First aspect, the present invention is vinylidene chloride polymer (PVDC) composition, it contains (1) vinylidene chloride polymer, (2) glyceryl ester and (3) siloxane polymer, and wherein the content of glyceryl ester and siloxane polymer is enough to improve the extrudability of vinylidene chloride polymer.
Second aspect, the present invention is vinylidene chloride polymer (PVDC) composition, it contains (1) vinylidene chloride polymer, (2) glyceryl ester and (3) siloxane polymer and (4) epoxidation processing aid, wherein the content of glyceryl ester, siloxane polymer and epoxidation processing aid is enough to improve the extrudability of vinylidene chloride polymer.
The third aspect, the present invention is vinylidene chloride polymer (PVDC) composition, it contains (1) vinylidene chloride polymer, (2) glyceryl ester and (3) polyolefine, wherein glyceryl ester and polyolefinic content are enough to improve the extrudability of vinylidene chloride polymer.
The inventor has found in PVDC to add glyceryl ester and siloxane polymer or polyolefine and optional epoxidation processing aid can be by reducing the extrudability that improve PVDC to the bondability of the metallic surface of screw rod and mouthful mould.Think that PVDC composition of the present invention has the extrudability of raising.Described in this article term " extrudability of raising " is if mean under the processing conditions that makes polymer composition be in expectation in forcing machine, this polymer composition is more insensitive to heat, so this extrudate has the degradation material of less aggregation form on mouth mould surface, on extruder screw and mouthful mould surface, produce less mashed prod and carbon aggregation, decolouring reduces or produces less hydrogenchloride and the mechanical energy that is used to extrude, promptly the energy that is consumed when extruded polymer owing to the viscosity of rubbing effect and polymer composition is lower than the PVDC composition that does not contain siloxanes/carrier polymer enriched material.
It is well known in the art can be used for vinylidene chloride polymer of the present invention.See also for example United States Patent (USP) 3,642,743 and 3,879,359.The most frequently used PVDC resin is called Saran
TMResin is prepared by Dow Chemical.Term used herein " vinylidene chloride polymer " or " PVDC " comprise the homopolymer of vinylidene chloride, also comprise its multipolymer and terpolymer, wherein main ingredient is a vinylidene chloride, remaining ingredient be one or more can with the monoene class unsaturated monomer of vinylidene copolymerization.The monoene class unsaturated monomer that can be used to prepare vinylidene chloride polymer in the present invention comprises vinylchlorid, alkyl-acrylates, alkyl methacrylate, vinylformic acid, methacrylic acid, methylene-succinic acid, vinyl cyanide and methacrylonitrile.Preferred ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprises vinylchlorid, vinyl cyanide, methacrylonitrile, alkyl-acrylates and alkyl methacrylate.Preferred ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprises that vinylchlorid, vinyl cyanide, methacrylonitrile and each alkyl contain the alkyl-acrylates and the alkyl methacrylate of 1-8 carbon atom.Most preferred ethylenically unsaturated monomers is vinylchlorid, methyl acrylate, ethyl propenoate and methyl methacrylate.
Preferred vinylidene chloride polymer is formed by monomer mixture, this monomer mixture contain general in 60-99 weight % scope vinylidene and the monoene class unsaturated comonomer of 40-1 weight %, wherein said weight % is in the gross weight of vinylidene chloride interpolymer.More preferably, the amount of monoene class unsaturated monomer is in the 40-4 weight % of the gross weight of vinylidene chloride polymer and 40-6 weight % most preferably.
The glyceride type that can be used to prepare vinylidene chloride polymer composition in the present invention is the glyceryl ester that contains 14-22 carbon atom, for example Zerol, glycerine monopalmitate, glyceryl monooleate, glycerine list linoleate, glycerine list linolenate (monolinolenate) and corresponding diester class and three ester classes.Preferred glyceryl ester is Zerol.
The consumption that can be used for glyceryl ester of the present invention depends on the processing conditions that composition and vinylidene chloride polymer composition experienced of vinylidene chloride polymer composition, but usually, this amount is the 0.05-10 weight % in the weight of vinylidene chloride polymer composition, preferably 0.2-5 weight % and most preferably 2 weight %.
