US20110144278A1 - Silanol condensation catalysts for the cross-linking of filled and unfilled polymer compounds - Google Patents

Silanol condensation catalysts for the cross-linking of filled and unfilled polymer compounds Download PDF

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US20110144278A1
US20110144278A1 US13/059,546 US200913059546A US2011144278A1 US 20110144278 A1 US20110144278 A1 US 20110144278A1 US 200913059546 A US200913059546 A US 200913059546A US 2011144278 A1 US2011144278 A1 US 2011144278A1
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  • the invention relates to a composition of an organofunctional silane compound, in particular of a monounsaturated silane compound, and of an organic acid, or of a precursor compound that liberates an acid, and in particular relates to an olefinic silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, and also to processes for producing compounded polymer materials, such as granules and/or finished products, made of thermoplastic parent polymers, and/or monomers, and/or prepolymer of the thermoplastic parent polymers, with use of the composition, of the organic acid, or of the precursor compound that liberates said acid.
  • the invention further relates to the polymers produced, to filled plastics, for example in the form of granules, finished product, moldings, and/or items such as pipes or cables.
  • a kit comprising the composition is also disclosed.
  • filled and unfilled compounded polymer materials in particular polyethylene (PE) and copolymers thereof, can be produced by using organotin compounds or aromatic sulfonic acids (Borealis) Ambicat® as silanol condensation catalysts for the crosslinking of silane-grafted or silane-copolymerized polyethylenes.
  • organotin compounds or aromatic sulfonic acids Borealis
  • Ambicat® as silanol condensation catalysts for the crosslinking of silane-grafted or silane-copolymerized polyethylenes.
  • a disadvantage of the organotin compounds is their significant toxicity, while the sulfonic acids are notable for their pungent odor, which continues through all stages of the process into the final product.
  • the compounded polymer materials crosslinked by sulfonic acids are generally not suitable for use in the food-and-drinks sector or in the drinking-water-supply sector, for example for production of drinking-water pipes, because of reaction byproducts.
  • Dibutyltin dilaurate (DBTDL) and dioctyltin dilaurate (DOTL) are conventional tin-based silanol condensation catalysts, and act as catalyst by way of their coordination sphere.
  • moisture-crosslinkable polymers can be produced by grafting silanes onto polymer chains in the presence of free-radical generators, where moisture-crosslinking is carried out in the presence of the abovementioned silane hydrolysis catalysts and/or silanol condensation catalysts, after the shaping process.
  • Moisture-crosslinking of polymers using hydrolyzable unsaturated silanes is practiced worldwide for the production of cables, pipes, foams, etc. Processes of this type are known as the sioplas process (DE 19 63 571 C3, DE 21 51 270 C3, U.S. Pat. No. 3,646,155) and the monosil process (DE 25 54 525 C3, U.S. Pat. No. 4,117,195).
  • the sioplas process delays addition of the crosslinking catalyst to the subsequent step.
  • Another possibility is to copolymerize vinyl-functional silanes together with the monomers and/or prepolymers directly to give the parent polymer, or to couple these subsequently by way of grafting onto the polymer chains.
  • EP 207 627 discloses further tin-containing catalyst systems and, with these, modified copolymers based on the reaction of dibutyltin oxide with ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers.
  • JP 58013613 uses Sn(acetyl) 2 as catalyst, and JP 05162237 teaches the use of carboxylates of tin, of zinc, or of cobalt together with hydrocarbon groups as silanol condensation catalysts, e.g. dioctyltin maleate, monobutyltin oxide, dimethyloxybutyltin, or dibutyltin diacetate.
  • JP 3656545 uses zinc and aluminum soaps for crosslinking, examples being zinc octylate and aluminum laurate.
  • JP 1042509 likewise discloses the use of organic tin compounds for the crosslinking of silanes, but also discloses alkyl titanic esters based on titanium chelate compounds.
  • JP09-040713 discloses the production of silane-modified polyolefins by reacting a polyolefin and two modified silane compounds with use of an organic acid as silanol condensation catalyst.
