Anti-corrosive particles

• US 9,403,994 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2009
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grace GmbH & Co. KG (Zweirad Union E Mobility GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Grace GmbH & Co. KG (Zweirad Union E Mobility GmbH)
• Inventors: Fletcher, Timothy E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kopec, Mark
• Application Number:
  US13/133,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20110233473A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,429 Days
• Field of Search: 106/14.05, 106/14.21, 524/472, 252/387
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C01P 2004/61 Micrometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 micrometer
• CPC Class Codes: C01P 2006/14 Pore volume
• CPC Class Codes: C01P 2006/16 Pore diameter
• CPC Class Codes: C09C 1/3045 Treatment with inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09C 1/3653 Treatment with inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09C 1/40 Compounds of aluminium C09C1/0009, C09C1/0015, C09C1/0078, C09C1/32 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 5/082 characterised by the anti-corrosive pigment

Abstract

The present invention relates to anti-corrosive particles based on inorganic oxide products such as silica or alumina modified with polyvalent metal cations optionally comprising anions of weak acids which may be inorganic or organic in nature and their conjugate species. In particular, the present invention is concerned with anti-corrosive pigment particles comprising inorganic oxides or mixtures of inorganic oxides displaying mesoporosity and/or macroporosity such that the average pore size, averaged over the mixture of inorganic oxides where more than one oxide is involved is greater than 2 nm and the average pore volume is greater than 0.2 ml/g. The present invention is also related to methods of making such particles and to anti-corrosive compositions made with them. The present invention further relates to articles to which the anti-corrosive compositions have been applied.

Claims

1. A dispersion of anti-corrosive particles comprising:

(a) fluid, and

(b) anti-corrosive particles comprising inorganic oxide particles modified with polyvalent metal cations, and having at least one of (i) mesoporosity and (ii) macroporosity such that an average pore size of said anti-corrosive particles is at least 3 nm and an average pore volume of said anti-corrosive particles is at least about 0.2 ml/g.

2. A dispersion according to claim 1, wherein said average pore size is between about 4 nm and 50 nm.

3. A dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic oxide particles comprise precipitated silica or a mixture of inorganic oxide particles at least one component of which is precipitated silica.

4. A dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic oxide particles comprise silica gel or a mixture of inorganic oxide particles at least one component of which is silica gel.

5. A dispersion according to claim 1, wherein said fluid comprises water, complexing agent, binder, film former, bacteriacide or polymer.

6. A dispersion according to claim 1, wherein said anti-corrosive particles have an average particle size of less than about 10 μ

m.

7. A dispersion according to claim 6, wherein said average pore volume is from about 0.2 ml/g to about 3 ml/g.

8. A dispersion according to claim 6, wherein said average pore volume is from about 0.4 m/g and 1.2 ml/g.

9. A dispersion according to claim 1, wherein said anti-corrosive particles have an average particle size of less than about 1 μ

m.

10. The dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the anti-corrosive inorganic oxide particles comprise silica particles and have an average pore size between about 4 nm and 50 nm and an average pore volume of from about 0.4 ml/g to 1.2 ml/g;

and the polyvalent metal cations comprise calcium, magnesium, or a combination thereof.

11. The dispersion according to claim 10, wherein the polyvalent metal cations comprise calcium and magnesium.

12. A coating comprising the dispersion of claim 1.

13. A powder of anti-corrosive particles comprising:

anti-corrosive particles comprising inorganic oxide particles modified with polyvalent metal cations, and having at least one of (i) mesoporosity and (ii) macroporosity such that an average pore size of said anti-corrosive particles is at least 3 nm and an average pore volume of said anti-corrosive particles is at least about 0.2 ml/g.

14. A powder according to claim 13, wherein said average pore size is between about 4 nm and 50 nm.

15. A coating comprising the powder of claim 13.

16. A dispersion of anti-corrosive particles comprising:

(a) fluid, and

(b) anti-corrosive inorganic oxide particles having at least one of (i) mesoporosity and (ii) macroporosity such that said particles have an average pore size of at least 3 nm and an average pore volume of at least about 0.2 ml/g, said particles being modified with polyvalent metal cations, and optionally comprising inorganic or organic anions of weak acids and their conjugate species defined in terms of a number of moles of an i^th cation, anion or oxide represented by symbols m_i^c, m_i^a and m_i^o respectively;

a total number of moles of each component given by the sum over all cations, anions and oxides that are to be employed where an upper bar signifies that more than one cation, anion or oxide may be involved in the dispersion;

Σ

m_i^c=m_c

Σ

m_i^a=m_a

Σ

m_i^o=m_o

where m_c, m_a and m_o , are a total number of moles of cations, anions and oxides respectively;

m_c,a and m _c,o are a total number of moles of cations associated with the anion and oxide respectively;

a proportion of the i^th cation, anion and oxide as a fraction of the total number of cations, anions and oxides c_i, a_i, and o_i;

17. A dispersion according to claim 16, wherein said average pore size is between about 4 nm and 50 nm.

18. A dispersion according to claim 16, wherein the inorganic oxide comprises silica, alumina, titanium, or mixtures thereof.

19. A dispersion according to claim 16, wherein the inorganic oxide particles comprise precipitated silica or a mixture of inorganic particles at least one component of which is precipitated silica.

20. The dispersion according to claim 16, wherein the anti-corrosive inorganic oxide particles comprise silica particles and have an average pore size between about 4 nm and 50 nm and an average pore volume of from about 0.4 m/g to 1.2 ml/g;

and the polyvalent metal cations comprise calcium, magnesium, or a combination thereof.

21. The dispersion according to claim 20, wherein the anti-corrosive inorganic oxide particles further comprise inorganic or organic anions of weak acids and their conjugate species.