CN1872914A - Process aid for melt processable polymers - Google Patents
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Abstract
Extrusion processability of non-fluorinated melt-processable polymers is improved by introducing a fluoropolymer process aid by means whereby the weight average particle size of the fluoropolymer is greater than 2 microns as it reaches the extruder die entrance.
Description
The application is that International Application PCT/US02/05487 enters dividing an application of Chinese patent application 02805114.9.
Technical field
The present invention relates to comprise the extruding of nonfluorinated melt processable polymers of fluoropolymer additive.
Background technology
By well-known method, utilize rotary screw that the sticky polymers melt is promoted to enter die head by extruder barrel, making forming polymer is the shape that needs, cool off then and be frozen into product with general die head shape, high molecular polymer, for example hydrocarbon polymer and polyamide melt can be extruded as shaped structure, for example pipe, conduit, wire coating or film.
In order to obtain lower production cost, wish with the two-forty extruded polymer.Higher rate of extrusion can easily obtain by improving the extruder screw rotating speed.Yet because polymeric substrate has viscoelastic property, so this technology is restricted.Therefore, under very high rate of extrusion, may cause unacceptable polymkeric substance thermolysis.In addition, obtain shaggy extrudate usually, this may cause forming undesirable pattern on the extrudate surface.These surface imperfection also are called melt fracture.At high temperature extrude and to avoid this problem, but can increase tooling cost.In addition, the cooling of extrudate becomes problem.In addition, if polyolefine is extruded in the temperature near its decomposition point, polymkeric substance will be degraded.
Therefore, hope is found high efficiency raising rate of extrusion and is not improved melt temperature, produces the method for the goods with smooth surface simultaneously.The variation of forcing machine and die head structure can improve polymer melt and flow, and is practicality always or economically viable but these improve.Another kind of approach comprises the conventional wax pattern processing aid of adding, and it reduces body viscosity and improves processing characteristics in some cases.Yet its efficient is limited, and high-caliber additive influences other performance usually unfriendly.
U.S. Patent number 3 at Blatz, 125, in 547, disclose use 0.01-2.0 weight % under processing temperature, be the fluorocarbon polymer of fluid state, can reduce the die pressure of extruding in high density polyethylene(HDPE) and new LDPE (film grade) and other polyolefine process.In addition, use this additive can significantly improve rate of extrusion, and melt fracture do not occur.
Kamiya and Inui propose in Japan authorization patent application Kokoku 45-30574, use the crystallization fluorocarbon polymer to pile up to eliminate die head below melting temperature, but they do not disclose other and extrude improvement.
Nishida etc. disclose injection moulding composition in Japanese patent application publication Kokai 62-64847, it comprises the mixture of following component: a) melt flow rate (MFR) (MFR) was 0.850-0.945g/cm for 0.2-200g/10 minute with density
3Ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, and b) the fluorine carbon ratio of 0.001-1% weight is at least 1: 2 fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers.
Chu is at U.S. Patent number 4,740, discloses the improved blend of extrusion performance in 341, and it comprises linear ethene polymers, has wherein introduced a spot of fluorocarbon polymer and polysiloxane.The fluorine carbon ratio of this fluorocarbon polymer is at least 1: 2 and be fluid at 120-300 ℃.
Larsen is at U.S. Patent number 3,334, discloses polyethylene in 157, and it is 0.015 to obtain the improvement of optical property to the tetrafluoroethylene greater than the fine dispersion of 1.7 weight % by adding based on mixture.
In recent years, for example U.S. Patent number 4,855, and 360; 5,587,429 and 5,707,569 disclose improved fluoropolymer additive composition.Added second additive in these fluoropolymer additive compositions, for example poly-(oxyalkylene) or ionomer resin are to improve the processing characteristics of extruding of nonfluorinated polymers.
Improve in order to obtain maximized processing characteristics, think in the prior art, the fluoropolymer additive composition need be dispersed in the nonfluorinated polymers that is extruded preferably, and the more little then dispersion of fluoropolymer particle diameter is good more, and therefore processing characteristics is good more.Referring to for example " Dynamar
TMPolymer Processing Additive Optical MicroscopyMethod for Dispersion Analysis in Polyolefins " (Dyneon 1997), its homogeneous dispersion and fluoropolymer additive size of particles that is recommended in the extrudate is 2 microns or littler; " Dynamar
TMPolymer Processing Additives DirectAddition During Resin Manufacture " (Dyneon 12/2000), its homogeneous dispersion and fluoropolymer additive size of particles that is recommended in the extrudable composition is 3 microns or littler.United States Patent (USP) 3,125,547; In 5,010,130 and 6,048,939 similar recommendation is arranged also.
Since instructed in these reference extrude processing characteristics by improve fluoropolymer additive in melt processable polymers degree of scatter and be improved by the particle diameter that reduces fluoropolymer, therefore of the prior art make great efforts in a large number to concentrate on improve dust dispersion quality and reduce the fluoropolymer particle diameter.However, the leeway that still has improvement to extrude processing characteristics.
Summary of the invention
It has surprisingly been found that, compare with those compositions that prior art is recommended with seeking maximum fluoropolymer degree of scatter, in fact the extrudable composition that comprises significantly big big particle diameter fluoropolymer has better machining property, shows less metal defects and has conditioning time faster." fluoropolymer of significantly big particle diameter " refers to when the point measurement before die head just, and weight average particle diameter (as defined below) is greater than 2 microns, but less than 10 microns.The extrudable composition that comprises the fluoropolymer of significantly big particle diameter can obtain by many methods.
Therefore, one aspect of the present invention is the extrudable composition that is used for by die head, and described composition comprises:
A) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable; With
B) based on the extrudable composition gross weight be 25 to 2000 parts/1,000,000 parts fluoropolymer, the weight average particle diameter of described fluoropolymer when the point measurement before die head just greater than 2 microns with less than 10 microns; Be substantially free of interfacial agent with wherein said composition.
Another aspect of the present invention is the extrudable composition that is used for by die head, and described composition comprises:
A) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable;
B) based on the extrudable composition gross weight be the fluoropolymer of 25 to 2000 parts/1,000,000 parts of weight, the weight average particle diameter of described fluoropolymer is when the point measurement before die head just, greater than 2 microns with less than 10 microns; With
C) interfacial agent, but its consumption be at least the weight average particle diameter that makes fluoropolymer when the point measurement before die head just greater than 2 microns be not more than 5: 1 less than 10 microns the significant quantity interfacial agent and the weight ratio of fluoropolymer.
Another aspect of the present invention is the processing aid masterbatch, and it comprises:
A) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable;
B) gross weight based on this masterbatch is the fluoropolymer of 1 to 50 weight percentage; With
C) interfacial agent, its consumption is at least the significant quantity of improving processing characteristics, but the weight ratio of interfacial agent and fluoropolymer is not more than 5: 1, condition is if this interfacial agent is poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance, and the weight ratio of this poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance and fluoropolymer was less than 1: 1.
Detailed Description Of The Invention
The present invention relates to improve the method for extruding processing characteristics that comprises as the nonfluorinated melt processable polymers composition of the fluoropolymer of processing aid.Term " is extruded processing characteristics " and is referred to conditioning time (that is, after forcing machine starting, wherein extruded product shows the melt fracture of height and elapsed time before obtaining to have smooth surface, not containing the extrudate of melt fracture) at this.Obviously, in order to cut the waste and to reduce cost, wish very short conditioning time.