  • silane hydrolysis catalysts and/or silanol condensation catalysts which do not have the above-mentioned disadvantages of the known catalysts from the prior art, and which can preferably undergo a homogenization process or dispersion process with silane-grafted, and/or silane-copolymerized polymers, and/or monomers, or prepolymers. It is preferable that the silane hydrolysis catalysts and/or silanol condensation catalysts are waxy to solid, and/or have been applied to a carrier material.
  • the object is achieved via the composition of the invention, corresponding to the features of claim 1 , the masterkit as claimed in claim 9 , and the processes of the invention with the features of claims 10 and 11 , and also by using the products of the invention, e.g. polymers, compounded polymer materials, products, and the polymer kit corresponding to the features of claims 13 , 14 , and 15 , and also by the use as claimed in claim 16 .
  • the products of the invention e.g. polymers, compounded polymer materials, products, and the polymer kit corresponding to the features of claims 13 , 14 , and 15 , and also by the use as claimed in claim 16 .
  • Preferred embodiments can be found in the dependent claims and in the description.
  • composition which comprises at least one hydrolyzable precursor compound of an organic acid, and also, if appropriate, an organofunctional silane compound, can be reacted in a simple and cost-effective manner with thermoplastic parent polymers, monomers, and/or prepolymers of the parent polymers, to give compounded polymer materials, and does not have the abovementioned disadvantages, such as toxicity and odor impairment.
  • Another factor, dependent on the composition, is that there is then overall no liberation of alcohols in the process for producing compounded polymer materials.
  • the grafting process or copolymerization process can also take place in the presence of an organofunctional silane compound, an example being an unsaturated alkoxysilane of the general formula III.
  • the invention therefore provides a composition which comprises, as components of group a), at least one silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, and/or one organofunctional silane compound and, if appropriate, as components of group b), one organic acid, and one silicon-free precursor compound containing an organic acid, an example being an alkali-metal or, respectively, alkaline-earth-metal salt of an organic acid, sodium myristate, magnesium dimyristate, sodium laurate, magnesium laurate, sodium stearate, magnesium distearate; or an anhydride or ester, examples being the triglycerides that occur in fats and in oils.
  • compositions comprise, as components, at least one organofunctional silane compound and, selected from the group of the acids or precursor compounds of the acids, at least one silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, and/or one organic acid, and/or one silicon-free precursor compound containing organic acid.
  • said preferred composition can comprise an unsaturated alkoxysilane of the general formula III, an example being vinylalkoxysilane, and a compound of the general formula I and/or II, and/or one of the fatty acids mentioned hereinafter.
  • compositions comprise, from the group of the acids or precursor compounds of the acids, at least one silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, and/or one organic acid, and/or one silicon-free precursor compound at least two of the compounds mentioned, i.e. of the precursor compounds or acid and, if appropriate, at least one organofunctional silane compound.
  • compositions are silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, an example being a carboxy-substituted silane, e.g. vinyltristearylsilane and, as second compound, an organic acid, such as myristic acid or oleic acid.
  • a composition comprising a tetracarboxy-substituted silane, such as tetramyristylsilane, tetralaurylsilane, tetracaprinylsilane, or corresponding mixed silanes, or a mixture of the silanes with myristic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, and/or else behenic acid.
  • compositions of the invention are suitable for use in a monosil process or sioplas process with thermoplastic parent polymers, or in a copolymerization process with monomers and/or prepolymers of thermoplastic parent polymers.
  • Thermoplastic parent polymers for the purposes of the invention are in particular acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), polyamides (PA), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and also ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA), EPDM, or EPM, which are polymers based on ethylene units, and/or celluloid, or silane-copolymerized polymers, and monomers and/or prepolymers are precursor compounds of said parent polymers, examples being ethylene and propylene.
  • Other thermoplastic parent polymers are mentioned below.
  • composition is in essence anhydrous, in order to suppress any undesired hydrolysis and/or condensation prior to the actual use in the monosil process or sioplas process, or cocondensation process.
