Abstract:
NEW ADDUCTS CONTAINING EPOXIDE GROUPS ARE FORMED WHEN (1) CYCLOALIPHATIC POLYEPOXIDE COMPOUNDS WHICH POSSES AT LEAST ONE 1,2-EPOXIDE GROUP LOCATED ON A CARBOCYCLIC FIVE-MEMBERED OR SIX-MEMBERED RNG, AND (2) ACID POLYESTERS, OBTAINED BY ESTERIFICATION WITH ALIPHATIC DIOLS, OF ALIPHATIC-CYCLOALIPHATIC HIGHER DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS (PREPARED BY DIMERIZATION OF UNSATURATED MEONOMERIC FATTY ACID HAVING 14 TO 24 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOELCULE, PREFERABLY 16 TO 18, AND, IF DESIRED OR REQUIRED, SUBSEQUENT HYDROGENATION OF SUCH A DIMERIC FATTY ACID), ARE REACTED AT A ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO FORM AN ADDUCT 0.1 TO 0.5 AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO FORM AN ADDUCT 0.1 TO 0.5 CARBOXYL GROUP EQUIVALENTS OF THE ACID POLYESTER ARE USED PER 1 EPOXIDE GROUP EQUIVALENT OF THE POLYPOXIDE COMPOUND. CURING OF THESE ADVANCED EPOXIDE COMPOUNDS WITH CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES GIVES FLEXIBLE, IMPACT-RESITANT SHARPED BODIES THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WHICH ARE LARGELY INDEPENDENT OF THE TEMPERATURE.
Abstract:
CURABLE B-STAGE FROM (1) A POLYEPOXIDE WITH AT LEAST ONE CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC RING (FOR EXAMPLE ARALDIT CY 175, TRIGLYCIDYL ISOCYANURATE OR CASTING RESIN F), (2) A POLYESTER CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC RING, WITH TERMINAL CARBOXYL GROUPS, WITH THE RATIO OF THE TOTAL CHAIN MEMBERS ZG TO RING MEMBERS ZR HAVING TO BE 2 TO 13, AND WITH THE CHAIN POSSESSING 2-10 RECURRING STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS (FOR EXAMPLE POLYESTERS FROM PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE AND ETHYLENE GLYCOL 11:10 OR FROM SUCCINIC ACID AND 1,1-BIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)-CYCLOHEXANE 5:4) IN AMOUNTS OF 0.2-0.8 EQUIVALENT PER 1 EPOXIDE EQUILVALENT, AND (3) A POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDE CONTAINING A CARBOCYCLIC RING (PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE, HEXAHYDROPHTALIC ANHYDRIDE) IN AN AMOUNT OF 0.8-0.2 EQUIVALENT PER 1 EPOXIDE EQUIVALENT.
Abstract:
CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS ARE PREPARED BY THE FORMATION OF ADDUCTS FROM DIEPOXIDES, PREFERABLY DIGLYCIDYL ETHERS OF DIPHENOLS, SUCH AS BISPHENOL A AND ACID POLYESTER OF SUCCINIC ACID AND 1,4-BUTANEDIOL (THE RECURRENT STRUCTURAL UNIT OF THE FORMULA-0-(CH2)4-OCO(CH2)2-COMUST OCCUR AT LEAST SIX TIMES IN THE CHAIN). THE RATIO OF EPOXIDE GROUPS OF THE DIEPOXIDE TO CARBOXYL GROUPS OF THE POLYESTER IS 1:07 TO 1.2, PREFERABLE ABOUT 1:1. ADVANTAGEOUSLY, A PORTION OF THE DICARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDES (FOR EXAMPLE A DODECENYLSUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE) IS CONCOMITANTLY USED AS CHAIN CROSS-LINKING AGENT. OF ADVANTAGE IS FOR EXAMPLE AN EQUIVALENT RATIO OF 1.3 EPOXIDE GROUP: 190 CARBOXYL GROUP+0.2 ANHYDRIDE GROUP. AFTER STRETCHING, THE POLYMERS HAVE A TENSILE STRENGTH OF 7001000 KG./CM.2 AND AN ELONGATION AT BREAK OF 50-150%. ABOVE THE CRYSTALLIZATION TRANSITION TEMPERATURE, THEY ARE RUBBER-ELASTIC. THEY ARE USED, FOR EXAMPLE, AS POTTING AND SEALING COMPOUNDS OR FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FIBERS, RIBBONS, FOILS.
