Abstract:
Low temperature, fast curing electrical and coating resins, activated by ultraviolet or other low energy radiation, are obtained by mixing mercaptoalkyl siloxane resins with methylvinyl siloxanes and subjecting the mixture to ultraviolet light. An exemplary formulation is: 8.5 parts by weight of a copolymer of 20 mol percent mercaptopropyl siloxane, 50 mol percent monopropyl siloxane, 20 mol percent dimethyl siloxane and 10 mol percent monomethyl siloxane and 1.5 parts by weight of methylvinyl cyclosiloxane wherein the cyclics contain from 4 to 8 silicon atoms. These resins are particularly designed for circuit board coatings.