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• the present invention refers to styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBR) that are prepared using aqueous emulsion polymerization technology and are intended for the adhesive and sealing industry, being particularly useful in the preparation of contact adhesives and pressure-sensitive adhesives and widely applicable in the footwear and furniture industries.
• SBR styrene-butadiene copolymers
• the present invention is also intended to protect the process of obtaining SBR copolymers, simultaneously comprising: aqueous emulsion polymerization at high temperatures, the use of a specific (surfactant) and the maintenance of the Mooney viscosity and the combined styrene content in the copolymer in high ranges.
• Another object of the present patent application is the protection of adhesive compositions that are obtained from SBR polymers, either in solid or latex form.
• adhesives are substances capable of keeping two materials together by bonding their surfaces. Over recent decades, technological advances in bonding different materials have meant that adhesives have appeared on the market as an important class of materials.
• Adhesion is a surface phenomenon that implies in the permanent union of two materials, by intermolecular forces.
• cohesion is defined as the state in which the particles of an adhesive are kept joined, by means of primary and secondary valence forces.
• Adhesion and cohesion may be jeopardized not only by the inefficiency of the adhesive composition, but also by the intrinsic characteristics of the substrate, causing what is known as adhesive or cohesive failure.
• Adhesive failure is defined as being the rupture of the interfacial link between the adhesive and the adherent, whereas cohesive failure occurs when the fracture tension allows the permanence of layers of adhesives in both substrates.
• the substrate is the material to be bonded and, consequently, its nature and its surface treatment are fundamental factors for the adhesive process. Porosity, acidity, alkalinity, etc. of the substrate are features that influence the bonding result. The natures of the interphase and the interface are also critical factors for this process.
• the interphase is the region near the point of contact between the adhesive and the substrate, and the interface, also called the connecting layer, is the contact area between the surface of one material and the surface of another. Hence the importance of selecting the adhesive, since it must be compatible with the substrate.
• the elastomer is the main ingredient used in adhesive compositions, since it is the polymeric base of said compositions, particularly the compositions of contact adhesives and pressure-sensitive adhesives.
• the polymeric materials most used in adhesive compositions are natural rubber, polychloroprene, nitrilic rubber and butadiene and styrene rubber (SBR).
• Butadiene and styrene rubber does not have the choice adhesive properties of natural, nitrilic or polychloroprene rubber, however it has lower production and commercialization costs than these elastomers.
• the SBR adhesives when compared to the adhesives of natural rubber, the SBR adhesives have lower resistance to heat and lower water absorption, and can also be processed in a more suitable temperature range.
• they in relation to adhesives with a nitrilic and polychloroprene rubber base, they do not have the same resistance to oils, solvents and oxidation.
• One of the most important characteristics of the present invention is the possibility of total or partial substitution of these polymers, generating improvement in the properties and significant cost reduction of the final adhesive product, particularly in some applications of polychloroprene in the footwear and furniture sectors.
• the content of combined styrene present in butadiene and styrene rubber is another critical variable for the adhesion process.
• the increase in the combined styrene content in the SBR copolymer molecule increases its polarity, providing improved compatibility with the varied components of the adhesive composition and the substrate, thus increasing the range of possibilities for the formulator of the adhesive and increasing the possibility of using the formulated adhesive in various types of applications, from bonding of metallic materials, to woods, agglomerates and various kinds of plastics.
• the adhesive has finite viscosity, which generally varies rapidly over time, and so cannot overcome the barriers formed by the contaminants and irregularities present on the surface of the substrate. Accordingly, tension points may be created causing fractures on the interfaces between the adhesive and the adherent, thus compromising the bonding performance.
• Adhesives can be classified as structural and non-structural adhesives.
• structural adhesive is generally used to describe adhesives that remain unaltered throughout their entire useful life and that have high shear strength (typically over 7.0 MPa, pursuant to the ASTM D-1002 standard) and have good resistance to intemperate weather.
• the cohesion force between the materials submitted to bonding is a critical property that is a measure of its excellence.
• Structural adhesives include those with a thermorigid resin base such as epoxy, urethane and acrylic.
• Non-structural adhesives compared to structural adhesives have a lower cohesive force and shorter life as a material bonding agent.