The example of nonfluorinated melt processable polymers includes but are not limited to, hydrocarbon resin, polymeric amide, chlorinatedpolyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and polyester.Term " nonfluorinated " refers to be present in the ratio of fluorine atom in the polymkeric substance and carbon atom less than 1: 1.Nonfluorinated melt processable polymers of the present invention can be selected from various polymer types.Such polymkeric substance comprises that melting index (according to ASTM D 1238, in 190 ℃, using the heavy bulk measurement of 2160g) is 5.0g/10 minute or littler, preferred 2.0g/10 minute or littler hydrocarbon polymer.This hydrocarbon polymer can be ethene, propylene and non-conjugated diene monomers for example 1 randomly, the elastocopolymer of 4-hexadiene.Usually, hydrocarbon polymer also comprises any by general formula CH
2The thermoplastic hydrocarbon base polymer that the homopolymerization of the monoolefine of=CHR or copolymerization obtain, wherein R is H or alkyl, usually no more than eight carbon atoms.Especially, the present invention is applicable to high-density and new LDPE (film grade), and for example density is 0.85 to 0.97g/cm
3Interior polyethylene; Polypropylene; Polybutene-1; Poly-(3-methyl butene); Poly-(methylpentene); With ethene and the alpha-olefin multipolymer of propylene, butene-1, hexene-1, octene-1, decylene-1 and vaccenic acid for example.Hydrocarbon polymer can also comprise for example polystyrene of vinylaromatic polymer.Because specific hydrocarbon polymer shows different melt characteristics, therefore enforcement of the present invention is for some hydrocarbon polymer practicality bigger than having of other.Therefore, not for example polypropylene and branched polyethylene even under lower temperature, have favourable melt flow feature of high-molecular weight hydrocarbon polymer, therefore can avoid surface irregularity and other surface imperfection by regulating the expressing technique condition.These hydrocarbon polymers may only need to use fluorocarbon polymer extrusion aid and method of the present invention under special and accurate expressing technique condition.Yet, other polymkeric substance is the multipolymer of high molecular, high density polyethylene(HDPE), linear low density polyethylene copolymers, high molecular weight polypropylene and propylene and other alkene for example, especially have those of narrow molecular weight distribution, do not allow freely changing of expressing technique condition.Especially for these resins, obtained the improved extruded product of surface quality by the compositions and methods of the invention.
Other nonfluorinated melt processable polymers that can be present composition component comprises polymeric amide and polyester.The specific examples that can be used for implementing polymeric amide of the present invention is nylon 6, nylon 6/6, nylon 6/10, Ni Long11 and nylon 12.The polyester that is fit to comprises poly-(ethylene glycol terephthalate) and poly-(terephthalic acid butylidene ester).
The fluoropolymer that can be used for the present composition comprises elasticity fluoropolymer (being fluoroelastomer or amorphous fluoropolymer) and thermoplastic fluoropolymer (being semi-crystalline fluoropolymer).Can be used for fluoroelastomer of the present invention and be under room temperature and above temperature usually the fluoropolymer of fluid state, promptly the Tg value is lower than room temperature and demonstration at room temperature seldom or not shows crystalline fluoropolymer.Preferably, but not necessarily, the fluoroelastomer of use fluorine hydrogen ratio at least 1: 1.5.The fluorinated monomer of the fluoroelastomer that can copolymerization obtains being fit to comprises vinylidene fluoride, R 1216, trifluorochloroethylene, tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether.The specific examples of operable fluoroelastomer comprises vinylidene fluoride and is selected from the multipolymer of following comonomer: R 1216, trifluorochloroethylene, 1-hydrogen five fluorine propylene and 2-hydrogen five fluorine propylene; The multipolymer of vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethylene and R 1216 or 1-or 2-hydrogen five fluorine propylene; With tetrafluoroethylene, propylene and the multipolymer of vinylidene fluoride randomly, all these all are known in the art.In some cases, these multipolymers can also comprise brominated comonomer, and at United States Patent (USP) 4,035, instruction in 565 perhaps comprises and do not hold iodo as Apotheker and Krusic, as United States Patent (USP) 4,243, and instruction in 770.Back one patent also discloses uses the fluoroolefin comonomer that contains iodine.When fluorinated monomer is present in these multipolymers with certain mol ratio, the second-order transition temperature of polymkeric substance near or to be lower than 0 ℃ and composition be the commercial useful elastomerics that is easy to obtain.
Can be used for semi-crystalline fluoropolymer of the present invention and include, but are not limited to, the homopolymer of poly-(vinylidene fluoride), tetrafluoroethylene and multipolymer (Teflon for example
FEP fluorocarbon resin and tetrafluoroethylene, propylene and the multipolymer of vinylidene fluoride randomly).
The multimodal fluoropolymer for example is disclosed among the international monopoly publication WO 00/69967 those, also can be as the fluoropolymer in the present composition." multimodal " refers to have at least two discrete components different with molecular weight.Two kinds of components can be amorphous or hemicrystalline, and perhaps component can be amorphous and another component is hemicrystalline.
If single fluoropolymer is used to the present composition, this fluoropolymer must be by fusion basically under the processing temperature of nonfluorinated matrix polymer.If the use fluoropolymer blend, at least a component of this blend must satisfy this standard.In order to be low to moderate about 2 microns processing aid as the weight average size of particles effectively, there is the upper limit in the viscosity of the molten component of processing aid.If the molten component of processing aid is a fluoroelastomer, mooney viscosity (according to ASTM-D 1646, minute measuring down in 121 ℃, ectotrochanter, condition ML1+10) is necessary for 80 or littler, preferred 60 to 80.If the molten component of processing aid is hemicrystalline, melting index (ASTMD-1238,265 ℃, 5kg weight) must be greater than 0.5dg/min, preferred 0.5 to 3dg/min.When fluoropolymer viscosity increased, fluoropolymer became and is difficult to scatter on the processing units internal surface.Therefore, surpass these viscosity limitation, the processing aid performance can reduce, unless be transported to the weight average particle diameter of fluoropolymer of die head very big, greater than about 10 microns.The fluoropolymer particles of this size is big to enough forming surface deformation or subsurface defect in extrudate usually.Therefore, the weight average particle diameter of hope restriction fluoropolymer is less than 10 microns.
In the present invention, wish the weight average particle diameter of fluoropolymer additive in the composition that control is extruded, so that when composition just reaches the processing stand before die head (in the die head ingress), weight average particle diameter is greater than 2 microns but less than 10 microns.Preferably, the weight average particle diameter of fluoropolymer is when just measuring before die head, greater than 4 microns (with most preferably greater than 6 microns).
Weight average particle diameter (diameter) is by following formula definition:
A＝(∑iwiXi)，
Wherein A is weight average particle diameter (diameter); Wi be in the concrete sample particle diameter at weight fraction by the fluoropolymer particles in the Xi restricted portion; With Xi represent with particle size range in the sample be divided into i interval and to specify Xi be the median size of the particle size range that comprises of i interval.Wi can measure by many methods, comprise: the hot platform check fluoropolymer dispersions of a) using opticmicroscope, digitizing photographic camera and fusion vector resin, b) use confocal laser microscope in three-dimensional space, to make the fluoroelastomer particle imaging, use appropriate software to carry out sreen analysis then, c) Photomicrograph of analysis fluoropolymer dispersions, perhaps d) dissolved matrix resin at first, from the matrix polymer resin, separate fluoropolymer particles, measure size-grade distribution by scattering of light or some other known technology then.When wi is calculated by Photomicrograph, lacking under the situation of other knowledge, the shape of particle can be assumed to globular basically.
