Method for removing monomer from an acrylate adhesive by reaction with a scavenger monomer
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1. In a method of making a normally tacky, pressure sensitive acrylate polymer adhesive involving polymerizing at least one primary acrylate monomer selected from the the group consisting of isooctylacrylate, 2-ethylhexylacrylate, 2-methylbutyl acrylate and butyl acrylate, which typically fails to completely react and thereby leaves unwanted residual monomer in said acrylate polymer, the improvement comprising:
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An improvement in acrylate polymer pressure sensitive adhesive compositions consists of using a reactive scavenging monomer to remove objectionable residual monomer by copolymerization to form a non-objectionable copolymer.
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- 1. In a method of making a normally tacky, pressure sensitive acrylate polymer adhesive involving polymerizing at least one primary acrylate monomer selected from the the group consisting of isooctylacrylate, 2-ethylhexylacrylate, 2-methylbutyl acrylate and butyl acrylate, which typically fails to completely react and thereby leaves unwanted residual monomer in said acrylate polymer, the improvement comprising:
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2. reacting said residual monomer, after said polmerizing is substantially complete, with a scavenger monomer wherein said scavenger monomer is selected from the group consisting of:
(a) H2 C═
CH--O--R wherein R is a C1 -C8 alkyl group;
##STR3## (b) wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl; and
##STR4## (c) wherein R11 is methyl, ehtyl, or propyl and which is wanted or removable and is reactive with said residual monomer to form a copolymer of said scavenger monomer and said residual monomer with an amount of scavenger monomer which is in excess of that sufficient to react substantially all of said residual monomer to thereby reduce the residual monomer level without an adverse effect upon pressure sensitive adhesive physical properties.- View Dependent Claims (4)
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7. The method of claim I wherein said scavenger monomer is ##STR6##
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