KR20140139096A - Magnesium hydroxide particles and resin composition containing same - Google Patents

Abstract

Wherein the crystal contour is hexagonal main particles having hexagonal basal planes of two upper and lower surfaces parallel to each other and main surfaces of six outer circumferential surfaces formed between the basal surfaces and the hexagonal main particles having a size in the c- 1.5㎛, and the size of the c-axis direction is at least 60% of the median grain size of the hexagonal primary particle shape, and the inflection point 0.1~0.4㎛ size, the inter-particle pore 0.6 × 10 ^-3 ~1.0 × 10 ^-3 m < ³ > kg < ^-1 >, and a resin composition comprising the magnesium hydroxide particles having a purity of 98 mass% or more.

Description

MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME [0002]

The present invention relates to magnesium hydroxide particles and a resin composition containing the magnesium hydroxide particles.

Magnesium hydroxide is added as a flame retardant for a resin composition because it is free from the generation of toxic gases at the time of sintering and has excellent environmental properties.

In the conventional magnesium hydroxide, fine crystals of magnesium hydroxide coagulate to form an aggregate having an average secondary particle size of about 10 to 100 mu m. The magnesium oxide produced from these materials as raw materials could only be obtained that had a non-uniform particle size. Therefore, when the magnesium hydroxide or magnesium oxide is used as an additive for a resin, the dispersibility is poor and the function as an additive is not sufficiently exhibited, and the inherent physical properties of the resin are impaired. In order to solve such a problem, magnesium hydroxide having a specific shape for the purpose of improving dispersibility has been proposed (Patent Document 1).

However, the magnesium hydroxide disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a somewhat improved dispersibility because of its shape change, but it is not sufficient. In addition, since magnesium hydroxide disclosed in Patent Document 1 contains fine particles or particles having irregular crystal shapes, when the mixture is kneaded with a synthetic resin as an additive, the viscosity of the resin increases sharply and fluidity and workability deteriorate , There is a problem that the molding speed is lowered and the productivity is deteriorated.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-306659

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and to provide a magnesium hydroxide particle having good fluidity and dispersibility when mixed with a resin, and a resin composition containing the magnesium hydroxide particle.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the inventors of the present invention have conducted various investigations. As a result, they have found that when magnesium hydroxide particles having a uniform crystal form are used as additives for a resin composition without containing fine particles and irregular- The present invention has been accomplished. The present inventors have also found that the above magnesium hydroxide particles can be prepared by preparing magnesium oxide used in a hydration reaction using a predetermined amount of magnesium hydroxide slurry containing iron, vanadium and manganese, Can be obtained by hydrating magnesium oxide.

That is, the present invention provides a hexagonal main shape particle having a hexagonal base surface of two upper and lower surfaces parallel to each other and a hexagonal main surface particle formed between the bases and having six main surfaces on the outer circumference, Wherein the size of the particles in the c-axis direction is 0.5 to 1.5 탆, the size in the c-axis direction is 60% or more of the median particle size of the hexagonal pearl-shaped particles, the inflection point size is 0.1 to 0.4 탆 , Voids between particles of 0.6 x 10 ^{-3 to} 1.0 x 10 ^-3 m ³ kg ^-1 , and a purity of 98 mass% or more.

The present invention relates to the above-mentioned magnesium hydroxide particles, wherein the content of Fe is 100 to 500 ppm, the content of V is 30 to 250 ppm, and the content of Mn is 10 to 150 ppm.

The invention, and the mode size is 0.1~0.3㎛ in the pore distribution, the mode volume is about the ^{2.3 × 10 -3 ~2.8 × 10 -3} m 3 · kg -1 is, magnesium hydroxide particles according to the above .

The present invention relates to the magnesium hydroxide particles described above, wherein the zeta potential is from -20 to-25 mV.

The present invention relates to a process for producing magnesium hydroxide,

(a) a step of adding a magnesium hydroxide, an iron compound, a vanadium compound and a manganese compound to a solvent and stirring to obtain a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese, The addition amount of V is 30 to 250 ppm and the addition amount of Mn is 10 to 150 ppm,

(b) a step of filtering, washing and drying a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese to obtain magnesium hydroxide coarse particles,

(c) firing the magnesium hydroxide coagulator at 800 to 1900 deg. C in an atmospheric environment to obtain magnesium oxide particles, and

(d) a magnesium oxide powder having a median particle size of 3 to 30 占 퐉 and a crystallite size of 10 占^10-9 m or more, obtained by pulverizing and screening magnesium oxide particles, at 100 占 폚 , Followed by a hydration reaction of magnesium oxide under high shear stirring, followed by filtering, washing with water and drying the obtained solid content to obtain magnesium hydroxide particles To a process for producing magnesium hydroxide particles.

The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising the above-mentioned magnesium hydroxide particles or magnesium hydroxide particles obtained by the above-described production method as (I) epoxy resin, (II) curing agent, (III) inorganic filler and (IV) .

The present invention relates to the resin composition described above, wherein the amount of the magnesium hydroxide particles is 1 to 35 mass% of the resin composition.

The present invention relates to a resin composition described above which is a sealing agent for a semiconductor.

The present invention relates to a semiconductor device using the resin composition described above.

According to the present invention, magnesium hydroxide particles having good fluidity and dispersibility when mixed with a resin and a resin composition containing the magnesium hydroxide particles can be obtained.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the appearance of magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention. Fig.