  • composition comprises, as component of group a), at least one
  • R 2 is mutually independently a hydrocarbon group, in particular a substituted or unsubstituted linear, branched, and/or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkylaryl, alkenylaryl, and/or aryl group having from 1 to 24 carbon atoms, preferably having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and in particular having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the case of alkyl groups.
  • Particularly suitable alkyl groups are ethyl groups, n-propyl groups, and/or isopropyl groups.
  • Suitable substituted hydrocarbons are in particular halogenated hydrocarbons, examples being 3-halopropyl, such as 3-chloropropyl or 3-bromopropyl groups, where these are, if appropriate, accessible to nucleophilic substitution or else improve processability.
  • Examples here are methyl-, dimethyl-, ethyl-, or methylethyl-substituted carboxysilanes based on capric acid, myristic acid, oleic acid, or lauric acid.
  • Carbonyl-R 3 groups are the acid moieties of the organic carboxylic acids, an example being R 3 —(CO)—, where these in the form of carboxy groups in accordance with the formulae have bonding to the silicon Si—OR 1 , as set out above.
  • fatty acids having a hydrophobic HC moiety where these are sufficiently hydrophobic, do not exhibit any unpleasant odor after liberation, and do not exude from the polymers produced.
  • said exudation restricts the possible use of relatively high concentrations of stearic acid and palmitic acid.
  • Preferred acids in the formulae I and/or II are therefore capric acid, lauric acid, and myristic acid, but behenic acid can also be used with advantage.
  • the naturally occurring or synthetic unsaturated fatty acids can similarly preferably be converted to the precursor compounds of the formula I and/or II. They can simultaneously perform two functions, firstly serving as silanol condensation catalyst, and, by virtue of their unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties, participating directly in the free-radical polymerization reaction.
  • Preferred unsaturated fatty acids are sorbic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 5 H 7 ), undecylenic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 10 H 19 ), palmitoleic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 15 H 29 ), oleic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 17 H 33 ), elaidic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 17 H 33 ), vaccenic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 19 H 37 ), icosenoic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 21 H 41 ), cetoleic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 21 H 41 ), erucic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 21 H 41 ), nervonic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 23 H 45 ), linoleic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 17 H 31 ), alpha-linolenic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 17 H 29 ), gamma-linolenic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 17 H 29 ), arachidonic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 19 H 31 ), timnod
  • R 1 corresponds to appropriate moieties such as those deriving from tryptophan, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, or L-leucine, where L-leucine can be used with preference.
  • R 1 corresponds to appropriate moieties such as those deriving from tryptophan, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, or L-leucine, where L-leucine can be used with preference.
  • D-amino acids or a mixture of L- and D-amino acids, or an acid such as D[(CH 2 ) d )COOH] 3 , where D N, P, and d is from 1 to 12, preferably 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, where the hydroxy group of each carboxylic acid function can independently have been Si-functionalized.
  • composition can therefore also comprise corresponding compounds of the formula I and/or II based on moieties of said acids.
  • the silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid is in particular active in hydrolyzed form as silane hydrolysis catalyst and/or silane condensation catalyst, and is also itself suitable in hydrolyzed or nonhydrolyzed form for grafting on a polymer and/or copolymerization with a parent polymer, polymer/monomer, or prepolymer.
  • the silanol compound formed contributes to crosslinking by means of resultant Si—O—Si siloxane bridges during the condensation reaction.
  • Said crosslinking can use other silanols, siloxanes, or can generally use functional groups which are present on substrates, on fillers, and/or on carrier materials and which are suitable for the crosslinking reaction.
  • Preferred fillers and/or carrier materials are therefore aluminum hydroxides, magnesium hydroxides, fumed silica, precipitated silica, silicates, and also other fillers and carrier materials mentioned below.
  • the inventive composition comprises, as component (i) in group a), vinylsilane trimyristate, vinylsilane trilaurate, vinylsilane tricaprate, or else corresponding allylsilane compounds of the abovementioned acids, and/or silane tetracarboxylates Si(OR 1 ) 4 , examples being silane tetramyristate, silane tetralaurate, and silane tetra-caprate, and it can also be advantageous to add a certain amount of vinylsilane tristearate, vinylsilane tripalmitate, allylsilane tristearate, and/or allylsilane tripalmitate.
