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EP2367618A1
EP2367618A1 EP09793531A EP09793531A EP2367618A1 EP 2367618 A1 EP2367618 A1 EP 2367618A1 EP 09793531 A EP09793531 A EP 09793531A EP 09793531 A EP09793531 A EP 09793531A EP 2367618 A1 EP2367618 A1 EP 2367618A1
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Magnus Jonsson
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  • the present invention relates to thermally expandable thermoplastic microspheres, its production and use.
  • Expandable thermoplastic microspheres comprising a thermoplastic polymer shell encapsulating a propellant are commercially available under the trademark EXPANCEL ® and are used as a foaming agent in many different applications.
  • the propellant is normally a liquid having a boiling temperature not higher than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer shell. Upon heating, the propellant evaporates to increase the internal pressure at the same time as the shell softens, resulting in significant expansion of the microspheres.
  • the temperature at which the expansion starts is called T s ta r t, while the temperature at which maximum expansion is reached is called T max .
  • Expandable microspheres are marketed in various forms, e.g. as dry free flowing particles, as an aqueous slurry or as a partially dewatered wet-cake. Expandable microspheres can be produced by polymerising ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of a propellant.
  • the monomers mainly comprise monomers with one carbon-to-carbon double bond together with small amounts of cross-linking monomers having two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds.
  • Detailed descriptions of various expandable microspheres and their production can be found in, for example, US Patents 3615972, 3945956, 4287308, 5536756, 6235800, 6235394 and 6509384, 6617363 and 6984347, in US Patent Applications Publications US 2004/0176486 and 2005/0079352, in EP 486080, EP 1230975, EP 1288272, EP 1598405, EP 181 1007 and EP 1964903, in WO 2002/096635, WO 2004/072160, WO 2007/091960, WO 2007/091961 and WO 2007/142593, and in JP Laid Open No. 1987- 286534 and 2005-272633.
  • One important application for expandable microspheres is as a foaming agent for processing of polymeric materials, for example in injection moulding, extrusion and others.
  • This mixing step e.g. compounding, must take place at sufficiently high temperature for the polymer to melt but without pre-expansion of the microspheres, which, for example, could block an extruder or significantly reduce the expansion capacity of the final formulation.
  • one aspect of the invention concerns thermally expandable thermoplastic microspheres comprising a polymer shell made from ethylenically unsaturated monomers encapsulating a propellant, said ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least one first cross-linking monomer having two or more carbon-to carbon double bonds and at least one second cross-linking monomer having two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds, said at least one first cross-linking monomer having a reactivity Q greater than 0.2 and said at least one second cross-linking monomer having a reactivity Q less than 0.2, the reactivity Q being defined in accordance with the Alfrey-Price Q-e scheme, the amount of said at least one second cross-linking monomer being less than 0.8 mol% of the total amount of
  • the Alfrey-Price Q-e scheme as a way of quantifying the reactivity of monomers is well established in the field of polymers and is described in Robert Z. Greenley, Polymer Handbook, Fourth Edition, Brandrup, lmmergut and Grulke, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, (1999) pp. 309-319.
  • Q represents the reactivity of a monomer
  • e represents the polarity of a monomer.
  • a high value for Q indicates that a monomer has a relatively high reactivity and a low value for Q indicates that a monomer has a relatively low reactivity.
  • Q values for several monomers are explicitly listed, and for those monomers not listed the Q values can be estimated based on the values for similar monomers.
  • the at least one first cross-linking monomer has a reactivity Q from greater than 0.2 to 10 or from 0.4 to 2.
  • the at least one second cross-linking monomer preferably has a reactivity Q from 0.001 to less than 0.2 or from 0.002 to 0.15.
  • the amount of the at least one first cross-linking monomer is preferably from 0.01 to 1.0 mol% or from 0.03 to 0.4 mol% of the total amount of ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
  • the at least one first cross-linking monomer may be a mixture of two or more monomers having high reactivity.
