Primer composition for a fluorinated elastomer or a fluorinated gel

• US 7,485,693 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2005
• Issued: 02/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Limited
• Inventors: Fukuda, Kenichi, Osawa, Yasuhisa, Matsuda, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gulakowski; Randy
• Assistant Examiner(s): LOEWE, ROBERT S
• Application Number:
  US11/177,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20060178459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,303 Days
• Field of Search: 528/31, 528/36, 528/10
• US Class Current: 528/36
• CPC Class Codes: B05D 5/083 involving the use of fluoropolymers
• CPC Class Codes: B05D 7/544 the first layer is let to dry at least partially before applying the second layer
• CPC Class Codes: B05D 7/546 each layer being cured, at least partially, separately
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 71/02 Polyalkylene oxides
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 83/00 Compositions of macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming in the main chain of the macromolecule a linkage containing silicon with or without sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen or carbon only; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 171/02 Polyalkylene oxides
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31663 As siloxane, silicone or silane

Abstract

A primer composition for a fluorinated elastomer or a fluorinated gel, said primer composition comprising:

• • 100 parts by weight of (a) a linear perfluoro polyether compound having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, a perfluoro polyether backbone having repeating units represented by the formula, —C_aF_2aO—, wherein a is an integer of from 1 to 6, and a weight average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 100,000,
  • (b) an organosiloxane compound having one or more fluorine atom and at least two SiH bonds per molecule, in such an amount that a molar ratio of the SiH bond in the organosiloxane compound to the alkenyl group in Component (a) ranges from 0.8 to 5.0,
  • a catalytic amount of (c) a hydrosilylation catalyst,
  • 5 to 100 parts by weight of (d) an organosiloxane compound having, per molecule, at least one SiH bond and at least one epoxy group and/or trialkoxysilyl group bonded to a silicon atom of said organosiloxane via an organic group which may have an oxygen atom, and
    100 to 10000 parts by weight, per total 100 parts by weight of said components (a), (b), (c) and (d), of (e) an organic solvent having a fluorine atom and a boiling point of not higher than 150° C. at atmospheric pressure.

Claims

1. A method of bonding a fluorinated elastomer or a fluorinated gel to an inorganic or organic material comprising a step of

(1) applying a primer composition comprising the following components (a) to (e) on a surface of the inorganic or organic material:

(a) 100 parts by weight of a linear perfluoro polyether compound having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, a perfluoro polyether backbone having repeating units represented by the formula, —

C_aF_2aO—

, wherein a is an integer of from 1 to 6, and a weight average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 100,000,

(b) a fluorine-containing organosiloxane compound having one or more fluorine atoms and at least two SiH bonds per molecule, in such an amount that the molar ratio of the SiH bond in the organosiloxane compound to the alkenyl group in Component (a) ranges from 0.8 to 5.0,

(c) a catalytic amount of a hydrosilylation catalyst,

(d) 12.5 to 100 parts by weight of an organosiloxane compound having, per molecule, at least one SiH bond and at least one epoxy group and/or trialkoxysilyl group bonded to a silicon atom of said organosiloxane via an organic group which may have an oxygen atom, and

(e) 100 to 10000 parts by weight, per total 100 parts by weight of said components (a), (b), (c) and (d), of an organic solvent having a fluorine atom and a boiling point of not higher than 150°

C. at atmospheric pressures,

(2) drying or curing the applied primer composition,

(3) applying a heat curable fluorinated elastomer composition or a heat curable fluorinated gel composition on the dried or cured primer composition, and

(4) curing the applied heat curable fluorinated elastomer or gel composition.

2. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the perfluoro polyether backbone of the linear perfluoro polyether compound (a) is represented by the formula, —

(C_aF_2aO)_q—

, wherein q is an integer of from 20 to 600.

3. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the linear perfluoro polyether compound (a) is represented by the following formula (1),

4. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the organosiloxane compound having one or more fluorine atom (b) has at least one perfluoroalkyl, perfluoroxyalkyl, perfluoroalkylene or perfluoroxyalkylene group and at least two SiH bonds per molecule.

5. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent (e) is selected from the group consisting of hydrochlorofluorocarbon solvents, hydrofluoroether solvents, hydrofluorocarbon solvents, and perfluorofluorocarbon solvents.

6. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the heat curable fluorinated elastomer composition comprises (i) a polymer having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and a perfluoro polyether backbone, (ii) a compound having at least two SiH bonds per molecule and (iii) a platinum group catalyst.

7. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the heat curable fluorinated elastomer composition comprises (i) a polymer having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and a perfluoro polyether backbone and (iv) an organic peroxide.

8. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the heat curable fluorinated gel composition comprises (v) a polymer having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and a perfluoro polyether backbone, (vi) a polymer having an alkenyl group per molecule and a perfluoro polyether backbone, (vii) a compound having at least two SiH bonds per molecule and (viii) a platinum group catalyst.

9. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic material is selected from the group consisting of metals, glass, ceramics, cement, slate, marble, granite, mortar, each of which may be coated with a metal.

10. The bonding method according to claim 1, wherein the organic material is selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, phenolic resins, epoxy resins, polycarbonate resins, polybutylene terephthalate resins, polyamide resins, polyacetal resins, modified polyphenylene ether resins, polysulfone resins, polyether sulfone resins, polyphenylene sulfide resins, polyarylate resins, polyamideimide resins, polyetherimide resins, poiyether ether ketone resins, polyimide resins, and liquid crystalline polymers.