  • the amounts used of silane stearates and/or silane palmitates should preferably be such that no more than 1.0% by weight, preferably from 0.001% by weight to 0.8% by weight, in particular from 0.01% to 0.6% by weight, of liberated acid, such as stearic acid or palmitic acid, is present in the overall constitution in % by weight of the resultant compounded polymer material or polymer.
  • a corresponding limit also applies when adding free stearic and/or palmitic acid.
  • those compounds of group a) and/or b) in which the organic acid has at least one hydrophobic group which permits solvation or dispersibility in respect of the plastic are in particular long-chain, branched or cyclic, nonpolar, in particular unsubstituted hydrocarbon moieties, in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 14 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having from 8 to 13 carbon atoms, having at least one carboxylic acid group.
  • Preferred substituted hydrocarbon moieties that can be used are halogen-substituted HC moieties.
  • the composition comprises, as component of group a), at least one i) silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid of the general formula I and/or II, and/or
  • silane compound ii) one organofunctional silane compound which corresponds to an unsaturated or olefinic alkoxysilane, where the silane compound ii) particularly preferably corresponds to a monounsaturated alkoxysilane.
  • the organofunctional silane compound is particularly suitable for grafting on a polymer and/or for copolymerization with a monomer, prepolymer, or parent polymer, and subsequent moisture-crosslinking.
  • the silicon-containing precursor compound I and/or II is also suitable for grafting on a polymer and/or copolymerization with a monomer, prepolymer, or parent polymer, and subsequent moisture-crosslinking.
  • tetrachlorosilane is reacted with the corresponding acid in a suitable solvent (Zeitschrift für Chemie (1963), 3(12), 475-6).
  • a suitable solvent Zeitschrift für Chemie (1963), 3(12), 475-6.
  • Other processes relate to the reaction of the salts or anhydrates of the acids with tetrachlorosilane or with functionalized trichlorosilanes.
  • organofunctional silane compound ii) of group a) it is in particular possible to use a compound corresponding to the general formula III,
  • B comprises at least one olefin group, an example being polyethylene, polypropylene, propylene copolymer, or ethylene copolymer, if appropriate together with a free-radical generator and with other stabilizers and/or additives.
  • the inventive composition comprises, as component (ii), vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinylmethyldialkoxysilane, vinyltriethoxymethoxysilane (VTMOEO), vinyltriisopropoxysilane, vinyltri-n-butoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MEMO), and/or vinylethoxydimethoxysilane, and/or allylalkoxysilanes, such as allyltriethoxysilane, or unsaturated siloxanes, preferred examples being oligomeric vinylsiloxanes, or a mixture of the abovementioned compounds.
  • Preferred organofunctional silane compounds contain either a vinyl group or methacrylic group, since these compounds are reactive toward free radicals and are suitable for grafting onto a polymer chain or for copolymerization with monomers or with prepolymers.
  • the form taken by the composition is usually liquid. However, it is preferable, for greater ease of metering, that the composition is provided in the form of solid, flowable formulation, for example on a carrier material and/or filler.
  • the carrier can be porous, particulate, swellable or, if appropriate, take the form of a foam.
  • Suitable carrier materials are in particular polyolefins, such as PE, PP, EVA, or polymer blends, and suitable fillers are in particular inorganic or mineral fillers which can advantageously have reinforcing, extending, or else flame-retardant effect.
  • suitable carrier materials and fillers are specified in more detail below.
  • the composition is composed of a selection i) of a precursor compound of the formula I and/or II, and/or ii) of a monounsaturated alkoxysilane, and/or of an organic acid, and/or of a free-radical generator and also, if appropriate, of at least one stabilizer and/or additional substance, and/or a mixture of these.