  • the amount of the at least one second cross-linking monomer, i.e. those having low reactivity is preferably from 0.01 to 0.75 mol% or from 0.03 to 0.6 mol% of the total amount of ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
  • the at least one second cross-linking monomer may be a mixture of two or more monomers having low reactivity.
  • the total amount of the first and second cross-linking monomers is preferably from 0.02 to 1.75 mol% or from 0.06 to 1.0 mol% of the total amount of ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
  • the first and second cross-linking monomers may have two, three, four or more carbon-carbon double bonds, although two or three usually are preferred.
  • Useful cross-linking monomers having high reactivity includes vinyl monomers such as (meth)acrylic esters or (meth)acrylamides or vinyl aromatic monomers having two or more carbon-to carbon double bonds. It is to be understood that whenever a chemical name herein contains "(meth)acryl” it refers to both "methacryl” and "acryl”.
  • Examples of preferred cross-linking monomers having high reactivity include derivatives of (meth)acrylates such as trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, di(ethylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, 1 ,4-butanediol di(meth)acrylate, di(trimethylolpropane) tetra(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tri(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate, dipentaerythritol penta(meth)acrylate, dipentaerythritol hexa(meth)acrylate and tris[2-acryloyloxy)ethyl] isocyanurate.
  • (meth)acrylates such as trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, di(ethylene glycol) di(meth)acryl
  • methacrylates such as trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, di(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, 1 ,4-butanediol dimethacrylate, di(trimethylolpropane) tetramethacrylate, pentaerythritol trimethacrylate, pentaerythritol tetramethacrylate, dipentaerythritol pentamethacrylate and dipentaerythritol hexamethacrylate.
  • methacrylates such as trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, di(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, 1 ,4-butanediol dimethacrylate, di(trimethylolpropane) tetramethacrylate, pentaerythritol trimethacrylate, pentaerythritol tetra
  • cross-linking monomers having high reactivity include tri(ethylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, tetra(ethylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, poly(ethylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, PEG #200 di(meth)acrylate, PEG #400 di(meth)acrylate, PEG #600 di(meth)acrylate, propylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, di(propylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, tri(propylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, tetra(propylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, poly(propylene glycol) di(meth)acrylate, 1 ,3-propanediol di(meth)acrylate, 1 ,3-butanediol di(meth)acrylate, tri(butanediol) di(meth)acrylate, 1 ,6- hexanediol di(meth)acryl
  • cross-linking monomers having high reactivity include alkyl ether diol di(meth)acrylates (represented by the formula (-R1-O-R2-) constructed of aliphatic carbons R-i, R 2 and an ether bond, such as 3-oxo-1 ,6- hexanedioldi(meth)acrylate; and alkyl ester diol di(meth)acrylates (represented by the formula (-R1-COO-R2-) composed of aliphatic carbons Ri, R 2 and an ester bond) such as hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol di(meth)acrylate.
  • alkyl ether diol di(meth)acrylates represented by the formula (-R1-O-R2-) constructed of aliphatic carbons R-i, R 2 and an ether bond, such as 3-oxo-1 ,6- hexanedioldi(meth)acrylate
  • Useful cross-linking monomers having low reactivity include monomers having two or more allylic double bonds, vinyl ether double bonds, vinylsilane double bonds or non-conjugated olefinic double bonds or other types of carbon carbon double bonds having low reactivity.
  • cross-linking monomers having low reactivity are polyvinyl or polyallyl ethers of ethylene glycol, of propylene glycol, di-, tri-, tetra-, or poly-ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, of glycerol, of butanediol, of erythritol, of pentaerythritol, of dipentaerythritol, hexanediol, octanediol, cyclohexanediol, cyclohexanetriol, xylitol, sorbitol, mannitol, glucose, sucrose, cellulose, hydroxyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, and of resorcinol.
  • cross-linking monomers having low reactivity include polyvinyl or polyallyl esters of e.g. polycarboxylic acids, of carbonic acid, cyanuric acid, and of isocyanuric acid.