The siloxane polymer that can be used to prepare the vinylidene chloride composition in the present invention comprises full-bodied organic silicone oil.What wide region will be represented in term used herein " full-bodied organic silicone oil " has a high-molecular weight silicone materials.The molecular-weight average that these full-bodied organic silicone oils that are characterized by silicon rubber usually contain 20-100% is 50,000 or above siloxane polymer, and the viscosity of 90,000 centipoises is provided more than room temperature.Preferred polysiloxane-based is polydimethylsiloxane, polydimethyl diphenyl siloxane and poly-methyl alkyl aryl siloxanes.Known these liquid are difficult to processing, and owing to its high viscosity is difficult to it is added in traditional blending equipment with the solid thermoplastic polymkeric substance.See also for example United States Patent (USP) 4,446,090.
Use full-bodied organic silicone oil with the form of enriched material in the present invention.Can adopt traditional melt processing by full-bodied siloxane polymer and carrier polymer (for example HDPE) are prepared the siloxane polymer enriched material with the form blend of melt.Spendable traditional melt-processed equipment comprises two roller compounding roller refining machines, Bradley Bender mixing tank, Banbury mixer, single screw extrusion machine and the twin screw extruder through heating.Be desirably in the range estimation that is enough to prepare siloxane polymer and carrier polymer and be the condition of even blend and under the time with siloxane polymer and carrier polymer blend.
The consumption that is used to prepare the siloxane polymer of enriched material in the present invention is the 0.1-99.9 weight % in this enriched material weight, preferred 10-90 weight % and 25-75 weight % most preferably.
The carrier polymer that is used to prepare enriched material in the present invention is to be known in the art to be used to give the carrier polymer of vinylidene chloride polymer with useful performance, for example polyolefins, oxidized polyolefin class, ethylene and acrylate copolymer.The preferred vector polymkeric substance is a polyolefine, is more preferably polyethylene and most preferably is high density polyethylene(HDPE) (HDPE).
The consumption that is used to prepare the carrier polymer of enriched material in the present invention is the 0.1-99.9 weight % in this enriched material weight, preferred 10-90 weight % and 25-75 weight % most preferably.
Most preferred siloxanes/carrier polymer enriched material can obtain with the blend of the 50/50 weight % of full-bodied high molecular polydimethylsiloxane and HDPE from Dow Corning company.
Typically with the siloxanes/carrier polymer enriched material and the vinylidene chloride polymer blend of capacity of the present invention, wherein the consumption of this enriched material is enough to provide siloxanes/carrier polymer enriched material of 0.01-10 weight % in this blend.
The siloxane polymer that can be used for other type of the present invention comprises low viscous organic silicone oil, and for example viscosity is at least the organic silicone oil of about 100 centipoises 25 ℃ the time.
The content of siloxane polymer depends on the processing conditions that composition and vinylidene chloride polymer composition experienced of vinylidene chloride polymer composition in vinylidene chloride polymer composition of the present invention.Usually, the content of the siloxane polymer in vinylidene chloride polymer composition is the 0.005-5.0 weight % in the weight of vinylidene chloride polymer composition, preferably 0.02-0.2 weight % and most preferably 0.1 weight %.
The epoxidation processing aid that can be used for preparing vinylidene chloride polymer composition in the present invention comprises the epoxidized vegetable oil class, for example Toenol 1140, soya-bean oil, Oleum Cocois, Thistle oil, Trisun Oil R 80 and oleum gossypii seminis; With epoxidized fatty acid monoesters class, for example octyl stearate; With epoxidation diester class, for example glyceryl ester of unsaturated fatty acids, for example glycerol dioleate.
The content that can be used for epoxidation stablizer of the present invention depends on the processing conditions that composition and vinylidene chloride polymer composition experienced of vinylidene chloride polymer composition.But usually, this amount is the 0.1-10 weight % in the weight of vinylidene chloride polymer composition, preferably 0.4-4 weight % and most preferably 1 weight %.
Also various conventional additive can be mixed in the vinylidene chloride polymer composition.The type of additive and consumption will depend on several factors.A factor is the desired use of said composition.Second the permission content that factor is an additive in said composition.That is, be subjected to the additive capacity that can add before the disadvantageous effect of unacceptable degree in the physicals of blend.Other factors is obvious to the those of skill in the art in polymer formulation and compounding field.
The example of additive comprises softening agent, thermo-stabilizer, pigment, processing aid, lubricant, filler and antioxidant.Every kind of these additive is known, and the various type products of every kind of additive can obtain from commerce.