  • the composition is composed of a selection i) of a precursor compound of the formula I and/or II, where R 1 corresponds to a carbonyl-R 3 group where R 3 is from 4 to 45 carbon atoms, preferably having from 6 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, with particular preference where R 3 is from 8 to 13 carbon atoms, in particular where R 3 is from 11 to 13 carbon atoms, and/or ii) of an olefinic alkoxysilane, and/or of a free-radical generator, and also, if appropriate, of at least one stabilizer and/or additional substance, and/or a mixture of these.
  • R 1 corresponds to a carbonyl-R 3 group where R 3 is from 4 to 45 carbon atoms, preferably having from 6 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 22
  • the composition is composed of a selection i) of a precursor compound of the formula I and/or II, in particular where R 1 corresponds to a carbonyl-R 3 group where R 3 is from 4 to 45 carbon atoms, preferably having from 6 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, with particular preference where R 3 is from 11 to carbon atoms, and/or ii) of an olefinic alkoxysilane, and also, if appropriate, of at least one stabilizer and/or additional substance, and/or a mixture of these.
  • R 1 corresponds to a carbonyl-R 3 group where R 3 is from 4 to 45 carbon atoms, preferably having from 6 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, with particular preference where R 3 is from
  • organic acid can comprise as components in group b):
  • the acids having relatively long hydrophobic hydrocarbon moieties beginning with valeric acid, and preferably capric acid, lauric acid, and/or myristic acid, have good suitability as silanol condensation catalyst.
  • the less hydrophobic acids are regarded merely as useful for the reaction with thermoplastic hydrophobic polymers, examples being propionic acid, acetic acid, and formic acid.
  • the fatty acids that have strong odors for example butyric acid and caprylic acid are also only useful or have low to zero suitability for use in a composition, masterkit, polymer kit, or a process of the invention, because of the pungent odor. This is particularly applicable when the resultant polymers or compounded polymer materials are intended for further use in the production of drinking-water pipes.
  • Organic acids are carboxylic acids which have no sulfate groups or sulfonic acid groups, and in particular they are organic acids corresponding to R 3 —COOH; the anhydrides, esters, or salts of these organic acids can also be regarded as silicon-free precursor compound, and they particularly preferably have a long-chain, nonpolar, in particular substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon moiety, where the hydrocarbon moiety can be saturated or unsaturated, for example where R 3 is from 1 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 4 to 45 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, with particular preference where R 3 is from 8 to 13 carbon atoms, where particular preference is given to R 3 being from 11 to 13 carbon atoms; an example of these materials is lauric acid or myristic acid; or hydrogen (R 3 ) and at least one carboxylic
  • the acids that can be used in the form of organic acids as silanol condensation catalyst comprise the naturally occurring or synthetic fatty acids, examples being the following saturated fatty acids: valeric acid (pentanoic acid, R 3 ⁇ C 4 H 9 ), caproic acid (hexanoic acid, R 3 ⁇ C 5 H 11 ), enanthic acid (heptanoic acid, R 3 ⁇ C 6 H 13 ), caprylic acid (octanoic acid, R 3 ⁇ C 7 H 15 ), pelargonic acid (nonanoic acid, R 3 ⁇ C 8 H 17 ), capric acid (decanoic acid, R 3 ⁇ C 9 H 19 ), undecanoic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 10 H 23 ), tridecanoic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 12 H 25 ), lauric acid (
  • Preferred unsaturated fatty acids are sorbic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 5 H 7 ), undecylenic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 10 H 19 ), palmitoleic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 15 H 29 ), oleic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 17 H 33 ), elaidic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 17 H 33 ), vaccenic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 19 H 37 ), icosenoic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 21 H 41 ; (H 3 C—(CH 2 ) 7 —CH ⁇ CH—(CH 2 ) 9 —COOH)), cetoleic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 21 H 41 ), erucic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 21 H 41 ; cis-13-docosenoic acid, H 3 C—(CH 2 ) 7 —CH ⁇ CH—(CH 2 ) 11 —COOH), nervonic acid (R 3 ⁇ C 23 H 45 ), linoleic acid (R 3 ⁇
  • lignoceric acid H 3 C—(CH 2 ) 22 —COOH
  • cerotic acid lactic acid
  • citric acid benzoic acid
  • nicotinic acid vitamin B3, B5
  • gluconic acid or a mixture of the acids.