  • Further examples include allyl ethers like pentaerythritol diallyl ether, pentaerythritol triallyl ether, pentaerythritol tetraallyl ether, trimethylolpropane diallyl ether, trimethylolpropane triallyl ether, polyallyl sucrose, polyallyl glucose, p-diallyl ether bisphenol A, o-diallyl ether bisphenol A, glycerol diallyl ether and tetra(allyloxy)ethane.
  • Still further examples include allyl monomers like triallyl cyanurate, triallyl isocyanurate, triallyl melamine, isocyanuric acid diallyl ester, isocyanuric acid diallyl n-propyl ester diallyl carbonate, di(ethylene glycol) diallyl dicarbonate, di- or tri- allyl trimesate, di- or tri allyl mellitate, diallyl phthalate, diallyl isophthalate, diallyl terephthalate, diallyl maleate, diallyl fumarate, diallyl succinate, diallyl malonate, diallylmalonic acid diethyl ester, diallylmalonic acid dimethyl ester, diallyl oxalate, diallyl adipate, diallyl sebacate, diallyl tartrate, diallyl silicate, di- or tri- allyl tricarballylate, di- or tri- allyl citrate, di- or tri- allyl phosphate, dial
  • Still further monomers include di or polyvinyl ethers such as di(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, tri(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, tetra(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, 1 ,4-butanediol divinyl ether, divinyl ether, cyclohexane- 1 ,4-dimethanol divinyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, poly(propylene glycol) divinyl ether and poly(tetramethylene glycol) divinyl ether.
  • di or polyvinyl ethers such as di(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, tri(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, tetra(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether, 1 ,4-butanediol divinyl ether, divinyl ether, cyclohexane- 1 ,
  • Still further monomers include di or poly vinyl esters such as divinyl-oxalate, -malonate, -succinate, -glutamate, -adipate, -sebacate, -maleate, -fumarate, -citraconate, -tartrate and -mesaconate. Still further monomers include mixture compounds such as ethyleneglycol vinyl allyl citrate and allyl vinyl maleate.
  • Still further monomers include non-conjugated alkenes (two or more isolated double bonds not conjugated with carbonyl, nitrile or similar, with carbon carbon double bonds, or with aromatic systems such as benzene) such as trivinylcyclohexane, divinylcyclohexane, 1 ,4-pentadiene, 2-methyl-1 ,4-pentadiene, 3-methyl-1 ,4- pentadiene,1 ,4-hexadiene, 1 ,5-hexadiene, 2-methyl-1 ,5-hexadiene, 3-methyl-1 ,5- hexadiene, 1 ,5-hexadiene-3,4-diol, 1 ,5-heptadiene, 2-methyl-1 ,6-heptadiene-3-ol, 1 ,6- heptadiene, 1 ,6-heptadiene-4-ol, 1 ,7-octadiene, 7-methyl-1
  • Still further monomers include silicone compounds such as 1 ,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane, 1 ,3- diallyltetramethyldisiloxane, 1 ,3-dimethyl-1 ,1 ,3,3-tetravinyl disiloxane, 1 ,3-divinyl-1 ,3- dimethyl-1 ,3-dichlorodisiloxane, 1 ,3-divinyl-1 ,3-diphenyl-1 ,3-dimethyldisiloxane, 1 ,3- divinyltetraethoxydisiloxane, pentavinylpentamethylcyclopentasiloxane, 2,4,6,8- tetramethyl-2,4,6,8-tetravinylcyclotetrasiloxane, 2,4,6-trimethyl-2,4,6- trivinylcyclotrisiloxane, 1 ,3,5-trivinyl-1 ,1
  • Still further monomers include the group represented by di or polyvinyl ethers of ethylene, propylene, butylene, and the like, glycols, glycerine, pentaerythritol, sorbitol, di or poly allyl compounds such as those based on glycols, glycerine, and the like, or combinations of vinyl allyl cycloaliphatic and heterocyclic compounds.
  • Still further monomers include divinyl propylene urea, divinyl ethylene urea and 3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10- tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane.