The example of lubricant comprises fatty acid, as stearic acid; The ester class is as aliphatic ester, paraffin butter class, glyceride type and aliphatics alcohol ester class; The aliphatics alcohols is as positive stearyl alcohol; Aliphatic amide type, as N, N '-ethylene bis stearamide; The metal-salt of fatty acid is as calcium stearate, Zinic stearas, Magnesium Stearate; With the polyolefin-wax class, as paraffin and oxidic polyethylene.Paraffin and polyethylene wax class and performance thereof and synthetic method such as 24Kirk-Othmer Encyc chemical technology, the 3rd edition, wax class, 473-477 page or leaf (J.Wiley﹠amp; Sons 1980) described.
The available traditional melt processing and the dry blend technology of thermosensitive polymer are mixed additive in the vinylidene chloride polymer composition.Vinylidene chloride polymer composition of the present invention can be carried out melt-processed and be extruded into any suitable end article, for example various films or other goods.As known in the art, these films and goods can come out to prepare by traditional co-extrusion; For example feed block coextrusion, expect road junction mould co-extrusion or the combination of the two more; Injection moulding; Injection moulding altogether; Extrusion molding; Casting; Blowing; Blowing; Calendering; And lamination.
The example of goods comprises the individual layer and the multiwalled film of blowing and curtain coating; Hard and flexible container; The sheet material of hard and foaming; Tubing; Pipe; Rod; Fiber; With various section bars.Lamination is particularly suitable for preparing multi-layer sheet.As known in the art, concrete lamination comprises fusion, promptly by heating and pressurization self-excitation (self-sustaining) veneer bonding is in the same place; Wet adhesive bonding, promptly with tie-layer adhesive with two-layer or multiple-layer laminated, wherein this tackiness agent is hygrometric state coating, removes liquid, and in successive processes incompatible bonding each layer of pressure level by subsequently; Or the heating reactivate, promptly bonding by film and other film that heating will be coated with in advance, and the tackiness agent reactivate that will be coated with in advance, so that it can be bonding after pressurization subsequently is laminated.
Vinylidene chloride polymer composition of the present invention is particularly suitable for making hard and the flexible container with individual layer and multilayered structure, and these containers are used to preserve food, beverage, medicine and other easy bad product.These containers should have excellent mechanical property, and low ventilation property, for example to oxygen, carbonic acid gas, water vapour, unpleasant gas or seasonings, hydro carbons or agrochemicals.
This single layer structure contains vinylidene chloride polymer composition of the present invention.
Multilayered structure contains the blend of (1) one or more layers organic polymer or two or more different organic polymers, identical or different and (2) one or more layers vinylidene chloride polymer composition of the present invention of one deck organic polymer and another layer organic polymer wherein.
Multilayered structure can contain three layers, first skin that comprises the blend of (1) organic polymer or two or more different organic polymers, (2) sandwich layer of vinylidene chloride polymer composition of the present invention, (3) second skin of organic polymer, the organic polymer of this layer and the first outer field organic polymer are identical or different.
Multilayered structure also can contain five layers or seven layers, comprise one or more layers vinylidene chloride polymer composition of the present invention, remaining layer contains the blend of organic polymer or two or more different organic polymers, and wherein one deck organic polymer and another layer organic polymer are identical or different.
Can insert bonding coat between the adjacent layers of multilayered structure, this depends on composition and the method for preparing multilayered structure.
The organic polymer that can be used to prepare multilayered structure in the present invention comprise polyolefins, polyamide-based, based on the polymkeric substance and the chlorinatedpolyolefins class of aromatic monomer.
Term " polyolefine " refers to the polymkeric substance or the multipolymer of ethene, promptly this polymkeric substance derived from ethylene or derived from ethylene and can with one or more monomers of its copolymerization.This polymkeric substance (comprising starting material, its ratio, polymerization temperature, catalyzer and other condition) is well known in the art, and can be purpose of the present invention with reference to relevant document.Can comprise the olefinic monomer, alkene class unsaturated carboxylic acid (simple function and difunctionality) and these the sour derivatives that contain 3-12 carbon atom with other comonomer of vinyl polymerization, as ester class (for example alkyl-acrylates) and anhydrides; Monovinylidene aromatic thing and by the monovinylidene aromatic thing that part replaced except that halogen, as vinylbenzene and vinyl toluene; And carbon monoxide.Can comprise 1-octene, vinylformic acid, methacrylic acid, vinyl-acetic ester and maleic anhydride with the monomeric example of vinyl polymerization.
