Ultraviolet curable silver composition and related method
AssigneeAllied PhotoChemical, Inc.
InventorRoy C. Krohn
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Abstract
A photocurable silver composition is provided which comprises an ultraviolet light curable organic mixture, a photoinitiator, a silver powder, and a silver flake composition. The silver flake composition comprises at least 20% of the weight of the silver powder. The disclosed compositions may be used to produce silver-containing coatings on a variety of different substrates. Related methods are provided.
Claims21
A photocurable silver composition comprising:
- an aliphatic acrylated urethane oligomer;
- an acrylated epoxy oligomer;
- and
- an acrylate monomer selected from the group consisting of non-bridged cyclic acrylate monomers, non-cyclic acrylate monomers, and mixtures thereof;
- a photoinitiator;
- silver powder;
- and
- silver flakes in an amount of at least 20% relative to the weight of the silver powder.
A photocurable silver composition comprising:
- an aliphatic acrylated urethane oligomer;
- an acrylated epoxy oligomer;
- a photoinitiator;
- silver powder;
- and
- silver flakes in an amount of at least 20% relative to the weight of the silver powder.
A photocurable silver composition comprising:
- a photocurable organic mixture;
- a photoinitiator;
- silver powder;
- and
- silver flakes in an amount of at least 20% relative to the weight of the silver powder and wherein the silver powder comprises a plurality of particles with about 70% to 95% of the particles having a particle size less than about 14.9 microns.
The silver composition of claim 23, wherein the silver powder comprises a plurality of particles with about 90% of the particles having a particle size less than about 14.9 microns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.