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US 5,643,669 AGranted
Curable water-based coating compositions and cured products thereof
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorAlexander C. Tsuei
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Abstract
A low VOC curable water-based coating composition is provided. The composition includes a urethane/acrylic copolymer having a Tg of greater than about 50.degree. C., a polyoxyethylene aryl ether plasticizer, an alkaline-stable crosslinker, and water, wherein the curable water-based coating composition includes less than about 5 wt-% volatile organic compounds, based on the total weight of the composition.
Claims11
An article comprising:
- (a) a cured binder prepared from a curable water-based coating composition comprising:
- (i) a urethane/acrylic copolymer having a Tg greater than about 50.degree. C.;
- (ii) a polyoxyethylene aryl ether plasticizer;
- (iii) an alkaline-stable crosslinker;
- and
- (iv) water;
- wherein the curable water-based coating composition includes less than about 5 wt-% volatile organic compounds, based on the total weight of the composition;
- and
- (b) a multitude of friction heating particles.
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