Although the statistical moment that distributes is widely used in polymer science, this instrument be not used for the fluoropolymer additive field so far.For example, in the The of Alfred Rudin Elementsof Polymer Science and Engineering (academic press, 1982) in, the number-average molecular weight of polymkeric substance is by the ratio definition of the first moment and the zeroth order square of molecular weight distribution, and weight-average molecular weight is by the ratio definition of the second moment and the first moment of molecular weight distribution.Number average and weight average are corresponding to the arithmetical mean of quantity or weight distribution.Use weight average but not number average characterizes the fluoropolymer size-grade distribution is suitable for the present invention, because as (J.Rheol.45 (2) such as Migler, March/April, 2001) describe, fluoropolymer additive works by fluoropolymer coating is deposited on the internal mode head surface.Because the present invention is based on such discovery, promptly under the fluoropolymer substrate concentration that equates, it is rapider than little particle that big particle makes the fluoropolymer body transfer to die surfaces, therefore for processing aid, the outstanding quality of particle distribution is the yardstick that wherein most of fluoropolymer body is in position in this distribution of sizes.
In addition, because the statistical method past of sreen analysis is not used to this field, existing reference is described the dispersion of fluoropolymer usually with size range.Lamentedly, size range does not provide the weight average particle diameter of distribution, just indicates this weight average must be in the scope that provides.The extrudable composition of prior art, its size that comprises minor amount is greater than 2 microns fluoropolymer particles, and most of fluoropolymer particles can not provide the improvement of the conditioning time aspect of the present composition less than 2 microns.
For easy processing, when composition that the polymkeric substance that adds the nonfluorinated melt-processable is extruded with formation, fluoropolymer additive is generally the form of masterbatch, but not purified form.Masterbatch is the dispersion (mixture) of fluoropolymer in diluent polymer.Described diluent polymer can be identical with the nonfluorinated melt processable polymers that is extruded, perhaps it can be the polymkeric substance of the second nonfluorinated melt-processable, and it does not influence the behavior of extruding of the polymkeric substance/processing aid compositions of the first nonfluorinated melt-processable nocuously.Masterbatch comprises 1-50 weight % (preferred 1-30 weight %) fluoropolymer additive (based on the gross weight of masterbatch) usually.Masterbatch can pass through at mixing machine, for example Banbury
In the mixing machine, under the temperature of the melting point polymer that is higher than the nonfluorinated melt-processable, mix the fluoropolymer and the diluent polymer of appropriate amount, form masterbatch and prepare.Depend on masterbatch concentration, composition and mixing condition, the weight average particle diameter of the fluoropolymer in the prior art masterbatch can less than or greater than 2 microns.Preparing the masterbatch that can be used for extrudable composition of the present invention, importantly make fluoropolymer stand minimized high-shear, especially for low fluoropolymer substrate concentration masterbatch (that is, comprising those that are less than about 5 weight % fluoropolymers).Otherwise the weight average particle diameter of fluoropolymer can be reduced to less than 2 microns in masterbatch.
The speed that the fluoropolymer additive masterbatch is fed to forcing machine is controlled, make the level of fluoropolymer in the extrudable composition that obtains between 25 to 2000ppm (preferred 25 to 1000ppm) weight, based on the gross weight of described extrudable composition.
Have that several possible means can be used to obtain to wish greater than 2 microns but less than 10 microns fluoropolymer weight average particle diameter, when when measuring extrudable composition near the point of die head.A kind of such method, promptly one aspect of the present invention is new extrudable composition, it comprises the polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable; With the gross weight based on described extrudable composition be the fluoropolymer of 25-2000ppm weight, wherein said fluoropolymer have greater than 2 microns (are preferably greater than 4 microns, most preferably greater than 6 microns), but less than 10 microns weight average particle diameter, when just in the point before the die head (that is die head inlet) measurement.This extrudable composition is substantially free of interfacial agent (as defined below)." being substantially free of " gross weight that refers to based on described extrudable composition is 0 interfacial agent to about 10 parts/1,000,000 parts of weight.
This extrudable composition of the present invention can be used a kind of like this method production, wherein fluoropolymer is (before being incorporated into forcing machine, weight average particle diameter greater than 2 microns, be preferably greater than 4 microns, most preferably greater than 6 microns) the polymkeric substance neutralization that is introduced into (or purified or with the form of masterbatch) nonfluorinated melt-processable mixes with it, forms the extrudable composition that comprises the 25-2000ppm fluoropolymer.Nonfluorinated polymers mixed with fluoropolymer and the composition that obtains is pumped into die head carry out by this way, it is the shortest to be that described fluoropolymer is exposed to time of high-shear, therefore when described extrudable composition reached the die head inlet, described fluoropolymer weight average particle diameter kept greater than 2 microns.
Must be noted that, before the extrudable composition that comprises fluoropolymer reaches the die head inlet, can not excessively process described extrudable composition.Otherwise when it was sent to forcing machine, the big weight average particle diameter fluoropolymer of generation may be about 1 micron (perhaps littler) when it reaches die head.Excessively processing comprises that fluoropolymer additive wherein is exposed to any processing of dispersing and mixing condition long time.Excessively the twin screw extruder that for example intermeshes fully, Buss Kneader may take place in processing in the mixed with polymers equipment of some type
, introduce the single screw extrusion machine of the screw rod of dress mixing equipment (for example Maddock element, pin mixer, ring-type element, counter-rotating flight) in being equipped with and have the fie screen wadding or restricted die head and produce high pressure (single screw extrusion machine promptly＞20MPa) at outlet of extruder.Preferably, the hybrid element that wherein has or do not have to install on the screw rod is carried out in processing in single screw extrusion machine.Most preferably, should there be hybrid element and the mixed downstream equipment of installing on the bar.
Therefore because all expressing techniques all may reduce the fluoropolymer particle diameter potentially, wish with coarse-grained especially state, for example pellet, rough grinding powder or comprise the master batch form that weight average particle diameter is far longer than 2 microns fluoropolymer particles fluoropolymer is introduced forcing machine.To disperse and improve conditioning speed in order to minimize, fluoropolymer viscosity should be the viscosity of the thermoplastic polymer that approximately is equal to, or greater than the nonfluorinated melt-processable under the expressing technique condition.For example, the rough grinding fluoropolymer can 25ppm to 2000ppm and polyvinyl resin dry blend, deliver in the single screw extrusion machine then.Described extruder screw should have low compression ratio (3: 1 or littler), and does not comprise hybrid element.In the downstream of screw rod, except that die head itself, should there be minimum quantitative limitation in the polymkeric substance flow path.
The weight average particle diameter that guarantees fluoropolymer when reaching die head is that interfacial agent is introduced in masterbatch or the extrudable composition greater than 2 microns preferred means.Interfacial agent is the particle diameter of stabilize fluoropolymer to a certain extent, so that fluoropolymer particles is for example mixed high shear environment and had less susceptibility." interfacial agent " refers to thermoplastic polymer, it is characterized in that, 1) is liquid (perhaps molten state) under extrusion temperature, 2) polymkeric substance and the fluoropolymer additive than nonfluorinated melt-processable has lower melt viscosity and 3) surface of wet fluoropolymer particle freely in extrudable composition.The example of such interfacial agent includes but are not limited to, i) polysiloxane-polyether copolymer; Ii) aliphatic polyester for example gathers (hexanodioic acid butylidene ester), poly-(lactic acid) and polycaprolactone polyesters (preferred described polyester is not dicarboxylic acid and the segmented copolymer that gathers (oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance); Iii) aromatic polyester o-benzene butyl phthalate ester for example; Iv) polyether polyol (preferably not being polyalkylene oxide) for example gathers (tetramethylene ether glycol); V) amine oxide octyldimethyl amine oxide for example; Vi) carboxylic-acid hydroxy-butanedioic acid for example; Vii) fatty acid ester Sorbitan one lauric acid ester and tri-glyceride for example; Vii) poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance.At this, term " poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance " refers at United States Patent (USP) 4,855, those polymkeric substance of definition and their derivative in 360.Such polymkeric substance comprises polyoxyethylene glycol and their derivative.
