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US 2013/0075269 A1Published application
Acrylic anticrater additive for electrocoats
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsJeffery W. Johnson, Michael E. Woodhouse, Alan E. Smith
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to an anticrater additive that is useful for providing a smooth surface to a cured layer of an electrocoating composition on a substrate. The anticrater additive comprises the reaction product of a polyisocyanate with an acrylic polymer having one isocyanate reactive functional group. The acrylic polymer can be an acrylic polymer that is terminated with a chain transfer agent. Also disclosed is an electrocoat composition comprising the anticrater additive and a substrate coated with a cured layer of the electrocoat composition.
Claims8
An anticrater additive comprising a copolymer that is the reaction product of an isocyanate containing compound with an isocyanate blocking compound, wherein the isocyanate containing compound has a structure according to the formula:
- (OCN)n—X—N(H)—C(O)-G-R—S—Z;
- wherein n is an integer from 1 to 6;
- X is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 60 carbon atoms;
- wherein each of the aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups can optionally be substituted with an isocyanurate group, an iminooxadiazine dione group, an allophanate group, a biuret group, a urea group, a urethane group or a uretidione group;
- G is selected from the group consisting of O, N(R1) or a direct bond;
- R is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 20 carbon atoms, and R can optionally contain amide, ester, ether, urethane and/or urea groups;
- R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 20 carbon atoms;
- and
- Z comprises polymerized (meth)acrylic monomers.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein X comprises an aryl group or a combination of both aryl and alkyl groups.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein the polymerized (meth)acrylic monomers are chosen from the group consisting of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, propyl acrylate, propyl methacrylate, isopropyl acrylate, isopropyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate, isobutyl acrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, t-butyl acrylate, t-butyl methacrylate, pentyl acrylate, pentyl methacrylate, hexyl acrylate, hexyl methacrylate, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate, 2-ethyl hexyl methacrylate and a combination thereof.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein the isocyanate blocking compound is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic alcohols having in the range of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, hydroxyl functional monoalkyl polyethers, polyols, oximes, caprolactam, heterocyclic compounds and a combination thereof.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein the isocyanate blocking compound is diethylene glycol monobutyl ether.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein the polymerized (meth)acrylic monomers are isobutyl acrylate and isobutyl methacrylate.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein the polymerized (meth)acrylic monomers have a weight average molecular weight in the range of from 1,000 to 10,000.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein G is O and R is —CH2CH2—.
- The anticrater additive of claim wherein X is derived from diphenylmethane diisocyanate.
- An anticrater additive comprising a copolymer having a structure according to the formula:
- Q-L-Z;
- wherein Q is the residue of a blocked polyisocyanate;
- L is a linking group;
- and
- Z is an acrylic polymer.
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An electrocoat composition comprising a crosslinkable component, a crosslinking agent and an anticrater additive;
- wherein the crosslinkable component comprises an epoxy amine resin, the crosslinking agent comprises a blocked polyisocyanate;
- and the anticrater additive comprises a copolymer that is the reaction product of an isocyanate containing compound with an isocyanate blocking compound, wherein the isocyanate containing compound has a structure according to the formula:
- (OCN)n—X—N(H)—C(O)-G-R—S—Z;
- wherein n is an integer from 1 to 6;
- X is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 60 carbon atoms;
- wherein each of the aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups can optionally be substituted with an isocyanurate group, an iminooxadiazine dione group, an allophanate group, a biuret group, a urea group, a urethane group or a uretidione group;
- G is selected from the group consisting of O, N(R1) or a direct bond;
- R is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 20 carbon atoms, and R can optionally contain amide, ester, ether, urethane and/or urea groups;
- R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 20 carbon atoms;
- and
- Z comprises polymerized (meth)acrylic monomers.
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A process for forming a layer of an electrocoat composition on the surface of a substrate comprising;
- a) providing a bath of an aqueous electrocoat composition;
- b) at least partially contacting the substrate with the electrocoat composition;
- c) passing an electrical current through the substrate and the bath to apply a layer of the electrocoat composition onto the surface of the substrate;
- d) removing the substrate from the electrocoat composition;
- e) rinsing the surface of the panel with deionized water
- f) heating the applied layer of electrocoat composition to at least partially cure the layer of electrocoat composition;
- wherein the electrocoat composition comprises an anticrater additive comprises a copolymer that is the reaction product of an isocyanate containing compound with an isocyanate blocking compound, wherein the isocyanate containing compound has a structure according to the formula:
- (OCN)n—X—N(H)—C(O)-G-R—S—Z;
- wherein n is an integer from 1 to 6;
- X is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 60 carbon atoms;
- wherein each of the aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups can optionally be substituted with an isocyanurate group, an iminooxadiazine dione group, an allophanate group, a biuret group, a urea group, a urethane group or a uretidione group;
- G is selected from the group consisting of O, N(R1) or a direct bond;
- R is selected from the group consisting of aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 20 carbon atoms, and R can optionally contain amide, ester, ether, urethane and/or urea groups;
- R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, aryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl groups and a combination thereof having up to 20 carbon atoms;
- and
- Z comprises polymerized (meth)acrylic monomers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.