1. Magnesium hydroxide particles

The magnesium hydroxide particle of the present invention is a magnesium hydroxide particle having a hexagonal main shape as shown in Fig. 1 and a size in the c-axis direction (hereinafter referred to as " Lc ") of 0.5 to 1.5 m. In the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention, Lc is preferably 0.9 to 1.4 탆. The ratio of Lc to the median particle size (d) of the magnesium hydroxide particles, that is, Lc / d is preferably 60% or more and Lc / d is preferably 60 to 150%, more preferably 65 to 90% Do.

When Lc / d is 60% or more, the fluidity of the magnesium hydroxide particles to the resin becomes good. This indicates that the larger the value of Lc / d, the more the hexagonal main shape grains are developed in the c-axis direction. There is some interaction at the interface between the magnesium hydroxide particles and the resin, which causes the free motion of the resin to be restricted. Generally, this tendency is affected by the shape of the particles. That is, the greater the degree of shape anisotropy, the greater the influence. Since the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention are particles sufficiently grown in the c-axis direction, they are based on the reason that the shape anisotropy is smaller than those of the conventional magnesium hydroxide particles and the factors impeding the free motion of the resin are small. The median particle size (d) of the magnesium hydroxide particles is not particularly limited as long as the above-mentioned Lc / d is satisfied, but is preferably set in the range of 0.1 占 10 占 m.

Further, Lc, which is the size in the c-axis direction of the magnesium hydroxide particles, is a measurement value of particles having the greatest length in the field of view under a scanning electron microscope, and the median particle size is determined by using a laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution measuring apparatus Is the cumulative 50% particle size (D ₅₀ ) of the volumetric reference measured.

The magnesium hydroxide particle of the present invention has an inflection point size of 0.1 to 0.4 m and intergranular porosity of 0.6 x 10 ^{-3 to} 1.0 x 10 ^-3 m ³ kg ^-1 . In the present invention, the inflection point size and intergranular voids can be obtained by mercury intrusion pore distribution measurement. The relationship curve between the pore diameter and the cumulative pore volume obtained by mercury intrusion pore distribution measurement is called the cumulative pore volume curve.

Specifically, in the mercury intrusion pore distribution measurement, the pore diameter determined by the pressing pressure on the abscissa and the cumulative pore volume on the ordinate are plotted to obtain the cumulative pore volume curve. Conversion from mercury intrusion pressure to pore diameter is performed using the following formula (I) (Washburn's equation).

D = - (1 / P) 4? Cos? (I)

Here, D: pore diameter (m),

P: Pressure (Pa)

γ: surface tension of mercury (485 dyne / cm (0.485 Pa · m)),

ψ: the contact angle of mercury (130 ° = 2.26893 rad).

The inflection point size refers to the pore diameter at the point where the largest pore diameter among the inflection points at which the cumulative pore volume curve sharply rises. The intergranular voids are the cumulative pore volume at the inflection point size. If the inflection point size and intergranular porosity are in the range of the present invention, the crystal form and particle size of the magnesium hydroxide particles are uniform, and there are extremely few aggregates or amorphous crystal grains.

If the inflection point size is less than 0.1 mu m, the magnesium hydroxide particles contain fine particles having a non-uniform crystal form. Therefore, when magnesium hydroxide particles having an inflection point size of less than 0.1 占 퐉 are kneaded in a synthetic resin as an additive, the viscosity of the resin increases sharply and fluidity deteriorates. In addition, when the inflection point size exceeds 0.4 탆, the crystal shape of some of the particles of the magnesium hydroxide becomes irregular, the particles tend to flocculate, and coarse and coarse particles are formed. Therefore, when particles having an inflection point size exceeding 0.4 탆 are kneaded in a synthetic resin as an additive, coarse and coarse agglomerates are formed, the particles tend to settle in the resin, and fluidity and workability are impaired. In the present invention, the inflection point size is preferably 0.2 to 0.3 mu m.

When the intergranular voids are less than 0.6 x 10 < ^-3 > m < ³ > kg < ^-1 >, the magnesium hydroxide particles contain fine particles having uneven crystal form. Therefore, when magnesium hydroxide particles having intergranular voids of less than 0.6 10 ^-3 m ³ · kg ^-1 are kneaded in a synthetic resin as an additive, the resin does not penetrate to the inside of the particles, and particles or voids which are not completely dispersed are formed It becomes easier to do. Also, the fluidity is deteriorated accordingly. In addition, when the intergranular voids exceed 1.0 × 10 ^-3 m ³ · kg ^-1 , the crystal shape of some of the particles of the magnesium hydroxide becomes irregular, the particles tend to flocculate, and coarse and coarse particles are formed. Therefore, when the magnesium hydroxide particles as an additive to the inter-particle pores exceeds ^{1.0 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1 -kneading a synthetic resin, to form a rough and loose aggregates, said particles are easy to precipitate the resin, or fluid Thereby deteriorating processability. In the present invention, it is preferable that the intergranular voids are in the range of 0.7 × 10 ^-3 to 0.9 × 10 ^-3 m ³ · kg ^-1 .

The magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention have a purity of 98.0% by mass or more. In this range, dissolution of impurities is extremely suppressed and can be preferably used as an additive for a resin used as a high-function material. The purity of the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention is preferably 98.5 to 99.9 mass%.

In the present specification, the purity is defined as an impurity element (Ag, Al, B, Ba, Bi, Cd, Cl, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ga, In, K, Li, Mn, Ni, P, Pb, S, Si, Sr, Tl, V, Zn, Ti and Zr) is measured and the total content thereof is subtracted from 100 mass%. The impurity element (Ag, Al, B, Ba, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ga, In, K, Li, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, , Sr, Ti, V, Zn, Ti, and Zr) was determined by dissolving the sample in an acid using an ICP emission spectrometer and measuring the mass. The amount of Cl was determined by dissolving the sample in an acid using a spectrophotometer, The measured value is used.

The magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention preferably have a content of iron (Fe) of 100 to 500 ppm, a content of vanadium (V) of 30 to 250 ppm, and a content of manganese (Mn) of 10 to 150 ppm. When the content of Fe is 100 to 500 ppm, the content of V is 30 to 250 ppm, and the content of Mn is 10 to 150 ppm, the crystalline form of the magnesium hydroxide particles can be easily made uniform, and the elution of metal impurities And can be preferably used as an additive, for example, as a flame retardant. It is more preferable that the Fe content is 150 to 400 ppm, the V content is 60 to 120 ppm, and the Mn content is 40 to 80 ppm.

The magnesium hydroxide of the present invention preferably has a mode size of 0.1 to 0.3 mu m. The magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention preferably have a mode volume of 2.3 x 10 ^{-3 to} 2.8 x 10 ^-3 m ³揃 kg ^-1 . Such a mode size and a mode volume are preferable in that the crystal shape and the particle size of the magnesium hydroxide particles are more uniform and the aggregate or amorphous crystal grains are extremely small.

The mode volume and mode size of the present invention can be obtained by measurement of mercury intrusion pore distribution where the mode volume is the maximum value of the log differential pore volume distribution curve and the mode size is the maximum value of the log differential pore volume distribution curve Is the corresponding pore diameter. When the pore distribution of the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention is measured by mercury porosimetry, the mode size corresponds to the diameter of the pores between the magnesium hydroxide particles.

The magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention preferably have a zeta potential of -20 to -25 mV, and more preferably -21 to -25 mV. When the zeta potential is in this range, the dispersibility into the resin becomes better and sufficient fluidity can be obtained.

2. Process for producing magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention

The magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention can be produced, for example, as follows. First, a magnesium hydroxide, an iron compound, a vanadium compound and a manganese compound are added to a solvent and stirred to obtain a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese, followed by filtering, washing and drying to obtain a magnesium hydroxide coagulator. Subsequently, the magnesium hydroxide coagulator is fired at a temperature in the range of 800 to 1900 DEG C to obtain a magnesium oxide raw material. Next, magnesium oxide powder having a median particle size of 3 to 30 占 퐉 and a crystallite size of 10 占^10-9 m or more, obtained by pulverizing and screening the magnesium oxide particles, is added to hot water at 100 占 폚 or less with an organic acid added , Hydration reaction of the magnesium oxide powder is carried out under high shear stirring, and the resulting solid component is separated, washed with water and dried to obtain magnesium hydroxide particles according to the production method of the present invention.

Specifically, in the method for producing magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention,

(a) a step of adding a magnesium hydroxide, an iron compound, a vanadium compound and a manganese compound to a solvent and stirring to obtain a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese, The addition amount of vanadium is 30 to 250 ppm, the addition amount of manganese is 10 to 150 ppm,

(b) a step of filtering, washing and drying a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese to obtain a magnesium hydroxide coagulator,

(c) firing the magnesium hydroxide coagulator at 800 to 1900 deg. C in an atmospheric environment to obtain magnesium oxide particles, and

(d) a magnesium oxide powder having a median particle size of 3 to 30 占 퐉 and a crystallite size of 10 占^10-9 m or more, obtained by pulverizing and screening magnesium oxide particles, is added in hot water at 100 占 폚 or less with addition of an organic acid , Followed by a hydration reaction of magnesium oxide under high shear stirring, and then separating, washing with water and drying the resulting solid content to obtain magnesium hydroxide particles.

(1) Step (a)

The step (a) is a step of adding a magnesium hydroxide, an iron compound, a vanadium compound and a manganese compound to a solvent and stirring to obtain a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese, Is 100 to 500 ppm, the addition amount of vanadium is 30 to 250 ppm, and the addition amount of manganese is 10 to 150 ppm.

The magnesium hydroxide used in the step (a) is not particularly limited as long as it is magnesium hydroxide having a purity of 95% or more and a median particle size of 0.5 to 50 탆 or so. Magnesium hydroxide having such a median particle size can be obtained by milling a commercially available magnesium hydroxide with a pot mill or the like. Examples of the commercially available magnesium hydroxide include MAGSTAR # 20, MAGSTAR # 4, MAGSTAR # 5 and MAGSTAR # 2 manufactured by Tateho Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Examples of the iron compound include iron oxide (ferric oxide and ferric oxide), iron hydroxide, ferric carbonate, ferric chloride and ferric nitrate, and iron oxide is preferable. The iron compound may be used alone, or a plurality of iron compounds may be used in combination.

Examples of the vanadium compound include vanadium oxide, vanadium hydroxide, vanadium carbonate, vanadium chloride and vanadium nitrate, and vanadium oxide is preferable. The vanadium compound may be used alone or in combination with a plurality of vanadium compounds.

As the manganese compound, manganese oxide, manganese hydroxide, manganese carbonate, manganese chloride and manganese nitrate can be mentioned, and manganese oxide is preferable. The manganese compound may be used alone, or a plurality of manganese compounds may be used in combination.

As the solvent, ion-exchanged water can be mentioned. The concentration of magnesium hydroxide in the slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese is not particularly limited and is preferably 50% by weight or less, more preferably 10 to 40% by mass.