• Said adhesives are normally used for temporary fixing or bonding of weak substrates. They can be applied easily, are affixed quickly and are used in fast bonding lines, operations that require moderate levels of cohesive force in the final bonding (less than 7.0 MPa) and milder environmental use conditions, since they present relative resistance to inclement weather.
• PSA Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
• contact adhesives thermoplastic and elastomeric emulsions
• hot melt adhesives which are solid adhesives, based on thermoplastic polymers that either have tack or not and that are applied in cast state, gaining resistance as they solidify.
• Adhesives based on polymeric materials must have peel strength, creep resistance and controlled viscosity.
• the elastomer and the—adhesion enhancer resin are generally two important components.
• SBR rubbers require the incorporation of tack agents, that favor the adhesion property.
• Adhesion enhance resins are normally resins of natural origin, such as colophony (pitch) and derivatives thereof, hydrocarbon and terpenic resins, which are present in concentrations ranging from 100 to 300 phr (per hundred rubber) compared to the concentration of the chosen elastomer.
• Solvent base adhesives are generally prepared by dissolving the elastomer in aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbonate solvents, from petroleum parts, chlorate or chlorofluorate solvents, esters and ketones.
• solvents used for elastomers of the styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBR) kind are aliphatic hydrocarbonates such as n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane; and aromatic hydrocarbonates such as toluene, benzene, and o-xylene.
• additives such as: loads, antioxidants, pigments, fungicides, foam preventives, plasticizers, wetting agents, etc.
• the final adhesive having either an aqueous or solvent base, contains from around 3 to around 30% by weight of the chosen elastomer.
• the polymers can be prepared by emulsion polymerization, suspension, solution or mass.
• emulsion polymerization and suspension techniques are the most used due to the ease of controlling the viscosity of the reaction medium and the highest conversion of monomers, when compared to other techniques.
• Polymerization can be carried out by a batch process, a continuous process or a semi-continuous batch feed process, in which one or more reaction components can be added during the course of the process.
• the reaction temperatures are normally in the range of around ⁇ 10° C. and 100° C., preferably in the range of 5° C. and 80° C. Polymerization should be conducted in the absence of air or oxygen.
• Aqueous emulsion polymerization is the technique preferably used for preparing styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBR).
• Emulsion polymerization can be initiated by means of free radical generating agents, such as: organic peroxides and hydroperoxides, such as benzoyl peroxide, dicumyl peroxide, t-butyl peroxide, cumyl hydroperoxide, p-methane hydroperoxide, etc.; azo compounds, such as azobisisobutironitryl, azobisisobutylamidin, etc.; persulfates, such as ammonium persulfate, potassium and sodium; and ultraviolet light.
• free radical generating agents such as: organic peroxides and hydroperoxides, such as benzoyl peroxide, dicumyl peroxide, t-butyl peroxide, cumyl hydroperoxide, p-methane hydroperoxide, etc.; azo compounds,
• Typical emulsion polymerization uses persulfate salts or an organic peroxide as initiator, including a redox system, water adjusted to the desired pH value with acids or bases, usually tamponed with inorganic salts, and also active anionic, cationic or non-ionic wetting agents. It must also be pointed out that the state of the art relating to emulsion polymerization discloses the use of chain transfer agents as an optional component of the reaction. Conventionally used agents are, for example, mercaptans.
• the final product of emulsion polymerization is in the form of a latex and must undergo a coagulation process when it is desired to obtain a rubber or solid polymer.
• Typical coagulation processes use polyvalent metal and alcohol salts, such as, for example: magnesium sulfate, calcium chlorate, methanol and isopropanol. Agglomeration techniques are also used.
• the polymer obtained is usually washed and dried.
• synthetic copolymer butadiene and styrene (SBR) elastomers do not have per se sufficiently suitable adhesion and cohesion properties for certain industrial sectors, and so must be modified to achieve the required performance.
• Patent application GB 2.137.212 describes a process for preparing a stable adhesive dispersion of modified polymer comprising the formation of a mixture containing:
• a synthetic adhesion enhancer resin or a rosin derivate at a level of 5% to 55% by weight of the total active solid; and polymerizing monomers (a), (b), and optionally (c) in the presence of adhesion enhancer (d) of an aqueous solution containing one or more emulsifiers and polymerization initiators.