Preferred aliphatic polyester interfacial agent is that number-average molecular weight is 1000 to 32000, preferred 2000 to 10000 and 2000 to 4000 polycaprolactone most preferably.
Described interfacial agent is the lower molecular weight composition, and for the polymeric system of concrete fluoropolymer additive and nonfluorinated melt-processable, it is preferentially located in the interface between these two kinds of polymkeric substance.Though do not wish to be subjected to any special explanation to fetter, it is believed that the shear-stress on described fluoropolymer particles worked during described interfacial agent was by the melt-processed that is reduced in nonfluorinated polymers, reduce melt-processed equipment thus fluoropolymer dispersive influence power.Described interfacial agent can be at any point, until with comprise last melt forming technology, introduce the mixture of described fluoropolymer and nonfluorinated polymers, condition is must be greater than 2 microns at the weight average particle diameter of introducing the described fluoropolymer particles of point.Wish most to refine mixing fluoropolymer and interfacial agent in the step mother, wherein there be (promptly more than or equal to 1wt.%, based on the gross weight of masterbatch) in two kinds of compositions with high density, so that the wetting of fluoropolymer surface promptly carries out in mixture.
Therefore, another aspect of the present invention is a masterbatch, and it comprises a) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable; B) gross weight based on masterbatch is the fluoropolymer of 1 to 50 weight percentage; And c) improves the interfacial agent of processing characteristics significant quantity at least." significant quantity at least " is defined as any amount of interfacial agent that is present in the masterbatch, it is when the mixed with polymers of described masterbatch and nonfluorinated melt-processable, cause such extrudable composition, promptly said composition is used to remove the conditioning time of all surface melt fracture during extruding and compares with the same combination that does not comprise interfacial agent and obtain measurable reduction.Usually, the interfacial agent (weight ratio that is composition median surface promoting agent and fluoropolymer is the highest 5: 1) that will be higher than 5 times of the levels of fluoropolymer additive is introduced masterbatch and is no advantage.If interfacial agent is poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance, the weight ratio of preferred masterbatch median surface promoting agent and fluoropolymer is less than 1: 1.
Another aspect of the present invention is a composition, and it comprises a) fluoropolymer and b) polycaprolactone.Such blend can be used to make masterbatch, perhaps as the additive of directly introducing extrudable composition.Preferably, in said composition, the weight ratio of polycaprolactone and fluoropolymer is not more than 5: 1.Preferably, the number-average molecular weight that is used for the polycaprolactone of this aspect of the present invention is 1000 to 32000, more preferably 2000 to 10000 and most preferably 2000 to 4000.These blends can pass through produced in several ways, comprise the pellet or the powder mixes of fluoropolymer and polycaprolactone, perhaps seal fluoropolymer particles with the polycaprolactone coating.
Another aspect of the present invention is the extrudable composition that is used for by die head, and described composition comprises a) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable; B) based on the gross weight of described extrudable composition be 25 to 2000ppm fluoropolymer, the weight average particle diameter of described fluoropolymer (when the point measurement before die head just) is greater than 2 microns (are preferably greater than 4 microns, most preferably greater than 6 microns), but less than 10 microns; When interfacial agent and c), its consumption are at least acquisition just the point before die head are measured greater than 2 microns, but less than the significant quantity of 10 microns weight average fluoropolymer particle diameter.The upper limit level that is present in the interfacial agent in the described extrudable composition is that the weight ratio of interfacial agent and fluoropolymer is 5: 1 and when interfacial agent is poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance, and preferred latter's ratio was less than 1: 1.
Composition of the present invention is particularly useful for the polyolefinic of melt-processable and extrudes.Such expressing technique is normally used for making blown film and electric wire and cable sheath.
Embodiment
Embodiment
The weight average particle diameter that following examples illustrate fluoropolymer additive when reaching die head is during greater than 2 microns, and the remarkable improvement of extruding processing characteristics is as short conditioning time and lower die pressure.
The raw material that uses among these embodiment is as follows:
The polymkeric substance of described nonfluorinated melt-processable is (a) high molecular weight linear new LDPE (film grade), it is linea low density (d=0.918) multipolymer of ethene and 1-butylene, its melting index (ASTMD-1238, condition E) is 1.0 (hereinafter to be referred as " LLDPE-1 "), the perhaps linea low density polymkeric substance of (b) ethylene-octene, melting index be 25.0 and density be 0.917g/cc (LLDPE-2).
The fluoropolymer additive that uses is a fluoroelastomer, or independent or with the thermoplastic fluoropolymer bonded.Fluoroelastomer (FE-1, FE-2 and FE-3) is that weight ratio is 60/40 the vinylidene fluoride and the multipolymer of R 1216.The mooney viscosity of FE-1 is 55, the mooney viscosity of FE-2 be 40 and the mooney viscosity of FE-3 be 75 (according to ASTM D-1646, ectotrochanter is condition ML1+10 minute, in 121 ℃ of measurements).Thermoplastic fluoropolymer (FP) is lower molecular weight, other tetrafluoroethylene of non-protofibre level, and peak value temperature of fusion (ASTM D4894) is 325 ℃ ± 5 ℃.
Some interfacial agent that uses is polycaprolactone (PCL) polymkeric substance, and it is derived from 1, the ring-opening reaction of the ε-caprolactone of 4-butyleneglycol initiation.
PCL-1 is 1000 number-average molecular weight polycaprolactone glycols.
PGL-2 is 2000 number-average molecular weight polycaprolactone glycols.
PCL-3 is 4000 number-average molecular weight polycaprolactone glycols.
PCL-4 is 32000 number-average molecular weight polycaprolactone glycols.
The another kind of interfacial agent that is used for embodiment is PEG, and it is the polyoxyethylene glycol of number-average molecular weight about 8000, with trade(brand)name Carbowax
TM8000 (Union Carbide Corp.) sell.
Embodiment 1
Masterbatch of the present invention (numbering MB-1 or the like) and contrast (numbering MB-A or the like) be by the composition production that is shown in the Table I (value be a weight percentage), and the 28mm co-rotating twin screw extruders that use is operated under 300 rev/mins (rpm) and 200 ℃ in the production are with the composition melting mixing.The line material of extruding cools off and pelletizing in water-bath.
Table I
| Material | MB-A | MB-1 | MB-2 | MB-3 | MB-4 | MB-B | MB-C | MB-D | MB-5 | MB-6 | MB-E |
| LLDPE-1 | 99 | 98.75 | 98.5 | 98 | 96 | 96.39 | 98.5 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
| FE-1 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FE-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| FP | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PCL-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PCL-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PCL-3 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 3.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 |
| PCL-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
Extrude the processing characteristics evaluation and carry out on the computerize plasti-corder of C.W.Brabender Instruments Inc., it is equipped with the forcing machine of 19.1mm (3/4 inch) diameter, and slenderness ratio is 25/1.Unless otherwise mentioned, extruder screw has 15 charging screw channels, 5 transition screw channels, 5 metering screw channels, and compression ratio is 3: 1, does not have hybrid element.Operating parameters is by four independent heating zone, a pressure transmitter and be equipped with the moment of torsion-measurement drive control of 1-120rpm capacity.This forcing machine has 2.54cm (1 inch) slit die head, and this die head has the die gap of 0.51mm (0.020 inch) and the shaping segment lenght of 1.016cm (0.4 inch), can produce the successive polyethylene strip.The assembling of this equipment does not comprise and specially be used for promoting the blended element during extruding.Therefore, this equipment changes the size of fluoropolymer before reaching die head for the particle diameter of the fluoropolymer additive that is fed to forcing machine provides hypersensitivity because this forcing machine only has limited ability.