  • the acid-containing silicon-free precursor compound used comprises esters and/or lactones, in particular of the abovementioned acids or, for example, the triglycerides that occur in fats or in oils, particular examples being neutral fats, or else phosphoglycerides, such as lecithin, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and/or diphosphatidylglycerol. It is also possible to use synthetic triglycerides, alongside naturally occurring triglycerides of vegetable origin and of animal origin.
  • a general requirement placed upon the precursor compound is that it is hydrolyzable under the conditions of the monosil and/or sioplas process, and thus liberates the free organic acid. It is preferable that the onset of the hydrolysis does not precede the crosslinking step of the processes, and that in particular it occurs after the shaping process, for example with introduction into the waterbath, or after the shaping process in the presence of moisture.
  • Compounds excluded from the silicon-free precursor compounds are advantageously those which when hydrolyzed give an inorganic and an organic acid.
  • An inorganic acid here does not include a silanol.
  • the term silicon-free precursor compounds does not cover acyl chlorides or in general terms corresponding acyl halides of the abovementioned organic acids. Nor are organic acid peroxides to be understood as silicon-free precursor compound.
  • One preferred composition which is particularly suitable for producing compounded polymer materials comprises, as component c), at least one free-radical generator.
  • Preferred free-radical generators are organic peroxides and/or organic peresters, or a mixture of these, preferred examples being tert-butyl peroxypivalate, tert-butyl 2-ethylperoxyhexanoate, dicumyl peroxide, di-tert-butyl peroxide, tert-butyl cumyl peroxide, 1,3-di(2-tert-butylperoxyisopropyl)benzene, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis(tert-butylperoxy)hex-3-yne, di-tert-amyl peroxide, 1,3,5-tris(2-tert-butylperoxyisopropyl)benzene, 1-phenyl-1-tert-butylperoxyphthalide, alpha,alpha′-bis(tert-but
  • n-butyl 4,4-di(tert-butylperoxy)valerate ethyl 3,3-di(tert-butylperoxy)butyrate, and/or 3,3,6,9,9-hexamethyl-1,2,4,5-tetraoxacyclononane.
  • the composition can moreover comprise, as component d), at least one stabilizer and/or other additional substance, and/or a mixture of these.
  • the stabilizer and/or other additional substances used can, if appropriate, comprise metal deactivators, processing aids, inorganic or organic pigments, fillers, carrier materials, and adhesion promoters.
  • titanium dioxide TiO 2
  • talc clay, quartz, kaolin, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, bentonite, montmorillonite, mica (muscovite mica), calcium carbonate (chalk, dolomite), dyes, pigments, talc, carbon black, SiO 2 , precipitated silica, fumed silica, aluminum oxides, such as alpha- and/or gamma-aluminum oxide, aluminum oxide hydroxides, boehmite, baryte, barium sulfate, lime, silicates, aluminates, aluminum silicates, and/or ZnO, or a mixture of these.
  • the carrier materials or additional substances, such as pigments or fillers are pulverulent, particulate, porous, or swellable or, if appropriate, take the form of a foam.
  • Examples of preferred metal deactivators are N,N′-bis(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propion-yl)hydrazine, and also tris(2-tert-butyl-4-thio(2′-methyl-4-hydroxy-5′-tert-butyl)phenyl-5-methyl)phenyl phosphite.
  • composition can moreover comprise, as additional component, at least one heat stabilizer, an example being pentaerythritol tetrakis[3-(3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate], octadecyl 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate, or else 4,4′-bis(1,1-dimethylbenzyl)diphenylamine.
  • at least one heat stabilizer an example being pentaerythritol tetrakis[3-(3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate], octadecyl 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate, or else 4,4′-bis(1,1-dimethylbenzyl)diphenylamine.
  • the fillers are generally inorganic or mineral fillers and can advantageously have reinforcing, extending, or else flame-retardant effect. At least at their surfaces, they bear groups which can react with the alkoxy groups of the unsaturated organosilane/mixtures. The result of this can be that the silicon atom, with the functional group bonded thereto, becomes chemically fixed on the surface. Particular examples of groups of this type on the surface of the filler are hydroxy groups.