  • Examples of preferred cross-linking monomers having low reactivity include triallyl cyanurate, trivinylcyclohexane, 1 ,4-butanediol divinyl ether, diallyl carbonate, pentaerythritol triallyl ether, trimethylolpropane diallyl ether and triallyl trimesate.
  • the major part of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprise only one carbon-to-carbon double bound and will hereinafter be referred to as non-crosslinking monomers.
  • the amount of such monomers is preferably from 98 to 99.98 mol% or from 99 to 99.94 mol% of the total amount of ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
  • the non-crosslinking monomers may, for example, be nitrile containing monomers such as acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, ⁇ -chloroacrylonitrile, ⁇ - ethoxyacrylonitrile, fumaronitrile or crotonitrile; acrylic esters such as methyl acrylate or ethyl acrylate; methacrylic esters such as methyl methacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate or hydroxyethylmethacrylate; vinyl halides such as vinyl chloride; vinylidene halides such as vinylidene chloride; vinyl pyridine; vinyl esters such as vinyl acetate; styrenes such as styrene, halogenated styrenes or ⁇ -methyl styrene; unsaturated carboxylic compounds like acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and salts thereof; or other unsaturated monomers like acrylamide, methacrylamide
  • non-crosslinking monomers comprise nitrile containing monomers, most preferably in a high amount, for example from 50 to 100 mol% or from
  • the nitrile containing monomers are preferably mainly selected from one or more of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile. If other ethylenically unsaturated monomers are present, they are preferably selected from one or more of acrylic esters or methacrylic esters or methacrylic acid. It is also most preferred to only use non-halogen containing monomers.
  • the softening temperature of the polymer shell is preferably within the range from 50 to 250 0 C or from 100 to 200 0 C.
  • the polymer shell constitutes from about 50 to about 95 wt% or from about 60 to about 90 wt% of the total microsphere.
  • the propellant is normally a liquid having a boiling temperature not higher than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymer shell and may comprise hydrocarbons such as n-pentane, isopentane, neopentane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, n-butane, isobutane, n-hexane, isohexane, neohexane, n-heptane, isoheptane, n-octane, isooctane, isodecane, isododecane, or mixtures thereof.
  • hydrocarbons such as n-pentane, isopentane, neopentane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, n-butane, isobutane, n-hexane, isohexane, neohexane, n-heptane, isohept
  • hydrocarbon types can also be used, such as petroleum ether, or chlorinated or fluorinated hydrocarbons, such as methyl chloride, methylene chloride, dichloroethane, dichloroethylene, trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, trichlorofluoromethane, perfluorinated hydrocarbons, etc.
  • Particularly preferred propellants comprise at least one of isopentane, isooctane, and isododecane.
  • the boiling point of the propellant at atmospheric pressure may be within a wide range, preferably from about -20 to about 200°C, most preferably from about -20 to about 150 0 C. It is particularly preferred that the propellant has a boiling point or boiling point range so a temperature above 50°C, more preferably above 60°C, most preferably above 70 0 C, but preferably not higher than about 150 0 C, would be required to evaporate at least
  • the propellant preferably comprises isooctane, for example in an amount of at least 25 wt%, or at least 50 wt%, preferably at least 60 wt% or at least 70 wt%, or possibly even up to 85 wt% or substantially consists of isooctane.
  • the propellant may further comprise, such as up to totally 75 wt% or up to 50 wt%, preferably up to 40 wt% or up to 30 wt% or up to 15 wt%, of one or more of butanes, pentanes, hexanes, heptanes, petroleum distillates, isododecane or other liquids giving a suitable boiling point range of the propellant.
  • hydrocarbons for use in combination with isooctane are isobutane, isopentane, isohexane, n-pentane, n-hexane, petroleum ether, isododecane and n-heptane.
  • the propellant comprise from 85 to 99 wt% or from 90 to 95 wt% of isooctane and from 1 to 15 or from 5 to 10 wt% of isopentane.
  • the propellant may, for example constitute from about 5 to about 50 wt % or from about 10 to about 40 wt% of the microspheres.