In the operation, die head temperature is arranged on 204 ℃, and the extruder barrel temperature is arranged on 160 ℃ (feed zones), 180 ℃ (centre) and 200 ℃ (outlet).Extruder screw speed remains under the steady state value of 45rpm.In test, die pressure and forcing machine moment of torsion pass through computer record automatically, are spaced apart one minute.Experiment is by carrying out to get off: use pure LLDPE-1 charging (promptly not comprising fluoropolymer additive or interfacial agent), make extrusion capacity and die pressure reach stable state, determine the base line condition of 100% melt fracture.The dry blends of the masterbatch that then charging is switched to LLDPE-1 and be used to estimate is measured conditioning time with the digital timer with one second reading then.The extrudate sample is taken out in the compartment of terrain, uses 30x irradiation magnifying glass to estimate the surface-area % that band is covered by the melt fracture defective by visual inspection then.Test was carried out 60 minutes.The extrudate sample was located sampling at 60 minutes, and if reach 0% melt fracture at test period, then record reaches the needed time of this state (being conditioning time).
When test is finished, charging is switched to the abrasion washed mixture (KC-60, A.Schulman Inc.) that comprises 60% synthetic silica in polyethylene, from forcing machine and die head, to remove fluoropolymer additive.Afterwards, pure LLDPE-1 is introduced again in thorough clean (30 to 45 minutes), restore with the base line condition of determining die pressure, output and melt fracture.Disturb grain diameter measurement potentially in order to guarantee not have silicon dioxide microparticle to remain in the test forcing machine, forcing machine and die head need be unloaded and clean.Extruder barrel is scrubbed with wire brush, scrubs with the cloth that dips in dimethylbenzene then.Use comprises the high-pressure air of particle air blast medium whole polymkeric substance is removed from screw rod and die head.
The fluoroelastomer size-grade distribution uses Nikon Microphot-SE compound microscope to measure, and it uses standard reflection lamp and the operation of 40x object lens, is set at digital collection.Total magnification is 400x.Illumination is provided by the Nikon Transformer model UN that is set to position 4.Image uses the Sony pick up camera DXC-760MD type with DXC-750 control to catch and digitizing and showing on the computer monitor of use Intellicam 2.0 softwares that use Matrox Meteor graphics card.To place on the microscope stage from the portable hot platform HS400 type of Instec Inc..Hot platform temperature is 220 ℃.
In order to measure size-grade distribution, perpendicular to extruding on the direction, with blade cut analyzed sample thin slice (～0.5mm).Section is placed on the hot platform pressing plate, make its balance.By the focal plane of on thickness of sample, moving, with the fluoroelastomer particle imaging.For fear of counting dirt particles, only analyze focal plane in sample interior.When analyzing extrudable composition, on any focal plane that provides, focus on 5 to 15 fluoroelastomer particles usually.In some sample, the fluoroelastomer particle is not equally distributed in sample, therefore observes under lower magnification, with the zone of determining that the fluoroelastomer particle is abundant.Depend on masterbatch concentration, concentrate composition comprises the particle of greater number on the focal plane that provides.
The fluoroelastomer size of particles estimates to estimate with respect to the diameter of 10 microns gages with 2 microns increments by vision ground, and this gage side of sample image on the computer screen shows.The particle diameter of the minimum of differentiating by means of this technology is 0.5 micron.Be measured as hithermost integer micron greater than 0.5 micron particle diameter.Until about 5 microns size of particles, particle is revealed as uniform circle on digitized image.Although the many particles than 5 microns bigger are circular, some big particle has the shape of elongation.In these cases, the longest size is got and is made particle diameter.Sometimes, in sample, have the angle or irregular particle.These not being analyzed, is not fluoroelastomer because suppose them.For every kind of sample, calculate 100 to 150 particles.
When each extrudes the operation beginning, to there not being the extrudate control sample sampling of fluoroelastomer.These are carried out aforesaid check, to guarantee not exist the dirt that may exert an influence to grain diameter measurement.When extrusion test is finished (, melt fracture eliminate fully or extrude passed through 60 minutes after), extruder screw speed is set to zero, remove die head then.Then screw speed is arrived about 10rpm surely, the material so that the die head conjugant in the upstream of die head (just) is extruded lentamente.Collect the extrudate of about 5 grams in such a way, under interference-free situation, cool off, be used for being characterized in the fluoroelastomer particle that this extrusion test is transported to die head then.
Masterbatch MB-1 of the present invention, MB-2, MB-3 and MB-4, by with them with 2wt.% content and LLDPE-1 dry blending, (EC-1～EC-4) obtains comprising the fluoropolymer additive FE-1 that amounts to 200ppm and the composition of the interfacial agent PCL-3 between FP and 50 to 600ppm like this to be manufactured into extrudable composition of the present invention.Contrast extrudable composition (EC-A) prepares with the masterbatch MB-A of the same manner by blend 2wt.% and LLDPE-1, obtains comprising the 200ppm fluoropolymer additive, does not still comprise the composition of interfacial agent.Second kind of contrast extrudable composition (EC-B) be by with 1.33wt.% content dry blending masterbatch MB-B and LLDPE-1 preparation, obtains comprising 480ppm interfacial agent PCL-3, still do not comprise the composition of fluoropolymer additive.Table II has been listed the aforesaid result who these extrudable compositions is carried out extrusion test and grain diameter measurement.
Table II
| Extrudable composition | Masterbatch | Be transported to the weight average particle diameter (micron) of die head | Be transported to the particle size range (micron) of die head | Test is melted the body % that breaks when finishing | The orderliness time (min) | Die pressure (MPa) when test is finished |
| EC-A | MB-A | 1.8 | 0.5-3 | 3 | ＞60 | 13.2 |
| EC-1 | MB-1 | 2.9 | 0.5-4 | 0 | 41 | 11.5 |
| EC-2 | MB-2 | 3.7 | 1-6 | 0 | 44 | 10.9 |
| EC-3 | MB-3 | 2.7 | 1-4 | 0 | 30 | 10.7 |
| EC-4 | MB-4 | 4.9 | 1-8 | 0 | 11 | 11.2 |
| EC-B | MB-B | No particle | No particle | 100 | ＞60 | 19.9 |
Presentation of results in the Table II, extrudable composition of the present invention (the EC-1～EC-4) that comprises interfacial agent PCL-3 and fluoropolymer additive FE-1 and FP, the contrast EC-A that does not comprise interfacial agent with only comprising fluoropolymer additive compares, and makes to eliminate to extrude the time decreased that the melt fracture defective needs on the band and reduced die pressure.The contrast EC-B that only has interfacial agent PCL-3 and do not have a fluoropolymer additive without any influence, and compares die pressure poorer (promptly higher) with contrast EC-A to the melt fracture defective.PCL-3 can prevent effectively that the fluoroelastomer particle is reduced to the weight average size and is lower than 2 microns during masterbatch compounding and extrusioning experiment, has improved the performance of fluoroelastomer processing aid thus.In addition, the weight average fluoroelastomer particle diameter of the performance of processing aid when being transported to die head during extrusioning experiment is relevant.For example, although EC-A comprises the particle greater than 2 microns, but the quantity not sufficient of these particles is to improve the threshold value that weight average particle diameter surpasses 2 microns, therefore this extrudable composition is when test is finished, compare greater than the present composition of 2 microns fluoroelastomer particle with comprising the weight average size, show relatively poor conditioning time and higher die pressure.
Embodiment 2
(EC-C～EC-E) (difference) is made by masterbatch MB-5, MB-6, MB-7, MB-8 and MB-C, masterbatch and LLDPE-1 by dry blending 1.33wt.% for extrudable composition of the present invention (EC-5 and EC-6) and contrast extrudable composition, in all extrudable compositions, obtain containing the PCL interfacial agent (EC-5 and EC-6, EC-D and EC-E) that the molecular weight of 200ppm FE2 fluoropolymer additive and 0 (contrast C) or 465ppm changes.Table III has been listed the extrusion test that carries out according to the method for describing among the embodiment 1 and the result of grain diameter measurement.