• the polymerization reaction for the preparation of the copolymer is carried out in a single-step process, at a temperature and pressure typically used in emulsion polymerization.
• the emulsifiers used may be any compound that decreases the surface tension, such as ethylene oxide derivatives of an alkyl phenol, a fatty acid or an alcohol, sodium lauryl sulphate, a sulphated or sulphonated ethylene or propylene oxide derivative of an analkyl phenol, a fatty acid or a fatty alcohol and also, but not necessarily, rosin soaps.
• the end product of polymerization can be used to form a general use pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) for labels and adhesive tapes.
• PSA pressure-sensitive adhesive
• the present invention describes new styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBR) having superior adhesion and cohesion properties that are used in innumerous final applications, either in the form of latex or in the form of coagulated rubber.
• SBR styrene-butadiene copolymers
• the new copolymers developed by the applicant present a high styrene concentration in the range of 45 to 75%, and high Mooney viscosity, in the range of 85 to 150 and are particularly useful for preparing contact adhesives and pressure-sensitive adhesives.
• SBR copolymers of this invention provides superior properties to adhesive compositions, ensuring improved performance in the bonding of various substrates, such as PVC, thermoplastic rubbers (TR), leather, reconstituted leather, wood, foams, expanded polystyrene, rock wool, glass wool, galvanized substrates, concrete, etc.
• substrates such as PVC, thermoplastic rubbers (TR), leather, reconstituted leather, wood, foams, expanded polystyrene, rock wool, glass wool, galvanized substrates, concrete, etc.
• the present invention is also intended to meet the need to reduce costs, providing an excellent alternative for the furniture and footwear industries, among others.
• the present invention is also intended to protect the process of obtaining SBR copolymers, simultaneously comprising: aqueous emulsion polymerization at high temperatures; the use of a surfactant of the resinous soap kind, which is incorporated in the styrene-butadiene copolymers in acid form, acting as an adhesive agent; the control of the Mooney viscosity in the range of 85 to 150 and the styrene content in the range of 45 to 75%.
• the hot aqueous emulsion polymerization process is normally carried out at temperatures ranging from 40° C. to 65° C., preferably from 45° C. to 60° C.
• the Mooney viscosity should be maintained preferably, ranging from between 85 to 150; more preferably between 100 to 130.
• the total solids content is in the range of 20 and 40%, preferably between 22 and 30% and the combined styrene content in the range of to 75, preferably between 45 and 65; more preferably between 50 and 60.
• the emulsion polymerization process for preparing the SBR copolymer having differentiated adhesion and cohesion properties is characterized by comprising the following steps:
• coagulating the latex by adding coagulants, such as aqueous solutions of inorganic salts and acids to the coagulation container; and,
• the emulsifier is the mixture of resinous acid with the other components, and is prepared in a closed vessel.
• the water used is demineralized water, since the presence of ions may cause insolubilization of the surfactant or emulsifier, whereby deviations in the reaction progress and/or destabilization of the formed latex may occur.
• Water is preheated to 60° C.-70° C. prior to the addition of said surfactant thus improving dissolution kinetics of the surfactant.
• Said surfactant is present in the range of 2.0 to 8.0 parts per hundred parts of monomer (phm), preferably in the range of 4.0 to 6.0 phm. After said surfactant is completely solubilized, a dispersing agent is added until complete solubilization thereof.
• the dispersing agent that is a dioctyl solfosuccinic acid salt acts in stabilizing the formed latex and is present in concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 2.5 phm, preferably 0.7 to 1.5 phm. Finally, a pH buffer in concentrations ranging from 0.2 to 1.5 phm, preferably 0.5 to 1.0 phm is added. Potassium phosphate, sodium acetate and sodium bicarbonate are the most widely utilized and preferred compounds for the present invention.
• the final pH of the emulsifying mixture must be adjusted to 10 to 11.5. Generally, phosphoric acid is used for pH decrease and sodium hydroxide for pH increase. Said emulsifying mixture is maintained at a temperature of 60 to 70° C.