  • the microspheres may comprise further substances added during the production thereof, normally in an amount from about 1 to about 20 wt%, preferably from about 2 to about 10 wt%.
  • Such substances are solid suspending agents, such as one or more of silica, chalk, bentonite, colloidal clays, boron nitride, starch, gum agar, modified polysaccharides, for example methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, carboxy methylcellulose, starch ethers, starch esters, crosslinked polymers, polymer particles, for example polyamides, polycarbonates, polyethers, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polystyrene, polyacrylates, and/or one or more salts, oxides or hydroxides of metals like Al, Ca, Mg, Ba, Fe, Zn, Ni and Mn, Ti, for example one or more of calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, barium sulphate, calcium o
  • these solid suspending agents are normally mainly located to the outer surface of the polymer shell. However, even if a suspending agent has been added during the production of the microspheres, this may have been washed off at a later stage and could thus be substantially absent from the final product.
  • the microspheres of the composition have a comparatively high T s ta r t and T max .
  • Tsta r t is preferably from 150 to 230°C, most preferably from 180 to 200 0 C.
  • T max is preferably from 170 to 260°C, most preferably from 200 to 240°C.
  • the expandable microspheres preferably have a volume median diameter from 1 to 500 ⁇ m, more preferably from 5 to 100 ⁇ m, most preferably from 10 to 50 ⁇ m.
  • a further aspect of the invention concerns a process for the production of expandable thermoplastic microspheres as described above.
  • the process comprises polymerising ethylenically unsaturated monomers as described above in a preferably aqueous suspension in the presence of a propellant to yield microspheres comprising a polymer shell encapsulating said propellant.
  • a propellant to yield microspheres comprising a polymer shell encapsulating said propellant.
  • the microspheres are produced in a batchwise process and the polymerisation may then be conducted as described below in a reaction vessel.
  • a reaction vessel For 100 parts of monomer phase (suitably including monomers and propellant, the proportions of which determine proportions of monomers in the polymer shell and the amount of propellant in the final product), one or more polymerisation initiator, e.g. in an amount from 0.1 to 5 parts, aqueous phase, e.g. in an amount from 100 to 800 parts, and one or more preferably solid colloidal suspending agent, e.g. in an amount from 1 to 20 parts, are mixed and homogenised.
  • monomer phase suitable including monomers and propellant, the proportions of which determine proportions of monomers in the polymer shell and the amount of propellant in the final product
  • polymerisation initiator e.g. in an amount from 0.1 to 5 parts
  • aqueous phase e.g. in an amount from 100 to 800 parts
  • one or more preferably solid colloidal suspending agent e.
  • the size of the droplets of the monomer phase obtained determines the size of the final expandable microspheres in accordance with the principles described in e.g. US Patent 3615972 that can be applied for all similar production methods with various suspending agents.
  • the temperature is suitably maintained from 40 to 90 0 C, preferably from 50 to 80 0 C, while the suitable pH depends on the suspending agent used.
  • a high pH preferably from 5 to 12, most preferably from 6 to 10 is suitable if the suspending agent is selected from salts, oxides or hydroxides of metals like Ca, Mg, Ba, Zn, Ni and Mn, for example one or more of calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, barium sulphate, calcium oxalate, and hydroxides of zinc, nickel or manganese.
  • the suspending agent is selected from salts, oxides or hydroxides of metals like Ca, Mg, Ba, Zn, Ni and Mn, for example one or more of calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, barium sulphate, calcium oxalate, and hydroxides of zinc, nickel or manganese.
  • a low pH preferably from 1 to 6, most preferably from 3 to 5, is suitable if the suspending agent is selected from starch, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, carboxy methylcellulose, gum agar, silica, colloidal clays, or oxide or hydroxide of aluminium or iron.
  • the suspending agent is selected from starch, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, carboxy methylcellulose, gum agar, silica, colloidal clays, or oxide or hydroxide of aluminium or iron.
  • Each one of the above agents has different optimal pH, depending on, for example, solubility data.