Table III
| Extrudable composition | Masterbatch | Be transported to the weight average particle diameter (micron) of die head | Test is melted the body % that breaks when finishing | The orderliness time (min) | Die pressure (MPa) when test is finished |
| EC-C | MB-C | 1.6 | 50 | ＞60 | 18.7 |
| EC-D | MB-D | 1.5 | 1 | ＞60 | 13.4 |
| EC-5 | MB-5 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| EC-6 | MB-6 | 5.1 | 0 | 9 | 11.2 |
| EC-E | MB-E | 1.9 | 30 | ＞60 | 16.4 |
Presentation of results in the Table III, the whole molecular weight ranges of the test of (with the fluoropolymer additive bonded) PCL interfacial agent have improved by minimizing melt fracture, conditioning time and die pressure and have extruded processing characteristics.Yet, at least when using with mixture with the polycaprolactone of fluoropolymer FE-2, number-average molecular weight 2000 (PCL-2) and 4000 (PCL-3), with number-average molecular weight be that 1000 or 32,000 polycaprolactone is compared, in that to prevent that the fluoroelastomer particle is broken in the small size more effective.In the preparation that comprises PCL-2 or PCL-3, with comprise PCL-1 or PCL-4 those fluoroelastomer particle diameter of raising (weight average is greater than 2.0 microns) and then provide faster metal defects to eliminate and lower die pressure is provided.
Embodiment 3
Be shown in concentrate composition in the Table IV (value is weight %) and use the production of 28mm co-rotating twin screw extruder, this forcing machine is in 300rpm and 200 ℃ of operations down, with the composition melting mixing.The line material of extruding cools off and pelletizing in water-bath.By improving the concentration of FE-1 in masterbatch, the size of fluoroelastomer particle is improved in the masterbatch.Work as Brabender
When the quantity not sufficient of dispersing and mixing is reduced to weight-average diameter less than 2 microns (in die head ingress) with the big fluoroelastomer particle that will exist in the masterbatch in the forcing machine, the masterbatch that comprises big particle has more promptly been eliminated the melt fracture defective than the masterbatch that comprises little fluoroelastomer particle.MB-9 and MB-10 show, by keeping low fluoroelastomer concentration (identical with MB-G and MB-H), improve the poly melting index of using simultaneously during the masterbatch compounding, also can improve the fluoroelastomer particle diameter in the masterbatch.MB-11 has shown and produces big fluoroelastomer particle and carry their the third methods to die head, has wherein used the fluoroelastomer (FE-3) of viscosity higher with low concentration (identical with MB-G).Because FE-3 more is difficult to disperse than FE-1, so the MB-11 masterbatch is transported to die head with bigger fluoroelastomer particle, and more promptly eliminated fusion defects than MB-G.
Table IV
| MB-F | MB-G | MB-H | MB-7 | MB-8 | MB-9 | MB-10 | MB-11 | |
| LLDPE-1 | 99.9 | 99 | 95 | 88 | 75 | 99 | ||
| LLDPE-2 | 99 | 95 | ||||||
| FE-1 | 0.1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 5 | |
| FE-3 | 1 |
Extrudable composition of the present invention (EC-7 is to EC-11) and reference composition (EC-F, EC-G, EC-H, EC-I and EC-J) prepare by the polymkeric substance of dry blending masterbatch MB-7 to MB-11 and MB-F to H and nonfluorinated melt-processable, it is than being illustrated in Table V (value is weight %), ten kinds of extrudable compositions have been produced, every kind of FE-1 or FE-3 processing aid with the even content of 200ppm.
Table V
| EC-F | EC-G | EC-H | EC-7 | EC-8 | EC-9 | EC-10 | EC-I | EC-J | EC-11 | |
| LLDPE-1 | 80 | 98 | 99.6 | 99.83 | 99.92 | 98 | 99.6 | 96.02 | 99.22 | 98 |
| LLDPE-2 | 1.98 | 0.38 | ||||||||
| MB-F | 20 | |||||||||
| MB-G | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| MB-H | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| MB-7 | 0.17 | |||||||||
| MB-8 | 0.08 | |||||||||
| MB-9 | 2 | |||||||||
| MB-10 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| MB-11 | 2 |
Table VI show to use composition EC-F to EC-J and EC-7 to EC-11, carry out the result of extrusion test and grain diameter measurement according to the description among the embodiment 1.In order to confirm the tolerance range of the grain diameter measurement method of description among the embodiment 1, the fluoroelastomer particle in a sample (EC-7) uses Carl Zeiss LSM 510 confocal microscopes to characterize in addition.Use the 488nm laser line to be used to excite, use the Khoros software package to catch and analyze the 3-D view of particle.Use this equipment, minimum distinguishable particle size is 1 micron.
Table VI
| Extrudable composition | Masterbatch | Be transported to the weight average particle diameter (micron) of die head | Be transported to the particle size range (micron) of die head | Test is melted the body % that breaks when finishing | The orderliness time (min) | Die pressure (MPa) when test is finished |
| EC-F | MB-F | 2 | 2 | 35 | ＞60 | 17.3 |
| EC-G | MB-G | 1.7 | 1.7 | 40 | ＞60 | 17.8 |
| EC-H | MB-H | 2.1 | 2 | 30 | ＞60 | 16.8 |
| EC-7 | MB-7 | 4.1 | 4.8* | 0 | 25 | 12 |
| EC-8 | MB-8 | 13.1 | 6.6 | 0 | 22 | 10.6 |
| EC-9 | MB-9 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 11.2 |
| EC-10 | MB-10 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 0 | 14 | 10.5 |
| EC-I | MB-G | 1.7 | nm | 20 | ＞60 | 15.7 |
| EC-J | MB-H | 2.1 | nm | 5 | ＞60 | 14.3 |
| EC-11 | MB-11 | nm | 2.3 | 0 | 45 | 12.3 |
The nm=undetermined
* 4.56u by means of the confocal laser technology, counts 1100 particles and measures
The result's (EC-F contrasts to EC-J with contrast) who the present composition (EC-7 is to EC-11) is carried out extrusion test demonstrates wonderful improvement in eliminating metal defects and reduction die pressure.Contrast EC-F, G and H and sample EC-7 to 11 explanation, these process modification are that the weight average particle diameter that is transported to the fluoroelastomer processing aid of die head is brought up to the result who surpasses 2 microns threshold values.The measurement of the fluoroelastomer size of particles among masterbatch MB-F, G and H and the MB-7 and 8 confirms that it is coarse further that fluoroelastomer dispersion becomes along with improving the concentration of fluoroelastomer in masterbatch.Using embodiment 1 in 3, during used forcing machine structure,, to make the corresponding increase of fluoroelastomer particle diameter that is transported to die head because the weight average particle diameter of fluoroelastomer improves in the masterbatch.
EC-9 and EC-10 show, the roughness that improves fluoroelastomer dispersion can also reach by means of the poly melting index that raising is used for masterbatch production, and do not improve the content of fluoropolymer additive.The polymkeric substance that uses high fusion index nonfluorinated melt-processable is as the masterbatch carrier, estimate to have reduced to be used for the dispersing and mixing ability of the twin screw extruder that masterbatch produces, produced thus with using and compared more coarse fluoroelastomer dispersion than the resin of low melt index (for example 1.0MI).Comparative example EC-I and J explanation, 25 melting index LLDPE of the equivalent masterbatch (MB-E and MB-F) with the equal fluoroelastomer concentration of fine dispersion during extrusion test is introduced, not as the rapid elimination metal defects as shown in present composition EC-9 and the EC-10 with reduce die pressure greatly.