The polyolefine that can be used to prepare multiple-layer laminated structure in the present invention comprises polypropylene, polyethylene and multipolymer thereof and blend, and ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer.The LLDPE (LLDPE) that preferred polyolefine is polypropylene, line style high density polyethylene(HDPE) (HDPE), heterogeneous branching is as DOWLEX
TMThe extremely-low density linear polyethylene (ULDPE) of polyvinyl resin (trade(brand)name of Dow Chemical), heterogeneous branching is as ATTANE
TMULDPE (trade(brand)name of Dow Chemical); Homogeneously branched linear ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer is as TAFMER
TM(trade(brand)name of Mitsui petroleum chemistry company limited) and EXACT
TM(trade(brand)name of Exxon chemical company); Homogeneously branched linear ethylene/alpha-olefinic polymer basically is as AFFINITY
TMThe trade(brand)name ENGAGE of (trade(brand)name of Dow Chemical) and DuPont Dow elastomerics company
Polyolefin elastomer, it can be as United States Patent (USP) 5,272,236 and 5,278, preparation described in 272; With high-pressure free radical polymeric ethene polymers and multipolymer, as new LDPE (film grade) (LDPE), ethylene-acrylic acid (EAA) multipolymer, as PRIMACORTM (trade(brand)name of Dow Chemical), and ethane-acetic acid ethyenyl ester (EVA) multipolymer, as ESCORENE
TMPolymkeric substance (trade(brand)name of Exxon chemical company), and ELVAX
TM(trade(brand)name of E.I.DuPontde Nemours company).Preferred polyolefine is homogeneously branched line style and linear ethylene multipolymer basically, and its density (detecting according to ASTM D-792) is the 0.85-0.99 gram per centimeter
3, weight-average molecular weight is to the ratio (M of number-average molecular weight
w/ M
n) be 1.5-3.0, the melting index that records (detecting according to ASTM D-1238 (190/2.16)) restrains/10 minutes for 0.01-100 and I10/I2 is 6-20 (detecting according to ASTM D-1238 (190/10)).
Usually, the density of high density polyethylene(HDPE) (HDPE) is at least about every cubic centimetre of (g/cc) (ASTM detection method D-1505) of 0.94 gram.Usually use the technology similar to prepare HDPE to preparing LLDPE.These technology such as United States Patent (USP) 2,825,721,2,993,876,3,250,825 and 4,204 are described in 050.The density that is used for preferred HDPE of the present invention is the 0.94-0.99 gram per centimeter
3, measuring its melting index according to ASTM detection method D-1238 is that 0.01-35 restrains per 10 minutes.
Can be used for the polymkeric substance based on aromatic monomer of the present invention and comprise polystyrene, polyvinyltoluene, polyphenylethyl ethene, vinylbenzene/methylstyrene copolymer and vinylbenzene/Benzene Chloride ethylene copolymer.
Can be used for polyamide-based various other nylon of level that comprise of the present invention, as nylon-6, nylon-66 and nylon 12.
The adhesive material that can be used to prepare bonding coat in the present invention comprises ethylene, ethylene/ethyl acrylate multipolymer, ionomer, as United States Patent (USP) 5,443,874 described modified polyolefin classes, as United States Patent (USP) 3,753,769 described acrylic acid terpolymer tackiness agents and as United States Patent (USP) 4,447,494 describedly react Resins, epoxy and acidifying amino-ethyl vinyl polymer to formed tackiness agent.Preferred adhesive material is the polyethylene or the polypropylene of maleic anhydride graft, as ADMER (trade(brand)name of Mitsui petroleum chemistry company) adhesive resin, or ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin, as ELVAX
TM(trade(brand)name of E.I.Du Pont Company).Most preferred adhesive material is ELVAX
TM3175, its melting index is 6, contains 28% vinyl acetate copolymer.The thickness of individual layer of the present invention and multilayered structure can change in wide limited field according to desired use.Usually, the thickness of single layer structure of the present invention is the 0.05-10 mil, preferred 0.2-6 mil, most preferably 0.4-1.8 mil.Usually, the thickness of multilayered structure of the present invention is the 0.05-200 mil, preferred 1-100 mil, and 2-80 mil most preferably, wherein the thickness of PVDC polymer layer is the 0.005-20 mil, preferred 0.2-10 mil, most preferably 0.2-8.0 mil.