  • promoters are organic materials and may, for example, be selected from one or more of water-soluble sulfonated polystyrenes, alginates, carboxymethylcellulose, tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide or chloride or water-soluble complex resinous amine condensation products such as the water-soluble condensation products of diethanolamine and adipic acid, the water-soluble condensation products of ethylene oxide, urea and formaldehyde, polyethylenimine, polyvinylalcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylamine, amphoteric materials such as proteinaceous, materials like gelatin, glue, casein, albumin, glutin and the like, non-ionic materials like methoxycellulose, ionic materials normally classed as emulsifiers, such as soaps, alkyl sulfates
  • initiators are suitably selected from one or more of organic peroxides such as dialkyl peroxides, diacyl peroxides, peroxy esters, peroxy dicarbonates, or azo compounds.
  • Suitable initiators include dicetyl peroxydicarbonate, di(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate, dioctanoyl peroxide, dibenzoyl peroxide, dilauroyl peroxide, didecanoyl peroxide, tert- butyl peracetate, tert-butyl perlaurate, tert-butyl perbenzoate, tert-butyl hydroperoxide, cumene hydroperoxide, cumene ethylperoxide, diisopropylhydroxy dicarboxylate, 2,2'- azobis(2,4-dimethyl valeronitrile), 2,2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile
  • microspheres are normally obtained as an aqueous slurry or dispersion, which can be used as such or dewatered by any conventional means, such as bed filtering, filter pressing, leaf filtering, rotary filtering, belt filtering or centrifuging to obtain a so called wet cake.
  • any conventional means such as bed filtering, filter pressing, leaf filtering, rotary filtering, belt filtering or centrifuging to obtain a so called wet cake.
  • microspheres may at any stage be treated to reduce the amount of residual unreacted monomers, for example by any of the procedures described in the earlier mentioned WO 2004/072160 or US 4287308.
  • microspheres of the invention are useful as foaming agent in various application, such as for thermoplastic materials and particularly for high melting thermoplastic materials.
  • a particular aspect of the invention concerns use of expandable microspheres as described above in an expandable formulation comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix and expandable microspheres.
  • the formulation optionally further comprise one or more additives like colorants, stabilisers, reinforcements etc.
  • expandable formulations include mouldable composite sheets and compounds for use in injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, rotational moulding, thermoforming or the like.
  • the amount of expandable microspheres is preferably from 0.5 to 15 wt% or from 1 to 5 wt%.
  • the polymer may, for example, be polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, thermoplastic polyurethanes, styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene co-polymer, styrene- butadiene-styrene co-polymer, polyvinyl chloride, ethylene-vinylacetate co-polymer or copolymers thereof, or another polymer with similar melting point.
  • the invention also concerns an expandable formulation as described above comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix and expandable microspheres as described above and optional further additives as described above.
  • the invention furthermore concerns a process for its preparation comprising mixing a thermoplastic polymer with expandable microspheres as described above at a temperature above, and optionally further additives as mentioned above, at a temperature above the melting point of the polymer but below the expansion temperature
  • Tsta r t is the temperature at which the expansion starts
  • T max is the temperature at which maximum expansion is obtained
  • TMA-density is the density of the microspheres at
  • the pre-expansion resistance properties of certain microspheres with high expansion temperatures were evaluated on TMA using a step wise temperature profile as described in Table 1.
  • Temperature steps 1 and 2 are pre-heating steps during which microspheres with good pre-expansion resistance should have no or a very small degree of expansion
  • temperature steps 3 and 4 are expansion steps during which the microspheres should expand to a high degree.
  • Dmax (pre) and Dmax (exp) are the maximum probe displacements due to the dimension changes of the microspheres during the preheating steps (steps 1 and 2) and the expansion steps (steps 3 and 4), respectively.
  • Dmax (pre) may in some cases have negative value due to an initial shrinkage of the microspheres before the expansion starts.
  • the TMA-curves were normalized to a sample amount of 0.70 mg of microspheres. Table 1. Temperature profile in the TMA for the evaluation of pre-expansion resistance.