EC-11 shows, by improving the viscosity of fluoroelastomer, even when the concentration of fluoroelastomer in masterbatch when being low, also the weight average size of particles can be transported to die head greater than 2 microns fluoroelastomer.EC-11 also illustrates, weight average fluoroelastomer particle diameter less times greater than 2 microns with the weight average size of particles be 2 microns or compare more for a short time more effective, but not as the very large fluoroelastomer particle shown in the embodiment 1 to 3 (4 microns and bigger) effective like that.
The analysis that is transported to the fluoroelastomer particle diameter of die head among the EC-7 has shown that the manual particle counting technology of describing among the embodiment 1 is quite consistent with the automatic technology of using laser scanning confocal microscopy.
Embodiment 4
MB-12 composition of the present invention and contrast masterbatch MB-I and MB-J are shown in the Table VII.Value is weight %.Masterbatch MB-12 and MB-J produce on twin screw extruder by the method for describing among the embodiment 1.Masterbatch MB-I producing on twin screw extruder as described in Example 1, except processing temperature is 280 ℃ but not 200 ℃, and all other compounding parameters remain unchanged.This higher processing temperature is the representative temperature that is reached in the pelletizing forcing machine of commercially available polyethylene production period use.Fluoropolymer additive usually joins pelletizing forcing machine hopper by direct (promptly not using masterbatch) and introduces polyvinyl resin.
Table VII
| MB-12 | MB-I | MB-J | |
| LLDPE-1 | 96 | 96 | 96.39 |
| FE-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| PEG | 3 | 3 | 3.61 |
Be shown in the method production of extrudable composition in the Table VIII by describing among the embodiment 1.Extrudable composition EC-12 is a composition of the present invention, and all the other are Comparative composition.Value in the Table VIII is weight %.EC-12, EC-K and EC-M comprise FE-1 and the 600ppmPEG of 200ppm.EC-L comprises the PEG of 480ppm, but does not comprise fluoroelastomer.
Table VIII
| EC-12 | EC-K | EC-L | EC-M | |
| LLDPE-1 | 98 | 96.34 | 98.67 | 98 |
| MB-12 | 2 | |||
| MB-G | 2 | |||
| MB-I | 2 | |||
| MB-J | 1.66 | 1.33 |
Be summarized in extrusioning experiment result among the Table I X for example understand in compounding and improve the influence of amount of dispersing and mixing during extruding and interfacial agent for example PEG preventing the effect of fluoroelastomer particle under such dispersing and mixing, destroying.In addition, these description of tests, the extrudable composition that comprises the processing aid of forming by fluoroelastomer and PEG, wherein the ratio of PEG and fluoroelastomer processing aid be 3.0 and the fluoroelastomer weight average particle diameter be 2 microns or littler, the melt fracture defective is eliminated rapidly and pressure reduces significantly, and the present composition is characterised in that and the melt fracture defective is eliminated rapidly and pressure is reduced greatly.
In order to change the amount of dispersing and mixing during the extrusioning experiment, two kinds of different extruder screws have been used.First kind of screw rod is called metering screw at this, is described in embodiment 1.Second kind of screw rod is called the Maddock screw rod at this, comprises the Maddock hybrid element at discharge end.The L/D of Maddock screw rod is 25: 1, has 10 charging screw channels, 5 transition screw channels, 5 metering screw channels and Maddock mixing tank and comprises 5 last screw diameters.Extrusion capacity and shearing rate equate that for the Maddock screw rod, extruder screw speed is arranged to 52rpm in the die head in order to remain on, and are arranged to 45rpm (as described in Example 1) when using metering screw.All other extrusion test parameters are using different screw rod run durations to remain unchanged.Comprise hybrid element for example the screw rod of Maddock pin usually during the extruding of for example film article, use, to guarantee for example pigment (TiO for example of additive
2) or the good distribution of antiblocking agent (for example silicon-dioxide or talcum powder).Need be with little die gap because extrude these films, such goods usually use fluoropolymer additive to eliminate metal defects and to reduce die pressure, so that boost productivity.
Table I X
| Extrudable composition | Weight average particle diameter in masterbatch (micron) | Be transported to the weight average particle diameter (micron) of die head | Test is melted the body % that breaks when finishing | The orderliness time (min) | Die pressure (MPa) when test is finished | The type of extruder screw |
| EC-8 | 13.1 | 6.6 | 0 | 22 | 10.6 | Metering |
| EC-8 | 13.1 | 1.0 | 2 | ＞60 | 12.5 | Maddock |
| EC-12 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0 | 40 | 11.2 | Metering |
| EC-12 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0 | 50 | 11.9 | Maddock |
| EC-K | 1.7 | 1.4 | 30 | ＞60 | 16.6 | Metering |
| EC-L | No particle | No particle | 100 | ＞60 | 19.2 | Metering |
| EC-M | 2.2 | 1.9 | 25 | ＞60 | 14.5 | Maddock |
As shown in Table IX, when using the test of Maddock screw rod, EC-8 shows that the big fluoroelastomer particle diameter that enters forcing machine in masterbatch not necessarily is enough to guarantee good processing aid performance.In this embodiment, the Maddock screw rod is separated into 1.0 microns weight average particle diameter with fluoroelastomer, and composition can not be eliminated metal defects in one hour.Notice that when the metering screw in using embodiment 3 was tested, EC-8 carried big fluoroelastomer particle to die head, and has eliminated melt fracture in 22 minutes.By contrast, the EC-12 performance better, and is irrelevant with screw-type.It is 3.0 microns fluoroelastomer particle that MB-12 comprises weight average particle diameter, and PEG plays the destructive interfacial agent effect during extruding of restriction fluoroelastomer particle in EC-12, make weight-average diameter be transported to die head greater than 2.0 microns fluoroelastomer particle, and irrelevant with screw-type.Although EC-12 represents composition of the present invention among the Table I X, further increase dispersing and mixing in the forcing machine and may reduce arrive 2 microns value of the weight average fluoroelastomer particle diameter that is transported to die head by EC-12.EC-K and EC-M have all illustrated this situation.EC-K has the LLDPE identical with EC-12, fluoroelastomer and PEG and forms, but is transported to the fluoroelastomer particle less (weight average is less than 2 microns) of die head.EC-K is by the known masterbatch and the masterbatch production that comprises PEG that comprises little fluoroelastomer particle of blend.In this way, be eliminated by the interfacial agent effect that PEG provides therebetween in the masterbatch compounding.Result among the Table I X shows that when little fluoroelastomer particle was transported to die head, PEG did not improve processing aid performance (contrast EC-K and EC-G).EC-K can not eliminate metal defects in one hour, do not show that also big die pressure reduces, and was 1.4 microns because be transported to the particle diameter of the weight average fluoroelastomer of die head.
For EC-M, the result among the Table I X shows, exists the polyoxyethylene glycol interfacial agent can not guarantee to produce extrudable composition of the present invention by this masterbatch in masterbatch.Although MB-12 comprises the fluoropolymer and the polyoxyethylene glycol of equal size mutually with MB-I, the fluoropolymer particles among the MB-I is than the weight average size among the MB-12 littler (2.2 microns to 3.0 microns).The difference of fluoropolymer particle diameter has been considered to improve the result who produces the compounding temperature of masterbatch MB-I.Because 2.2 microns weight average particle diameters of MB-I are near critical 2 microns threshold values, though therefore in the forcing machine fluoropolymer dispersive slight extent improve and can cause also that the fluoropolymer weight average particle diameter is reduced to and be lower than 2.0 microns, damaged the performance of processing aid thus.For EC-M, data presentation among the Table I X, the Maddock screw rod makes among the MB-I weight average fluoropolymer particle diameter be reduced to 1.9 microns from 2.2 microns in EC-M when being transported to die head, so EC-M is eliminating melt fracture or reducing in the die pressure effective not as extrudable composition of the present invention.