The amount of the iron compound, the vanadium compound and the manganese compound to be used is preferably 100 to 500 ppm, more preferably 150 to 400 ppm, and the vanadium added amount is 30 to 250 ppm, preferably 60 to 120 ppm, based on the magnesium hydroxide, , The addition amount of manganese is 10 to 150 ppm, preferably 40 to 80 ppm. The amount of the iron compound, the vanadium compound and the manganese compound, which is the amount of iron added, the amount of vanadium added, and the amount added of manganese, is such that magnesium hydroxide particles having a uniform crystal form can be obtained by calcination and hydration, The inflection point size and the interstitial porosity are included in the ranges described in the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention.

In the present invention, magnesium hydroxide as a raw material may contain iron, vanadium or manganese in some cases. In this case, the content of iron, vanadium and manganese in the magnesium hydroxide as the raw material is measured in advance, and then the iron compound, the vanadium compound and the manganese compound are added so that the amount of iron, vanadium and manganese added to the magnesium hydroxide is the above- And the mixture is stirred to obtain a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese.

The stirring can be carried out, for example, at 10 to 50 DEG C at a rotation speed of 100 to 800 rpm for 0.5 to 5 hours.

(2) Step (b)

The step (b) is a step of obtaining a magnesium hydroxide coagulant by filtering, washing with water and drying the slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese obtained in the step (a). As a result, a magnesium hydroxide coagulant containing iron, vanadium and manganese before firing can be obtained. Magnesium hydroxide coagulants before firing include iron, vanadium and manganese derived from slurries comprising magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese. Filtration can be performed using a filter paper or the like, and washing with water can be performed by adding 5 to 100 times pure water to the magnesium hydroxide on a mass basis.

(3) Step (c)

The step (c) is a step of obtaining the magnesium oxide particles by firing the magnesium hydroxide coagulant obtained in the step (b) at 800 to 1900 deg. C in an atmospheric environment. The firing of the magnesium hydroxide coagulator is carried out, for example, by raising the temperature to a temperature raising rate of 1 to 20 占 폚 / min, preferably 3 to 10 占 폚 / min and 800 to 1900 占 폚, preferably 1000 to 1500 占 폚, Followed by firing at 800 to 1900 ° C, preferably 1000 to 1500 ° C, for 0.1 to 5 hours.

(4) Step (d)

The step (d) is a step in which magnesium oxide powder having a median particle size of 3 to 30 탆 and a crystallite size of 10 × 10 ^-9 m or more, obtained by pulverizing and screening the magnesium oxide particles obtained in the step (c) Adding water to warm water at a temperature of not more than 100 ° C, followed by hydration reaction of the magnesium oxide powder under high shear stirring, and then separating, washing with water and drying the resulting solid content to obtain magnesium hydroxide particles.

The size of the median particle of the magnesium oxide powder obtained by the pulverization and screening used in the hydration reaction is 3 to 30 탆, preferably 5 to 20 탆, more preferably 5 to 15 탆. When the magnesium oxide in this range is used as the raw material, the hydration reaction proceeds sufficiently and the magnesium hydroxide that has not reacted with hydration completely does not remain, so that magnesium hydroxide of the desired size can be obtained. The crystallite size is preferably 10 x 10 ^-9 m or more, more preferably 10 x 10 ^-9 to 40 x 10 ^-9 m, and more preferably 10 x 10 ^-9 to 30 x 10 ^-9 m. When magnesium oxide in this range is used as a raw material, the reaction rate at the time of hydration is suppressed and coarse and coarse agglomerated particles are not obtained. The crystallite size refers to a value calculated by the Scherrer equation using an X-ray diffraction method.

The organic acid is added to suppress the solubility of the magnesium oxide powder as a raw material. As the organic acid, an aliphatic or aromatic organic acid having a carboxyl group can be mentioned, and formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid and benzoic acid are preferable. The amount of the organic acid to be added is preferably 0.01 to 3.0 mol, and more preferably 0.01 to 0.30 mol, per 100 g of the magnesium oxide powder used in the step (d). In such an amount, the precipitation rate of crystals is moderate, and the difference in the median particle size of the obtained magnesium hydroxide particles is small.

The hydration reaction is carried out in hot water at 100 DEG C or lower, for example, 50 to 100 DEG C under high shear stirring. The temperature of the hot water is preferably 60 to 100 占 폚. As water used for hot water, ion exchange water is preferable in order to avoid the intrusion of impurities. The high-shear agitation can be performed by stirring the hydrated magnesium oxide sufficiently to obtain a desired magnesium hydroxide slurry, for example, by using a high-speed stirrer equipped with a turbine blade. The peripheral velocity of the agitator is preferably 8 to 18 m / s, more preferably 9 to 15 m / s. The mixing time can be changed according to the degree of hydration reaction of magnesium oxide, and can be, for example, 0.5 to 6 hours.

By the above process, magnesium hydroxide particles produced by the production method of the present invention are obtained. The magnesium hydroxide particles obtained by the production method of the present invention are preferably the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention.

The magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention can improve various functions such as affinity to resins, acid resistance, water resistance and ultraviolet ray absorbability by carrying out various surface treatments. The magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention exhibit improved dispersion in the resin as described above, and even when the function is imparted by the surface treatment as described above, the magnesium hydroxide particles can sufficiently exhibit their functions.