Abstract:
HEAT-CURABLE EPOXIDE RESIN MIXTURES OF (1) A CYCLOALIPHATIC POLYEPOXIDE COMPOUND WHICH POSSESS AT LEAST ONE 1,2-EPOXIDE GROUP LOCATED ON A CARBOCYCLIC FIVEMEMBERED OR SIX-MEMBERED RING, (2) A POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDE (0.2-1.1 ANHYDRIDE GROUPS PER 1 EQUIVALENT OF EPOXIDE GROUPS) AND (3) A POLYESTER CONTAINING TERMINAL CARBOXYL AND/OR HYDROXYL GROUPS WHICH IS OBTAINED BY ESTERIFICATION OF ALIPHATIC-CYCLOALIPHATIC HIGHER DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MANUFACTURED BY DIMERIZATION OF UNSATURATED MONOMERIC FATTY ACID HAVING 14-24 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE, PREFERABLY 16-18, AND OPTIONALLY SUBSEQUENT HYDROGENATION OF SUCH A DIMERIC FATTY ACID) WITH ALIPHATIC DIOLS (0.02-0.4 MOL OF POLYESTER PER 1 EQUIVALENT OF EPOXIDE GROUPS). THE CURING OF THE MIXTURES YIELDS FLEXIBLE, IMPACT-RESISTANT MOULDING, THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WHICH ARE LARGELY TEMPERATURE-INDEPENDENT.
Abstract:
Manufacture of high molecular, crosslinked crystalline polyadducts possessing urethane groups, from (a) linear succinic acid butane-1,4-diol polyesters possessing terminal hydroxyl groups and having an average molecular size of about 750 to about 5300, (b) as crosslinking agents, polyhydroxyl compounds containing at least 3 hydroxyl groups, preferably those having a hydroxyl equivalent weight of at most 300, e.g., 3-hydroxymethyl2,4-dihydroxypentane, and (c) diisocyanates, for example hexamethylene-diisocyanate 3,5,5-trimethyl-3-(isocyanato-methyl)cyclohexane-isocyanate-(1), 2,4-toluylene-diisocyanate or 2,6toluylene-diisocyanate, with 0.9 to 1.1 equivalents of isocyanate groups of the isocyanate being employed in each case per 1 equivalent of the total amount of hydroxyl groups of the two components (a) and (b).
Abstract:
NEW ADDUCTS, CONTAINING EPOXIDE GROUPS, OF POLYEPOXIDE COMPOUNDS AND POLYESTERS OF SUCCINIC ACID AND 1,4-BUTANEDIOL WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY BRANCHED, POSSESS TERMINAL CARBOXYL GROUPS AND HAVE AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 1200 TO 20,000, MANUFACTURED BY REACTION OF, FOR EXAMPLE, 11 MOLS OF SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE WITH 10 MOLS OF 1,4-BUTANEDIOL, WITH 0,1 TO AT MOST 0.65 CARBOXYL GROUP EQUIVALENT OF THE ACID POLYESTER BEING EMPLOYED FOR THE (SO-CALLED) "ADVANCEMENT" PER 1 EQUIVALENT OF EPOXIDE GROUPS OF THE POLYEPOXIDE COMPOUND. BY CURING WITH CUSTOMARY CURING AGENTS FOR EPOXIDE RESINS, THE ADDUCTS CONTAINING EPOXIDE GROUPS CAN BE CONVERTED INTO ELASTOMERIC MOULED MATERIALS WHICH POSSESS A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER HARDNESS AND TOUGHNESS AND A SURPISINGLY HIGH CRYSTALLIZATION TRANSITION POINT OF 70-100*C.
Abstract:
HEAT-CURABLE EPOXIDE RESIN MIXTUREES OF (1) A CYCLOALIPHATIC POLYGLYCIDYL COMPOUND WHICH POSSESSES AT LEAST ONE ALICYCLIC FIVE-MEMBERED OR SIX-MEMBERED RING, (2) A POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDE (0.2-1.1 ANHYDRIDE GROUPS PER 1 EQUIVALENT OF EPOXIDE GROUPS) AND (3) A POLYESTER CONTAINING TERMINAL CARBOXYL GROUPS AND/OR HYDROXYL GROUPS, WHICH IS OBTAINED BY ESTERIFICATION OF ALIPHATIC-CYCLOALIPHATIC HIGHER DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS (MANUFACTURED BY DIMERIZATION OF UNSATURATED MONOMERIC FATTY ACID WITH 14-24 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE, PREFERABLY 16-18, AND OPTIONALLY SUBSEQUENT HYDROGENATION OF SUCH A DIMERIC FATTY ACID) WITH ALIPHATIC DIOLS (0.02-0.4 MOL OF POLYESTER PER 1 EQUIVALENT OF EPOXIDE GROUPS). THE CURING OF THE MIXTURE YIELDS FLEXIBLE, IMPACT-RESISTANT MOULDINGS THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WHICH SHOW LITTLE TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE, AND WHICH POSSESS HIGH FLEXIBILITY AT LOW TEMPERATURES.