• Free radical generators which can be used in the process of the present invention are those widely known in the art.
• concentration of free radical generators, in accordance with the present invention is in the range of 0.015 to 1.5 phm, preferably 0.1 to 0.8 phm.
• the Chain transfer agent is present in the reaction mixture in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0 phm, preferably 0.05 to 0.6 phm, more preferably 0.1 to 0.2 phm, and is selected from alkyl and/or aryalkyl mercaptans, such as n-octyl mercaptan, n-dodecyl mercaptan, t-octyl mercaptan, t-dodecyl mercaptan, tridecyl mercaptan, tetradecyl mercaptan, hexadecyl mercaptan and the like, and mixtures thereof.
• the preferred chain agents are t-dodecyl mercaptan and n-dodecyl mercaptan.
• Chain shortstops used in the process of the present invention are those typically used in conventional polymerization processes. Said chain shortstops are present in concentrations ranging from 0.015 to 15 phm, preferably 0.1 to 8 phm.
• the product formed in the reactor is a latex that when necessary must be subjected to a coagulation process in order to become a solid polymer.
• Said coagulation process consists of adding salts of metals having valences greater or equal to two, the preferred salts being calcium chloride, magnesium chloride or aluminum sulfate. Said salts insolubilize the surfactant, thereby destabilizing particles and enhancing coalescence between said particles.
• a mixture of mineral acids with monovalent salts, such as, for example, sulfuric acid and sodium chloride, may also be used.
• the polymer is washed and dried. Typically, prior to coagulation, antioxidants are added to protect the polymer.
• SBR styrene-butadiene copolymers
• the new copolymers developed by the applicant have a high concentration of styrene, in the range of 45 to 750, and high Mooney viscosity, in the range of 85 to 150 and are particularly useful for preparing contact adhesives and pressure-sensitive adhesives.
• the present invention also describes adhesive compositions that are formulated with the styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBR) of this invention, hot polymerized, in the presence of an adhesion enhancer emulsion system, having a high content of combined styrene and high Mooney viscosity, which are intended for application in the sectors of leather and artifacts thereof, wood, furniture, civil construction, footwear, among others.
• SBR styrene-butadiene copolymers
• the adhesive compositions of the present application consist of 8 to 20% of the SBR as defined in the applicant's invention, preferably 12 to 16%; from 8 to 24% of tack agent; from 0.5 to 1.5% of protection agent and from 54 to 84% of solvents.
• the tackifier, protection and solvent agents are those used in the adhesives industry in general.
• the SBR copolymer was synthesized using the emulsion polymerization technique of this invention.
• Into a 20 liter capacity reactor in a vacuum (around 600 mmHg) 6,150 g of water were added, 2,950 g of resinous soap emulsioned in water at 7%, 3,150 g of styrene, 1,850 g of butadiene and 5 g of n-dodecylmercaptan.
• the reaction mixture was heated to a temperature of around 50° C. and kept under agitation.
• Further ingredients added comprised 550 g of aqueous solution of potassium persulfate at 4%.
• the polymerization reaction was kept at a constant temperature of 50° C.
• the SBR latex obtained in step I above was coagulated.
• This composition comprised the use of the SBR obtained in Example 1, which is hotpolymerized, presenting 55% of combined styrene, Mooney viscosity 120 and 5% of resinous acid incorporated in the polymer.
• Adhesive Composition B SBR the Subject Matter of this Invention
• This composition uses the SBR obtained in Example 1, which is hot polymerized, presents 55% of combined styrene, Mooney viscosity 120 and 5% of resinous acid incorporated to the polymer.
• Comparative Adhesive Composition B1 Conventional SBR Based on Patent GB-2173212A
• table 1 An analysis of table 1 reveals the synergist effect caused by the high content of combined styrene and high Mooney viscosity which favor the cohesion property. Additionally, the presence of the resinous acid incorporated in the copolymer and the high polymerization temperature, responsible for the presence of ramifications in the copolymer, favor the adhesion property. All these factors added together provide high performance of the adhesive composition, reflected in the excellent results of the peel strength and shear strength tests, far superior than the results obtained with the conventional SBR.

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