of a polar solvent or a combination of the polar solvent and a nonpolar solvent and heating the obtained mixture until a polysiloxane sheetlike or tubular polymer containing a siloxane side group is formed.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a polymer matrix composite using a methylsilsequioxane resin capable of providing a high char formation ratio and retaining most of the mechanical strengths after burning and to provide a method for producing the polymer matrix composite. SOLUTION: This polymer matrix composite contains (a) 30-80 vol.% of a matrix consisting of a methylsilsequioxane resin consisting essentially of a unit (CH3 )SiO3/2 and a unit CH3 Si(OH)O2/2 in an amount up to 1 mol.% and (b) 20-70 vol.% of a material for reinforcing. The matrix further contains 0.1-50 vol.% of an additive selected from the group consisting of a flame retardant, an ultraviolet preventing agent, a viscosity stabilizer and a combination thereof.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cured silicone composition that improves the physical properties such as elongation, tensile strength and the like of a cured silicone composition, for example, silicone rubber with reduced trend of crepe hardening. SOLUTION: A silicon compound is allowed to react with an aqueous suspension of a hydrophilic non-aggregated colloidal silica with an average particle diameter of >=4 nm at a pH of
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method to effectively remove the group VIII metals in the periodical table, especially platinum from an aq. soln. or polyorganosiloxane liquid and a resin. SOLUTION: In the removing method of metal contaminants from a soln. by using mercapto-functional silica xerogel, the mercapto-functional silica xerogel has >=400 m2/g specific surface area, at least 6 nm average pore diameter and at least 2 cm3/g pore volume. The mercapto-functional silica xerogel is especially effective to remove the group VIII metals in the periodical table such as platinum from a polyorganosiloxane liquid and a soln. containing a resin.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a rubber composition which comprises a base polymer mixture containing two kinds of copolymers, a reinforcing silica filler, a crosslinking agent and a metallic catalyst in the platinum group and can manifest optical transparency and good physical properties. SOLUTION: This rubber composition comprises (A) 100 pts.wt. of a mixture containing (i) 60-90wt.% of a polydimethyl(diphenyl)siloxane copolymer bearing a vinyldimethylsiloxy group as a chain terminal, which contains 1-20mol% of diphenylsiloxane units and has a viscosity of 20,000-100,000mPa.S at 25 deg.C and (ii) 10-40wt.% of polydimethyl(diphenyl)siloxane copolymer bearing a vinyldimethylsiloxy group as a chain terminal, which contains 1-20mol% of dimethylsiloxy units, has a viscosity of 50-10,000mPa.S at 25 deg.C and arbitrarily contains at most 3mol% of vinyldimethylsiloxy units, (B) 20-60 pts.wt. of a treated reinforcing silica filler, (C) a sufficient amount of a methyhydrogensiloxane crosslinking agent and (D) a sufficient amount of a metallic catalyst in the platinum group.
Abstract:
A method of hydrophobicising a filler comprises: (i) contacting a filler of inorganic pigments, metal oxides, metal hydroxides or silicate minerals, with an oxa-sila-cycloalkane in an amt. sufficient for at least a portion of the hydroxyl functionality on the filler to be replaced with carbinol functionality. Also claimed are: (1) a filler prepd. by the above method; and (2) a filler having a surface contg. carbinol functionality of formula (I): R' = 1-6C alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl or halohydrocarbon; and R" = -CH2CH(CH3)CH2-, -CH2CH2CH2-, -CH(C6H5)CH2CH2- or -CH2CH2CH2CH2-.
Abstract:
A method is disclosed and claimed herein for making a hydrophobic non-aggregated colloidal silica comprising reacting an aqueous suspension of a hydrophilic non-aggregated colloidal silica having an average particle diameter greater than 4 nm with a silicon compound at a pH less than pH 4 in the presence of a sufficient quantity of a water-miscible organic solvent to facilitate contact of the hydrophilic non-aggregated colloidal silica with the silicon compound. This method is conducted at a temperature within a range of 20 to 250 DEG C. for a period of time sufficient to form a hydrophobic non-aggregated colloidal silica. The resulting hydrophobic non-aggregated colloidal silicas prepared herein are particularly useful as reinforcing and extending fillers in silicone or organic compositions including adhesives, rubbers and sealants.