Only use the contrast extrusion test of PEG (EC-L) to confirm, PEG can not eliminate metal defects, reduce die pressure or produce that may to be mistaken as be the particle of fluoroelastomer.
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1. be used for the extrudable composition by die head, described composition comprises:
A) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable;
B) gross weight based on described extrudable composition is the fluoropolymer of 25 to 2000 parts/1,000,000 parts of weight, and the weight average particle diameter of described fluoropolymer is greater than 2 microns with less than 10 microns when the point measurement before die head just; With
C) interfacial agent, its consumption be at least make the fluoropolymer weight average particle diameter when the point measurement before die head just for greater than 2 microns with less than 10 microns significant quantity, but the weight ratio of interfacial agent and fluoropolymer is not more than 5: 1.
2. processing aid concentrate composition, it comprises:
A) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable;
B) gross weight based on described masterbatch is the fluoropolymer of 1 to 50 weight percentage, it is selected from i) fluoroelastomer, the mooney viscosity of this fluoroelastomer was determined as 60 to 80 at 121 ℃ of following use ectotrochanters according to ASTM D 1646 under condition ML1+10 minute, ii) semi-crystalline fluoropolymer, the melting index of this semi-crystalline fluoropolymer according to ASTM D 1238 be determined under 265 ℃, 5 kilogram weight concrete conditions in the establishment of a specific crime 0.5 and 3.0dg/min between; With
C) interfacial agent, its amount is at least the significant quantity of improving processing characteristics, but the weight ratio of interfacial agent and fluoropolymer is not more than 5: 1, condition is if described interfacial agent is poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance, and its weight ratio with poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance and fluoropolymer existed less than 1: 1.
3. composition, it comprises a) fluoropolymer and b) polycaprolactone.
4. the composition of claim 3, the weight ratio of polycaprolactone and fluoropolymer is for the highest 5: 1 in the wherein said composition.
5. composition, it comprises:
A) fluoropolymer, it is selected from i) fluoroelastomer, the mooney viscosity of this fluoroelastomer was determined as 60 to 80 at 121 ℃ of following use ectotrochanters according to ASTM D 1646 under condition ML1+10 minute, ii) semi-crystalline fluoropolymer, the melting index of this semi-crystalline fluoropolymer according to ASTM D 1238 be determined under 265 ℃, 5 kilogram weight concrete conditions in the establishment of a specific crime 0.5 and 3.0dg/min between; With
B) interfacial agent, its consumption are that the weight ratio of interfacial agent and fluoropolymer is not more than 5: 1.
6. the composition of claim 5, it also comprises C) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable.
7. claim 1 or 3 composition, wherein said fluoropolymer is a fluoroelastomer.
8. the ML (1+10) under the composition of claim 7, wherein said fluoroelastomer measure at 121 ℃ of following use ectotrochanters according to ASTM D 1646 121 ℃ is for the highest by 80.
9. claim 1 or 3 composition, wherein said fluoropolymer is a semi-crystalline fluoropolymer.
10. the composition of claim 9, the melting index of wherein said semi-crystalline fluoropolymer according to ASTM D 1238 be determined under 265 ℃, 5 kilogram weight concrete conditions in the establishment of a specific crime 0.5 and 3.0dg/min between.
11. the composition of claim 1 or 3, wherein said fluoropolymer are the multimodal fluoropolymers.
12. the composition of claim 1, the weight average particle diameter of wherein said fluoropolymer is greater than 4 microns when the point measurement before die head just.
13. the composition of claim 12, the weight average particle diameter of wherein said fluoropolymer is greater than 6 microns when the point measurement before die head just.
14. claim 1,2 or 6 any one compositions, the polymkeric substance of wherein said nonfluorinated melt-processable is selected from i) hydrocarbon resin, ii) polymeric amide, iii) chlorinatedpolyethylene, iv) polyvinyl chloride and v) polyester.
15. the composition of claim 14, the polymkeric substance of wherein said nonfluorinated melt-processable are to be selected from following hydrocarbon resin: i) polyethylene, ii) polypropylene, iii) polybutene-1, iv) poly-(3-methyl butene), v) poly-(methylpentene) and the vi) multipolymer of ethene and alpha-olefin.
16. claim 1,2 or 5 any one compositions, wherein said interfacial agent is selected from i) polysiloxane-polyether copolymer; Ii) aliphatic polyester; Iii) aromatic polyester; Iv) polyether polyol; V) amine oxide; Vi) carboxylic-acid; Vii) fatty acid ester; Viii) poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance.
17. the composition of claim 16, wherein said interfacial agent is an aliphatic polyester.
18. the composition of claim 17, wherein said aliphatic polyester is a polycaprolactone.
19. claim 3,4 or 18 any one compositions, the number-average molecular weight of wherein said polycaprolactone is between 1000 and 32000.
20. the composition of claim 19, the number-average molecular weight of wherein said polycaprolactone is between 2000 and 10000.
21. the composition of claim 20, the number-average molecular weight of wherein said polycaprolactone is between 2000 and 4000.
22. the composition of claim 16, wherein said interfacial agent are poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance.
23. the composition of claim 22, wherein said poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance exists less than 1: 1 with the weight ratio of poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance and fluoropolymer.
24. a composition that is used for by die head, described composition comprises:
A) polymkeric substance of nonfluorinated melt-processable;
B) fluoroelastomer of 25-2000ppm, the mooney viscosity of described fluoroelastomer was determined as 60 to 80 at 121 ℃ of following use ectotrochanters according to ASTM D 1646 under condition ML1+10 minute; With
C) interfacial agent, its consumption are that the weight ratio of interfacial agent and fluoropolymer is not more than 5: 1, and described interfacial agent is polymkeric substance and all different thermoplastic polymer of described fluoropolymer with described nonfluorinated melt-processable.
25. the composition of claim 24, wherein said interfacial agent is selected from i) polysiloxane-polyether copolymer; Ii) aliphatic polyester; Iii) aromatic polyester; Iv) polyether polyol; V) poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance.
26. the composition of claim 24, the polymkeric substance of wherein said nonfluorinated melt-processable are to be selected from following hydrocarbon resin: i) polyethylene, ii) polypropylene, iii) polybutene-1, iv) poly-(3-methyl butene), v) poly-(methylpentene) and the vi) multipolymer of ethene and alpha-olefin.
27. be used for extruding the processing aid compositions of nonfluorinated melt processable polymers at extrusion temperature, described processing aid compositions comprises:
A) based on the gross weight of described processing aid compositions, the fluoroelastomer of at least 1 weight percentage, the mooney viscosity of described fluoroelastomer was determined as 60 to 80 at 121 ℃ of following use ectotrochanters according to ASTM D 1646 under condition ML1+10 minute; With
B) based on the gross weight of described processing aid compositions, the interfacial agent of at least 1 weight percentage, its consumption is that the weight ratio of interfacial agent and fluoroelastomer is not more than 5: 1, described interfacial agent is the thermoplastic polymer different with described fluoroelastomer, and described interfacial agent is melted under described extrusion temperature.
28. the composition of claim 27, wherein said interfacial agent is selected from i) polysiloxane-polyether copolymer; Ii) aliphatic polyester; Iii) aromatic polyester; Iv) polyether polyol; V) poly-(oxyalkylene) polymkeric substance.
29. the composition of claim 27, wherein said nonfluorinated melt processable polymers is to be selected from following hydrocarbon resin: i) polyethylene, ii) polypropylene, iii) polybutene-1, iv) poly-(3-methyl butene), v) poly-(methylpentene) and the vi) multipolymer of ethene and alpha-olefin.
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