  • Example 1 A reaction mixture containing Mg(OH) 2 -stabilised organic droplets in water was created by mixing the phases and stirring vigorously until a suitable droplet size had been achieved.
  • the water dispersion contained 5.0 parts of Mg(OH) 2 and 371 parts of water.
  • the organic droplets contained 2.0 parts of dilauroylperoxide, 25 parts of isooctane, 65 parts of acrylonitrile, 35 parts of methacrylonitrile, and 0.52 parts (0.09 mol%) of trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate.
  • Polymerisation was performed at 62°C in a sealed reactor under agitation during 20 h. After cooling to room temperature a sample of the obtained microsphere slurry was removed for determination of the particle size distribution. After filtration, washing and drying the particles were analysed by TMA.
  • the dry particles contained about 22% by weight of isooctane and had a mean particle size of about 37 ⁇ m.
  • the TMA-results are found in Tables 3 and 4.
  • Examples 2-10 Microspheres were prepared in a plurality of polymerisation experiments performed as in Example 1 except for cross-linking monomers which were added according to Table 3. Polymerisation was performed at 62°C as described in Example 1. Analytical results can be found in Tables 3 and 4. Table 2. Cross linking monomers used in the Examples with estimated reactivity Q and abbreviations. The XL number iven for each monomer is used in Tables 2-10
  • T s ta r t increases significantly by combining the two cross- linking monomers of different type, TMPTMA having high reactivity and TAC having low reactivity. TAC alone gives high T s ta r t but very poor expansion.
  • Microspheres containing too high or too low levels also show less good expansion during the expansion step (lower Dmax).
  • Examples 19-21 Microspheres were prepared in a plurality of polymerisation experiments performed as in Example 1 except for cross-linking monomers, which were added according to Table 7. As propellant a mixture of 12.5 parts of isopentane and 25.5 parts of isooctane was used The amounts of water and Mg(OH) 2 in the examples was 320 parts and 2.6 parts respectively. Polymerisation was performed at 62°C as described in Example 1. Analytical results can be found in Table 7.
  • Examples 22-33 Microspheres were prepared in a plurality of polymerisation experiments performed as in Example 1 except for cross-linking monomers and propellants, which were added according to Table 8.
  • the propellants used in the examples are isopentane (IP), isooctane (IO), and isododecane (ID).
  • IP isopentane
  • IO isooctane
  • ID isododecane
  • IP isopentane
  • IO isooctane
  • ID isododecane
  • TAC in combination with TMPTMA increases T s ta r t for microspheres with various hydrocarbon mixtures as propellant.
  • the effect on T st a r t is more pronounced when a propellant with higher boiling points is used.
  • Examples 34-57 Microspheres were prepared in a plurality of polymerisation experiments performed as in Example 1 except for cross-linking monomers, which were added according to Table 9.
  • the amounts of water and Mg(OH) 2 in the examples varied between 323-371 parts and 2.1-5.0 parts respectively. This is due to small differences in the recipes in different polymerisation reactors but does not influence the thermal properties of the polymerised particles.
  • Polymerisation was performed at 62°C as described in Example 1. Analytical results can be found in Tables 9 and 10.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne des microsphères thermoplastiques thermiquement expansibles qui comprennent une enveloppe polymère formée à partir de monomères éthyléniquement insaturés encapsulant un agent propulseur, lesdits monomères éthyléniquement insaturés comprenant au moins un premier monomère de réticulation ayant deux doubles liaisons carbone-carbone ou plus et au moins un second monomère de réticulation ayant deux doubles liaisons carbone-carbone ou plus, ledit ou lesdits premiers monomères de réticulation ayant une réactivité Q supérieure à 0,2 et ledit ou lesdits seconds monomères de réticulation ayant une réactivité Q inférieure à 0,2, la réactivité Q étant définie selon le schéma Q-e d'Alfrey-Price, la quantité dudit ou desdits seconds monomères de réticulation étant inférieure à 0,8 % en moles de la quantité totale de monomères éthyléniquement insaturés. L'invention concerne en outre la production et l'utilisation de ces microsphères.
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