Further specify the present invention by following examples.These embodiment only are used for illustration purpose, should not be construed as to limit the scope of the invention.Unless otherwise indicated, all umbers and per-cent are by weight.Embodiment 1-3 and Comparative Examples A and B
Use batching in an embodiment by the following vinylidene chloride copolymer (methyl acrylate of 7.75 weight %, the vinylidene chloride of 92.25 weight %) of traditional high intensity mixer preparation:
Embodiment 1
Vinylidene chloride copolymer 95.27 weight %
Epoxidized soybean oil 1.2 weight %
Zerol 2.0 weight %
Oxidized polyethlene wax 0.18 weight %
Polyethylene wax 0.45 weight %
High density polyethylene(HDPE) 0.90 weight %
Embodiment 2
Vinylidene chloride copolymer 96.475 weight %
Epoxidized soybean oil 1.0 weight %
Zerol 2.0 weight %
Oxidation PE wax 0.1 weight %
Polyethylene wax 0.1 weight %
The siloxanes of high weight-average molecular weight/HDPE enriched material 0.125 weight % Comparative Examples A
Vinylidene chloride copolymer 96.27 weight %
Epoxidized soybean oil 2.2 weight %
Oxidation PE wax 0.18 weight %
PE wax 0.45 weight %
HDPE 0.90 weight % comparative example B
Vinylidene chloride copolymer 96.8 weight %
Epoxidized soybean oil 1.2 weight %
Zerol 2.0 weight % extrusion conditions: experiment in 9 hours, from system's (screw rod, machine barrel and mouthful mould) of cleaning.Speed: 42Ib/ hour, 17 rev/mins, diameter was that 2.5 inches, L/D are 21: 1 forcing machine, individual layer right angle mouth mould.Barrel zone temperature: 150 ℃ (feeding in raw material), 155 ℃ (conversion), 160 ℃ (metering).Die temperature: 173 ℃, nosepiece: 175 ℃, Die-head connecting sleeve: 175 ℃, opening for feed: 38 ℃.
Extrusioning experiment carries out in the equipment of cleaning, and the PVDC batching is respectively extruded 9 hours.When finishing in 9 hours, stop screw rod, a machine barrel and a mouthful mould are fully cooled off.This makes and under the situation of no other degraded polymkeric substance is frozen in mouthful mould.Then the mouth mould is taken apart, when when the mouth mould is removed polymkeric substance, carbon tends to be bonded on the polymkeric substance.By this method can be more different the carbon that produced of PVDC multipolymer batching.After the Comparative Examples A batching was extruded 9 hours, the outside of mouthful mould was by the covering fully of black carbon institute.After the batching of embodiment 1 and 2 was extruded 9 hours, the outside surface of mouthful mould did not all have carbon fully.Stopped the extrusioning experiment of comparative example B batching after 2 hours, this is because the striped of mouthful mould is many, mashed prod many and surface irregularity causes the of poor quality of film.This shows that external lubricant (for example oxidation PE wax, PE wax, HDPE, siloxanes enriched material) must be used in combination with GMS.Machine barrel detects
Under 23 ℃ and 60% relative humidity, detect the machine barrel performance of individual layer blown film (1-2 mil) according to ASTM method D-3985-81.(0.085 centimetre of the machine barrel performance of the film that forms by embodiment 1 batching
3-mil/100 inch
2-normal atmosphere-sky) the machine barrel performance of the film that forms than being prepared burden by Comparative Examples A is (0.11 centimetre
3-mil/100 inch
2-normal atmosphere-sky) better.This improvement in machine barrel is very favourable.Surprisingly machine barrel performance and processing characteristics all obtain to improve, and the improvement of common workability will cause the disadvantageous effect to the machine barrel performance.This is owing to this fact, and the improved stability that promptly contains the GMS batching is (2.0% pair 1.0%) that obtains under the ESO level that reduces.Known liquid stabilisers has disadvantageous effect to the machine barrel performance.Thermostability
Also carrying out two roller roller refinings detects to compare the thermostability of PVDC multipolymer batching.In this detects, 200 grams are placed two on the roller that the corotation of heating changes through the PVDC of blend multipolymer.Then because the heat and the shearing action that produce in the sample cause polymer melt.Relatively remarkable degradation time appears in each sample.Under 180 ℃ roller temperature, detect.After 11 minutes, the Comparative Examples A batching produces little HCL bubble.The batching of embodiment 1 needs to reach in 13.5 minutes the par of generation bubble.This shows that further the batching that contains GMS provides improved thermostability.