Examples of the surface treatment agent for improving the affinity with the resin include a higher fatty acid or an alkali metal salt thereof, a phosphoric acid ester, a silane coupling agent, and a fatty acid ester of a polyvalent alcohol. In addition, in order to improve the acid resistance and waterproof property, for example, coating with silica coating by hydrolysis of methyl silicate or ethyl silicate, coating with silicone oil, polyfluoroalkylene acid ester salt or the like is carried out. Further, in order to enhance ultraviolet ray absorbability, for example, titanyl sulfate is subjected to a hydrolysis reaction to coat titanium dioxide. The above-described surface treatment may be performed by combining a plurality of these.

3. Resin composition

The resin composition of the present invention contains the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention or the magnesium hydroxide particles obtained by the production method of the present invention as the epoxy resin, (II) curing agent, (III) inorganic filler and (IV) do.

The epoxy resin of component (I) is not particularly limited, and known epoxy resins can be used. Specific examples thereof include bisphenol A epoxy resin, phenol novolak epoxy resin, cresol novolak epoxy resin and biphenyl epoxy resin. And a cresol novolak type epoxy resin is preferable.

The curing agent of the component (II) is not particularly limited and a known one can be used. Examples thereof include a phenol resin, an acid anhydride and an amine compound, and a phenol resin is preferable.

Examples of the inorganic filler of the component (III) include quartz glass powder, talc, silica powder, alumina powder, calcium carbonate, boron nitride, silicon nitride and carbon black powder. Among them, silica powder is preferable, and spherical silica powder, especially spherical fused silica powder, is particularly preferable.

The resin composition of the present invention can be obtained by kneading the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention or the magnesium hydroxide particles obtained by the production method of the present invention together with (I) an epoxy resin, (II) a curing agent and (III) an inorganic filler . In this resin composition, the blending amount of the magnesium hydroxide flame retarder is preferably 1 to 35% by mass of the whole resin composition, more preferably the sum of the inorganic substances, that is, the total blending amount of the magnesium hydroxide additive and the inorganic filler, More preferably 60 to 95% by mass.

The above-mentioned resin composition is excellent in environmental resistance such as flame retardancy, moisture resistance, acid resistance and the like, and is useful as a sealing agent for a semiconductor, so that various semiconductor devices sealed with the resin composition can be produced.

The resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation is not particularly limited as long as it can uniformly disperse and mix various raw materials. Specific examples thereof include, for example, a method in which the components are thoroughly mixed by a mixer or the like, melt-kneaded by a mixing roll or an extruder, cooled and pulverized and molded into granules, Or a mixture of the respective components of the resin composition is placed on a pallet, and the resulting mixture is cooled and press-rolled, rolled or mixed with a solvent to form a sheet, Or the like, and the like.

The sealing method of the semiconductor element using the resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation thus obtained is not particularly limited and a known molding method such as a normal transfer molding can be used.

[Example]

The present invention will be described concretely with reference to Examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following Examples.

Median particle size, Lc, purity and pore distribution (inflection point size, intergranular voids, mode volume, mode size) of the obtained magnesium hydroxide particles and magnesium oxide particles in the examples were measured by the following methods.

(1) Measurement of Lc

Lc of the particles having the maximum length in the visual field was measured by scanning electron microscope observation.

(2) Measurement of median particle size (cumulative 50% particle size (D ₅₀ ) on a volume basis)

The median particle size was measured using a laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution analyzer (trade name: MT3300, manufactured by Nikkiso Co., Ltd., Nikkou).

(3) Mass measurement method of impurity element in magnesium hydroxide

The impurity element (Ag, Al, B, Ba, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ga, In, K, Li, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, , Sr, Tl, V, Zn, Ti and Zr) was dissolved in an acid by using an ICP emission spectrometer (trade name: SPS-5100; Seiko Instruments Inc., Seiko Instruments Inc.)

The amount of Cl was determined by dissolving the sample in an acid using a spectrophotometer (trade name: UV-2550, Shimadzu Corporation, Shimadzu Corporation) and then measuring the mass.

(4) Purity measurement method

The purity of magnesium hydroxide was calculated as a value obtained by subtracting the mass of the impurity element measured by the above-mentioned " Method for measuring the mass of impurity element in magnesium hydroxide " at 100 mass%.

(5) Measurement of pore distribution (inflection point size, intergranular porosity, mode volume and mode size)

The maximum value (mode volume) and pore diameter (mode size) of inflection point size, intergranular porosity, log differential pore volume distribution curve obtained by measurement of mercury intrusion pore distribution were obtained under the following conditions. The mercury intrusion pore distribution measurement apparatus was measured using Autopore 9410 manufactured by Micrometrics (manufactured by Micrometrics). Mercury was a high-grade mercury reagent having a purity of 99.5 mass% or more and a density of 13.5335 × 10 ³ kg / m ³ . The measurement cell used was a cell for a powder sample having a cell volume of 5 × 10 ^-6 m ³ and a stem volume of 0.38 × 10 ^-6 m ³ . The measurement sample was precisely measured in the range of mass 0.10 × 10 ^{-3 to} 0.13 × 10 ^-3 kg, and the measurement cell was filled with the sample whose particle size was adjusted in advance with a 330 mesh standard screen (JIS-R8801-87). After attaching the measuring cell to the apparatus, the inside of the cell was kept at a reduced pressure for 20 minutes at a pressure of 50 占 Hg (6.67 Pa) or less. Next, mercury was filled in the measurement cell until the pressure became 1.5 psia (10342 Pa). Thereafter, mercury was injected at a pressure ranging from 2 psia (13790 Pa) to 60000 psia (413.7 MPa) to measure the pore distribution. In order to convert the press-in pressure of mercury into pore diameter, the following formula (I) was used.

