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GB2045258A
GB2045258A GB8005872A GB8005872A GB2045258A GB 2045258 A GB2045258 A GB 2045258A GB 8005872 A GB8005872 A GB 8005872A GB 8005872 A GB8005872 A GB 8005872A GB 2045258 A GB2045258 A GB 2045258A
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    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08KUse of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
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    • C09DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09CTREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS, OTHER THAN FIBROUS FILLERS, TO ENHANCE THEIR PIGMENTING OR FILLING PROPERTIES ; PREPARATION OF CARBON BLACK  ; PREPARATION OF INORGANIC MATERIALS WHICH ARE NO SINGLE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND WHICH ARE MAINLY USED AS PIGMENTS OR FILLERS
    • C09C1/00Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers; Preparation of carbon black
    • C09C1/40Compounds of aluminium
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    • C09DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09CTREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS, OTHER THAN FIBROUS FILLERS, TO ENHANCE THEIR PIGMENTING OR FILLING PROPERTIES ; PREPARATION OF CARBON BLACK  ; PREPARATION OF INORGANIC MATERIALS WHICH ARE NO SINGLE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND WHICH ARE MAINLY USED AS PIGMENTS OR FILLERS
    • C09C3/00Treatment in general of inorganic materials, other than fibrous fillers, to enhance their pigmenting or filling properties
    • C09C3/10Treatment with macromolecular organic compounds

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Abstract

Fillers for thermoplastic polymers are provided with a surface layer of a liquid ethylene oxide oligomer. The filler can be coated in the presence of a solvent or diluent, which is then removed by heating between 50 and 200 DEG C.

