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US 9,428,629 B2Granted
Use of Li2[B12H12] salt to absorb water into polymers
AssigneeHoneywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric A. Eastwood, Daniel E. Bowen, III
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Abstract
Methods of adjusting the properties of a composition are provided. The compositions comprise a polymer-containing matrix and a filler comprising a hygroscopic salt. Preferred such salts comprise a cage compound selected from the group consisting of borane cage compounds, carborane cage compounds, metal complexes thereof, residues thereof, mixtures thereof, and/or agglomerations thereof, where the cage compound is not covalently bound to the matrix polymer.
Claims39
A method of adjusting the properties of a material, said method comprising:
- providing a composition comprising:
- a matrix comprising a polymer;
- and
- a filler comprising a hygroscopic salt;
- and
- exposing said composition to moisture under conditions for said composition to absorb said moisture,
- wherein said filler comprises a cage compound selected from the group consisting of
- (a) a closo-carborane salt having the general formula [CBn-Hn+1]X, wherein n is in the range of from 6 to 11, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (b) a closo-carborane salt having the general formula R[CBnHn]X, wherein n is in the range of from 6 to 11, R is selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C20 n-alkyl, a hydroxy, a carboxy, an epoxy, an isocyanate, a primary amine, a silyl, and an alkoxy silyl, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quatemary ammonium;
- (c) a closo-borane salt having the general formula [BnHn]X2, wherein n is in the range of from 7 to 12, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (d) a closo-borane salt having the general formula [BnHm(OR)p]X2, wherein n is in the range of from 7 to 12, wherein m+p=n, with p being in the range of from 1 to 12, each R is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and an aliphatic group, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (e) a nido-carborane salt having the general formula Rx[C2BnHn+2−x]X2, wherein n is in the range of from 5 to 9, x is in the range of from 1 to 2, each R is independently selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C20 n-alkyl, a hydroxy, a carboxy, an epoxy, an isocyanate, a primary amine, a silyl, and an alkoxy silyl, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (f) a nido-carborane salt having the general formula Rx([CBnHn+1−x]X3 wherein n is in the range of from 6 to 10, x is in the range of from 0 to 1, R is selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C20 n-alkyl, a hydroxy, a carboxy, an epoxy, an isocyanate, a primary amine, a silyl, and an alkoxy silyl, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
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- (g) mixtures of two or more thereof.
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A method of adjusting the properties of a material, said method comprising:
- providing a composition comprising:
- a matrix comprising a polymer, wherein said polymer comprises one or more residues of a cage compound monomer selected from the group consisting of a borane cage compound monomer, a carborane cage compound monomer, and mixtures thereof;
- and
- a filler comprising a hygroscopic salt;
- and
- exposing said composition to moisture under conditions for said composition to absorb said moisture,
- wherein said filler comprises a cage compound selected from the group consisting of
- (a) a closo-carborane salt having the general formula [CBnHn+1]X, wherein n is in the range of from 6 to 11, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (b) a closo-carborane salt having the general formula R[CBnHn]X, wherein n is in the range of from 6 to 11, R is selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C20 n-alkyl, a hydroxy, a carboxy, an epoxy, an isocyanate, a primary amine, a silyl, and an alkoxy silyl, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (c) a closo-borane salt having the general formula [BnHn]X2, wherein n is in the range of from 7 to 12, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (d) a closo-borane salt having the general formula [BnHm(OR)p]X2, wherein n is in the range of from 7 to 12, wherein m+p=n, with p being in the range of from 1 to 12, each R is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and an aliphatic group, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (e) a nido-carborane salt having the general formula Rx[C2BnHn+2−x]X2, wherein n is in the range of from 5 to 9, x is in the range of from 1 to 2, each R is independently selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C20 n-alkyl, a hydroxy, a carboxy, an epoxy, an isocyanate, a primary amine, a silyl, and an alkoxy silyl, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
- (f) a nido-carborane salt having the general formula Rx[CBnHn+1−x]X3 wherein n is in the range of from 6 to 10, x is in the range of from 0 to 1, R is selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C20 n-alkyl, a hydroxy, a carboxy, an epoxy, an isocyanate, a primary amine, a silyl, and an alkoxy silyl, and X is selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, and a quaternary ammonium;
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- (g) mixtures of two or more thereof.
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