D = - (1 / P) 4? Cos? (I)

Here, D: pore diameter (m),

P: Press-in pressure (Pa) of mercury,

γ: surface tension of mercury (485 dyne · cm ^-1 (0.485 Pa · m)),

Ψ is the contact angle of mercury (130 ° = 2.26893 rad).

[Example 1]

≪ Preparation of magnesium hydroxide particles >

Magnesium hydroxide having a purity of 95% or more and a median particle size of 5.9 탆 and iron oxide were added to magnesium hydroxide so that the addition amount of Fe was 200 ppm, vanadium oxide was added so that the addition amount of V became 100 ppm, Manganese was placed in a container such that the concentration of magnesium hydroxide was 30 wt% or less and stirred. Then, the resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried. This dried material was pulverized with a ball mill and fired at 1400 ° C for 2 hours using an electric furnace. This calcined material was pulverized in a ball mill for 4 hours and classified to obtain magnesium oxide powder. The obtained magnesium oxide powder had a median particle size of 10.2 mu m and a crystallite size of 28.9 x 10 < ^-9 > m.

The obtained magnesium oxide powder was added to an inner volume of 20 L containing 10 L of acetic acid at a concentration of 0.02 mol / L so as to have an oxide (MgO) concentration of 100 g / L. The obtained magnesium oxide-containing mixed solution was stirred at a peripheral speed of the turbine blade of 10 m / s using a high-speed stirrer (special vaporization product; manufactured by Tokushu Kika Kogyo Co., Ltd., trade name: homo mixer) While performing a hydration reaction for 4 hours. Thereafter, the magnesium hydroxide particles were obtained by filtration, washing with water and drying.

Magnesium hydroxide particles thus obtained, the purity of 98.8% by weight of magnesium hydroxide, and the, the inflection point 0.22㎛ size in the pore distribution, and the inter-particle pore ^{0.88 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1, a mode size of 0.17 ㎛, and the mode volume was ^{2.51 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1.

≪ Evaluation test >

The magnesium hydroxide particles were kneaded in an epoxy resin at the ratios shown in Table 1, and the spiral flow and flame retardancy of the obtained resin composition were measured under the following conditions. Here, the spiral flow is a value indicating the fluidity of the thermoplastic resin composition and the thermosetting resin composition. Cresol novolac epoxy resin (epoxy equivalent: 198) was used as the epoxy resin, phenol novolak resin (hydroxyl equivalent: 105) was used as the curing agent, triphenylphosphine was used as the curing accelerator and spherical fused silica was used as the inorganic filler .

[combination] Epoxy resin 25.6 g Hardener 13.6 g Magnesium hydroxide flame retardant 38.0 g Inorganic filler 125.0 g Hardening accelerator  0.4 g Metal hydroxide ratio 18.8% Mineral ratio 80.5%

(1) Flame retardancy measurement method

A flame resistance test piece having a thickness of 1/16 inch was formed (molding conditions: temperature 175 ° C, time 120 sec, post cure 175 ° C x 6 hours), UL-94 V-0 specification To evaluate the flame retardancy.

(2) Spiral flow measurement method

The spiral flow value was measured using a spiral flow measuring mold under conditions of a temperature of 175 캜 and a pressure of 6086 MPa based on EMMI 1-66.

(3) Method of measuring zeta potential

0.003 g of the magnesium hydroxide particles were dispersed in 300 ml of ultrapure water for about 10 minutes by ultrasonic dispersion and then measured by a laser data logger ELS-8000 (Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd., Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd.). The measurement temperature was 25 占 폚 and the measurement method was electrophoresis light scattering (electrophoresis light scattering).

[Example 2]

Magnesium hydroxide having a purity of 95% or more used in Example 1 and iron oxide such that the amount of Fe added in the magnesium hydroxide was 100 ppm, vanadium oxide so that the addition amount of V became 100 ppm, manganese oxide so that the addition amount of Mn became 50 ppm, magnesium hydroxide Exchanged water was placed in a container so that the concentration of the ion exchange water was 30 wt% or less. Then, the resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried. This dried material was ground with a ball mill and fired at 1400 ° C for 2 hours using an electric furnace. This fired product was pulverized for 8 hours by a ball mill and classified to obtain magnesium oxide powder. The obtained magnesium oxide powder had a median particle size of 6.8 μm and a crystallite size of 29.9 × 10 ^-9 m.

The obtained magnesium oxide powder was added to an inner volume of 20 L containing 10 L of acetic acid at a concentration of 0.03 mol / L so as to have an oxide (MgO) concentration of 100 g / L. The obtained magnesium oxide-containing mixed solution was subjected to a hydration reaction with stirring at a peripheral speed of the turbine blade of 10 m / s using a high-speed stirrer (trade name: Homomixer) while maintaining the temperature at 90 캜. Thereafter, the magnesium hydroxide particles were obtained by filtration, washing with water and drying.

Magnesium hydroxide particles thus obtained, the purity of 98.7% by weight of magnesium hydroxide, and the, the inflection point 0.27㎛ size in the pore distribution, and the inter-particle pore ^{0.75 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1, a mode size of 0.24 ㎛, and the mode volume was ^{2.47 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1.

[Comparative Example 1]

The magnesium hydroxide particles having a purity of 95% or more used in Example 1 and ion-exchanged water were mixed in a vessel such that the concentration of magnesium hydroxide was 30 wt% or less, without adding iron oxide, vanadium oxide and manganese oxide. Then, the resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried. This dried material was ground with a ball mill and fired at 1400 ° C for 2 hours using an electric furnace. This calcined material was pulverized in a ball mill for 4 hours and classified to obtain magnesium oxide powder. The obtained magnesium oxide powder had a median particle size of 11.2 탆 and a crystallite size of 30.9 × 10 ^-9 m.