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SPECIFICATION Treated Fiiler for a Thermoplastic Polymer This invention relates to method of treating a filler for a thermoplastic polymer, to give improved adhesion with the polymer.
It is known to introduce fillers into thermoplastic polymers in order to improve their useful properties, but unfortunately this tends to make the product more difficult to work. Conversely, the workability of the product can be improved at the expense of its properties. In the case of polyolefins, an improvement in mechanical properties can be achieved only with difficulty because of the very low physical adhesion and lack of chemical adhesion between the polyolefin and the mineral or other filler.
Methods are known for improving adhesion, and they rely upon a change in the physico-chemical properties of the particles of filler. A simpie method of preparation is to give acidity to the surface of the filler, by coating the particles with aluminium or magnesium silicates. See J. Hodgkin, D. Soloman in J.
Macromol. Sci.A8 (3) 635 (1974), and D. Soloman in B. P. 1228538 (1969).
Also, a method is known for the preparation of the surface of fillers using organotitanates, see Plast. Tech. 22 (4) 71 (1976) and Plast. Tech. 22 (4) 81 (1976). Where the fillers are to be used with polyolefins, triisopropyleneoxytitanate, for example, must be applied in a quantity of 0.53% by weight based on the weight of the filler.
The most popular organic coatings include stearic acid, and barium, calcium and sodium stearates, as well as compositions containing them. See, for example, Plast. Tech. 22 (4) 71 (1976), and Plast. Tech. 22(4)81(1976), and Rev. Plast. Mod. 223,8(1975). Known coating media for mineral fillers include silanes, as described in Jap. Plastic Age, Sep.-Oct. 33 (1975), Dow Corning Corp. (05.08.70), U.S.-061505, Union Carbide Corp. (17.05.68) and U.S.-862027.
Silanes of the general chemical formula R'Si(OR)3 possess two types of functional groups, R' and OR. R1 is usually a reactive organic group such as amino, vinyl, epoxy or methacrylate, which bonds to silicon via a short aliphatic chain; and OR is a hydrolizable alcoholate group.
The silanes are bound to the surface of the filler through the OR group, and the functional groups R' react with the polymeric matrix. The known method for preparation of the filler surface is by coating with a layer of polymer produced by radical or anionic polymerization of a reactive monomer, such as styrene, pyridine, divinylbenzene or acrylic acid. See Jap. Plastic Age, Sep-Oct. 33 (1975), J.
Macromol. Sci.A8(3)649 (1974),AsakiChem. Ind. Co. Ltd. 29 (1967),JA069210, U.S. Polywood Champion Papers Inc. (21.08.70.) and U.S. 066107.
Polymer coatings having a molecular weight of500--800 wili generally constitute up to 3% by weight of the filler, and their thickness can range from 20 to 30 . The polymer coating may be applied to the surface of the filler in a separate process, or it can be applied during mixing of the filler with the polymer. In this latter case, the amount of catalyst is preferably sufficient only to initiate polymerization, and not to cause polyolefin cross-linking.
Thus, the present invention consists in a treated filler for use with a thermoplastic polymer, having a thin surface layer of a liquid ethylene oxide oligomer.
The invention also consists in a method of treating a filler or a thermoplastic polymer, which comprises coating the filler with a thin layer of a liquid ethylene oxide oligomer, preferably eventually in the presence of a solvent or diluent, and optionally removing the solvent or diluent by heating at a temperature between 50 and 2000C. The oligomer preferably has an average molecular weight of 100--800.
The treated filler can safely be dried at a temperature from 50 to 2000C, and processing of the final product at temperatures as high as 2500C does not cause decomposition of the ethylene oxide oligomer, which remains liquid. Ethylene oxide oligomers can impart good wettabiiity to a wide range of mineral fillers, such as talc, silica, chalk, and kaolin. The liquid state of aperture is preferred since this allows adhesive bonds broken by the application of force to the material to be reestablished. Also, fatigue tests showed a considerable improvement in the properties of low-density polyethylene which had been extended with the treated filler. The applied optimal content of the aperture is from 1 to 10% by weight based on the weight of the filler in the mixture and this depends on the particle size distribution.The mechanical properties of the material may be adjusted by altering the quantity of liquid ethylene oxide oligomer added. Ethylene oxide oligomer is especially useful as aperture due to its low cost, its availability, and because a complicated technique for applying it to the filler is not required.
The invention will now be further illustrated by the following examples.
Example I 2 g of ethylene oxide oligomer of medium molecular weight equal to 200 is dissolved in 30 g of water and 100 g of kaolin is added with stirring till the thick mass is obtained. Then, the mass is dried in a dryer at temperature 800C. Such prepared kaolin is mixed with polyethylene of density .92 g/ccm with ratio of 6:4 and is granulated. The product of considerably improved mechanical properties is obtained, comparing to the case of use of non-prepared kaolin for filling.
The results are shown below: Product obtained Product obtained according to the according to the example I without the example I oligomer addition modulus of elasticity 107 115 /N/m2x 1 O6/ tensile strength 7.7 8.4 /N/m2x 106/ elongation at fracture 75 30 /%/ impact strength 106 63.8 /J/m2x 102/ Example II The product is prepared as in the example I, substituting chalk for kaolin and using 10 g of ethylene oxide oligomer. Such prepared chalk is mixed in ratio 5:5 with polyethylene of density .92 g/ccm. The material obtained possesses much better mechanical properties than in the case of using of the non-prepared chalk.
Product obtained Product obtained according to the according to the example Il without the example Il oligomer addition modulus of elasticity 74.2 1 56 /N/m2 x 1 O6/ tensile strength 6.5 7.6 /N/mZx 1 O6/ elongation at fracture 215 20 / impact strength 222.8 57.9 /J/m2x 102/ Example Ill The product is prepared as in the example I, substituting quartz for kaolin and using 1 g of ethylene oxide oligomer. The material obtained possesses much better mechanical properties than the one in the case of using of non-prepared quartz flour.
Product obtained Product obtained according to the according to the example 111 without the example Ill oligomer addition modulus of elasticity 90.2 135.4 /N/m2x 1 O6/ tensile strength 7.1 7.4 /N/m2 x 1 OR/ elongation at fracture 90 50 /96/ impact strength 139.3 92.2 /J/m2x 102/ The mixtures with non-modified fillers show large modulus of elasticity and low elongation at fracture values. The materials are brittle and non-ductile.
The introduction of the modifying agents like in the examples I, II and Ill causes the decrease of the modulus of elasticity, practically unchanged tensile strength and considerably increased elongation at fracture values. High values of notched impact strength/measure of brittleness/ and high elongation at fracture are the result of the considerable increase of adhesion between the filler and the polyolefine as the effect of introduction of the modifying agent. The considerable increase of elongation at fracture causes that the materials obtained from the modified fillers are ductile and elastic.
Example IV The product is prepared as in the example I, substituting isotactic polypropylene of density of .885 g/ccm for polyethylene and chalk for kaolin and using 10 g of ethylene oxide oligomer. The material obtained has much better mechanical properties than in the methods with application of nonprepared chalk and non-filled polypropylene.This is seen from the data given below: weight ratio 5:5 1 2 3 4 PP+ chalk 940 16.8 90 48.5 PP+chalk+10% 570 15.8 420 79.7 oligomer PP 480 22.5 850 55.0 where 1 is modulus of elasticity 2-stress at yield point in N/m2x 106 3-elongation at fracture in % 4 impact strength in J/m2x 102 Example V The product is prepared as in the example IV by mixing of chalk prepared by the method according to the invention in weight ratio 6:4 with isotactic polypropylene of density .885 g/ccm. The material obtained has considerably better mechanical properties than in the case of non-prepared chalk and non-filled polypropylene. It is seen from the data given below: weight ratio 6:4 1 2 3 4 PP+chalk 1200 16.9 30 31.4 PP+chalk+10% 550 11.8 328 63.0 oligomer PP 480 22.5 850 55.0 where 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the same as in the table in the example IV.

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1. A treated filler for use with a thermoplastic polymer, having a surface layer of a liquid ethylene oxide oligomer.
2. A method of treating a filler for a thermoplastic polymer, which comprises coating the filler with a thin layer of a liquid ethylene oxide oligomer.
3. A method according to Claim 2, carried out in the presence of a solvent for the ethylene oxide oligomer or in the presence of a diluent which is not a solvent for either the filler or the ethylene oxide oligomer.
3. A method according to claim 2, carried out eventually in the presence of a solvent or diluent.
4. A method according to claim 3, which additionally comprises removing the solvent or diluent by heating at a temperature between 50 and 2000C.
5. A method according to any one of claims 1,2 and 3, in which the oligomer has an average molecular weight of 100--800.
6. A method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, in which the filler is a mineral filler.
7. A method according to claim 2, substantially as herein described with reference to any one of the foregoing examples.
8. An extended thermoplastic polymer having as filler a filler according to claim 1 or a product of any of claims 2-7.
9. The method for improving of adhesion between the filler and thermoplastic polymer significant by that the mineral filler is coated with thin layer of liquid ethylene oxide oligomer, eventually in the presence of solvent, with that the diluted mass is dried at temperature 50 to 2000 C.
New Claims or Amendments to Claims Filed on 6th June 1980 Superseded Claims 3, 9 New or Amended Claims:
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