The obtained magnesium oxide powder was added to an inner volume of 20 L containing 10 L of acetic acid at a concentration of 0.03 mol / L so as to have an oxide (MgO) concentration of 100 g / L. The obtained magnesium oxide-containing mixed solution was subjected to a hydration reaction with stirring at a peripheral speed of the turbine blade of 10 m / s using a high-speed stirrer (trade name: Homomixer) while maintaining the temperature at 90 캜. Thereafter, the magnesium hydroxide particles were obtained by filtration, washing with water and drying.

Magnesium hydroxide particles thus obtained, the purity of 98.2% by weight of magnesium hydroxide, and the, the inflection point 0.14㎛ size in the pore distribution, the pore is ^{0.59 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1 between particles, a mode size of 0.08 ㎛, and the mode was the volume of ^{2.34 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1.

[Comparative Example 2]

Magnesium hydroxide having a purity of 95% or more used in Example 1 and magnesium hydroxide were mixed with iron oxide so that the addition amount of Fe was 300 ppm, vanadium oxide so that the addition amount of V became 300 ppm, manganese oxide so that the addition amount of Mn became 250 ppm, The ion exchange water was put in a vessel such that the concentration of magnesium hydroxide was 30 wt% or less and stirred. Then, the resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried. This dried material was ground with a ball mill and fired at 1400 ° C for 2 hours using an electric furnace. This calcined material was pulverized in a ball mill for 4 hours and classified to obtain magnesium oxide powder. The obtained magnesium oxide powder had a median particle size of 10.61 μm and a crystallite size of 25.9 × 10 ^-9 m.

The obtained magnesium oxide powder was added to an inner volume of 20 L containing 10 L of acetic acid at a concentration of 0.03 mol / L so as to have an oxide (MgO) concentration of 100 g / L. The obtained magnesium oxide-containing mixed solution was subjected to a hydration reaction with stirring at a peripheral speed of the turbine blade of 10 m / s using a high-speed stirrer (trade name: Homomixer) while maintaining the temperature at 90 캜. Thereafter, the magnesium hydroxide particles were obtained by filtration, washing with water and drying.

Magnesium hydroxide particles thus obtained, the purity of 98.8% by weight of magnesium hydroxide, and the, the inflection point 0.49㎛ size in the pore distribution, and the inter-particle pore ^{1.1 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1, a mode size of 0.34 ㎛, and the mode was the volume of ^{2.86 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1.

[Comparative Example 3]

Magnesium hydroxide having a purity of 95% or more used in Example 1 and magnesium hydroxide were mixed with iron oxide so that the addition amount of Fe was 200 ppm and manganese oxide was added so that the addition amount of Mn was 50 ppm and the magnesium hydroxide concentration was 30 wt% The ion-exchanged water was placed in a container and stirred. Then, the resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried. This dried material was ground with a ball mill and fired at 1400 ° C for 2 hours using an electric furnace. This calcined material was pulverized in a ball mill for 4 hours and classified to obtain magnesium oxide powder. The obtained magnesium oxide powder had a median particle size of 11.52 μm and a crystallite size of 28.9 × 10 ^-9 m.

The obtained magnesium oxide powder was added to an inner volume of 20 L containing 10 L of acetic acid at a concentration of 0.03 mol / L so as to have an oxide (MgO) concentration of 100 g / L. The obtained magnesium oxide-containing mixed solution was subjected to a hydration reaction with stirring at a peripheral speed of the turbine blade of 10 m / s using a high-speed stirrer (trade name: Homomixer) while maintaining the temperature at 90 캜. Thereafter, the magnesium hydroxide particles were obtained by filtration, washing with water and drying.

Magnesium hydroxide particles thus obtained, the purity of 98.7% by weight of magnesium hydroxide, and the, the inflection point 0.48㎛ size in the pore distribution, the pore is ^{1.25 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1 between particles, a mode size of 0.38 ㎛, and the mode volume was ^{2.92 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1.

[Comparative Example 4]

Magnesium hydroxide having a purity of 95% or more used in Example 1 and magnesium hydroxide were mixed with iron oxide so that the addition amount of Fe was 200 ppm, vanadium oxide was added so that the addition amount of V became 100 ppm, magnesium hydroxide concentration became 30 wt% The ion-exchanged water was placed in a container and stirred. Then, the resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with water and dried. This dried material was ground with a ball mill and fired at 1400 ° C for 2 hours using an electric furnace. This calcined material was pulverized in a ball mill for 4 hours and classified to obtain magnesium oxide powder. The obtained magnesium oxide powder had a median particle size of 10.24 μm and a crystallite size of 29.1 × 10 ^-9 m.

The obtained magnesium oxide powder was added to an inner volume of 20 L containing 10 L of acetic acid at a concentration of 0.03 mol / L so as to have an oxide (MgO) concentration of 100 g / L. The obtained magnesium oxide-containing mixed solution was subjected to a hydration reaction with stirring at a peripheral speed of the turbine blade of 10 m / s using a high-speed stirrer (trade name: Homomixer) while maintaining the temperature at 90 캜. Thereafter, the magnesium hydroxide particles were obtained by filtration, washing with water and drying.

Magnesium hydroxide particles thus obtained, the purity of 98.2% by weight of magnesium hydroxide, and the, the inflection point 0.42㎛ size in the pore distribution, the pore is ^{1.33 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1 between particles, a mode size of 0.41 ㎛, and the mode was the volume of ^{3.03 × 10 -3 m 3 · kg} -1.

The results are summarized in Tables 2 and 3. In addition, the amounts of Fe, V and Mn in the table are the amounts in the obtained magnesium hydroxide particles.

Purity (%) of Mg (OH) ₂ Crystal shape Lc
(탆) d
(탆) Fe amount
(ppm) V amount
(ppm) Mn content
(ppm) Lc / d
(%) Example 1 98.8 Hexagon note 1.34 1.52 198 103 52 88 Example 2 98.7 Hexagon note 0.96 1.38 206 99 52 69 Comparative Example 1 98.2 Hexagon note 1.14 1.48 46 6 4 77 Comparative Example 2 98.8 Hexagon note 0.69 1.86 280 306 242 37 Comparative Example 3 98.7 Hexagon note 0.74 1.67 192 4 56 44 Comparative Example 4 98.2 Hexagon note 0.79 1.74 180 108 3 45

Inflection point
size
(탆) Intergranular porosity
(× 10 ^-3 m ³ · kg ^-1 ) mode
size
(탆) Mode volume
(× 10 ^-3 m ³ · kg ^-1 ) Zeta potential
(mV) Spiral flow
(cm) Flammability
(UL-94) Example 1 0.22 0.88 0.17 2.51 -22.95 100 V-0 Example 2 0.27 0.75 0.24 2.47 -23.14 116 V-0 Comparative Example 1 0.14 0.59 0.08 2.34 -20.14 58 V-0 Comparative Example 2 0.49 1.1 0.34 2.86 -18.24 74 V-1 Comparative Example 3 0.48 1.25 0.38 2.92 -17.24 78 V-1 Comparative Example 4 0.42 1.33 0.41 3.03  -18.01  81 V-0

As is clear from the results of Table 2 and Table 3, the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention had Lc of 0.5 to 1.5 占 퐉, Lc / d of 60% or more, an inflection point size of 0.1 to 0.4 占 퐉, And magnesium hydroxide particles having a particle size of 0.6 × 10 ^{-3 to} 1.0 × 10 ^-3 m ³ · kg ^-1 . It was also confirmed that when the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention were kneaded with a resin as an additive, the spiral flow was larger and the fluidity was better than that of the conventional magnesium hydroxide particles. On the other hand, the magnesium hydroxide particles of the comparative example were poor in fluidity when kneaded with a resin as an additive.

Since the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention do not contain fine particles or indefinite particles, the whole particles are composed of a uniform crystal form, so that the affinity to the resin is good. From the above, the magnesium hydroxide particles of the present invention are excellent in flame retardancy and fluidity and dispersibility to resins. Therefore, it is extremely useful as a filler for encapsulating resin in semiconductor devices such as transistors, ICs, and LSIs.

Claims (9)

Wherein the crystal contour is hexagonal main particles having hexagonal basal planes of two upper and lower surfaces parallel to each other and main surfaces of six outer circumferential surfaces formed between the basal surfaces and the hexagonal main particles having a size in the c- 1.5㎛, and the size of the c-axis direction is at least 60% of the median grain size of the hexagonal primary particle shape, and the inflection point 0.1~0.4㎛ size, the inter-particle pore 0.6 × 10 ^-3 ~1.0 × 10 ^-3 m < ³ > kg < ^-1 >, wherein the magnesium hydroxide particles have a purity of 98.0% by mass or more. The method according to claim 1,
Magnesium hydroxide particles having an Fe content of 100 to 500 ppm, a V content of 30 to 250 ppm, and a Mn content of 10 to 150 ppm. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
And a mode size of 0.1~0.3㎛ in the pore distribution, the mode volume is ^{2.3 × 10 -3 ~2.8 × 10 -3} m 3 · kg -1 of magnesium hydroxide particles. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Magnesium hydroxide particles having a zeta potential of -20 to -25 mV. As a method for producing magnesium hydroxide particles,
(a) a step of adding a magnesium hydroxide, an iron compound, a vanadium compound and a manganese compound to a solvent and stirring to obtain a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese, The addition amount of vanadium is 30 to 250 ppm, the addition amount of manganese is 10 to 150 ppm,
(b) a step of filtering, washing and drying a slurry containing magnesium hydroxide, iron, vanadium and manganese to obtain a magnesium hydroxide coagulator,
(c) firing the magnesium hydroxide coagulator at 800 to 1900 deg. C in an atmospheric environment to obtain magnesium oxide particles, and
(d) a magnesium oxide powder having a median particle size of 3 to 30 占 퐉 and a crystallite size of 10 占^10-9 m or more, obtained by pulverizing and screening magnesium oxide particles, is added in hot water at 100 占 폚 or less with addition of an organic acid , Followed by a hydration reaction of magnesium oxide under high shear stirring and then separating, washing with water and drying the resulting solid content to obtain magnesium hydroxide particles. (I) an epoxy resin,
(II) a curing agent,
(III) inorganic filler, and
(IV) A resin composition comprising, as a flame retardant, the magnesium hydroxide particles according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or the magnesium hydroxide particles obtained by the production method according to claim 5. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the compounding amount of the magnesium hydroxide particles is 1 to 35 mass% of the resin composition. 8. The method according to claim 6 or 7,
Resin composition, which is a sealing agent for semiconductor. A semiconductor device using the resin composition according to any one of claims 6 to 8.

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