  • Preferred fillers are accordingly metal hydroxides having a stoichiometric proportion of hydroxy groups or, in the various dehydrated forms thereof, having a substoichiometric proportion of hydroxy groups, extending as far as oxides having comparatively few residual hydroxy groups, where these are however detectable by DRIFT-IR spectroscopy.
  • fillers examples include aluminum trihydroxide (ATH), aluminum oxide hydroxide (AlOOH.aq), magnesium dihydroxide (MDH), brucite, huntite, hydromagnesite, mica, and montmorillonite.
  • Other fillers that can be used are calcium carbonate, talc, and also glass fibers. It is also possible to use the materials known as “char formers”, examples being ammonium polyphosphate, stannates, borates, talc, or materials of these types in combination with other fillers.
  • composition may comprise, as further component e), a thermoplastic parent polymer, a silane-grafted parent polymer, a silane-copolymerized parent polymer, and/or monomers and/or prepolymers of said parent polymers, or else silane block coprepolymers or block coprepolymers, and/or a mixture of these.
  • thermoplastic parent polymer is a nonpolar polyolefin, an example being polyethylene or polypropylene, or a polyvinyl chloride, or a silane-grafted polyolefin and/or silane-copolymerized polyolefin, and/or a copolymer of one or more olefins and of one or more comonomers which contain polar groups.
  • thermoplastic parent polymer can also function to some extent or completely as carrier material, for example in a masterbatch, comprising, as carrier material, a thermoplastic parent polymer or a polymer and the silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid and an organofunctional silane compound or, in an alternative, a thermoplastic parent polymer, or a polymer and an organofunctional silane compound, in particular of the formula III, and an organic acid.
  • silane-copolymerized thermoplastic parent polymers are ethylene-silane copolymers, for example ethylene-vinyltrimethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-vinyltriethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-dimethoxyethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-gamma-trimethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-gamma-(meth)acryloxypropyltriethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-gamma-acryloxypropyltriethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-gamma-acryloxypropyltriethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-gamma-(meth)acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane copolymer, ethylene-gamma-acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane copolymer, and/or ethylene-triacetoxysilane copolymer.
  • the nonpolar thermoplastic parent polymers used can comprise thermoplastics such as in particular an unmodified PE grade, an example being LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, or mPE.
  • Parent polymers bearing polar groups give by way of example improved fire performance, i.e. lower flammability and smoke density, and increase capability to accept filler.
  • Examples of polar groups are hydroxy, nitrile, carbonyl, carboxy, acyl, acyloxy, and carboalkoxy groups, and amino groups, and also halogen atoms, in particular chlorine atoms. Olefinic double bonds and carbon-carbon triple bonds are nonpolar.
  • Suitable polymers are not only polyvinyl chloride but also copolymers of one or more olefins and of one or more comonomers which contain polar groups, e.g. vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, (meth)acrylic acid, methyl(meth)acrylate, ethyl(meth)acrylate, butyl(meth)acrylate, or acrylonitrile.
  • polar groups e.g. vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate
  • (meth)acrylic acid methyl(meth)acrylate, ethyl(meth)acrylate, butyl(meth)acrylate, or acrylonitrile.
  • the amounts of the polar groups in the copolymers are from 0.1 to 50 mol %, preferably from 5 to 30 mol %, based on the polyolefin units.
  • Particularly suitable parent polymers are ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA).
  • EVA ethylene-vin
  • Particularly suitable parent polymers are polyethylene, polypropylene, and also corresponding silane-modified polymers.
  • inventive compositions or masterbatches masterkit or polymer kit
  • inventive compositions or masterbatches can give silane-grafted, silane-copolymerized, and/or silane-crosslinked PE, PP, polyolefin copolymer, EVA, EPDM, or EPM in an advantageous manner.
  • the silane-grafted polymers can be in a form filled with fillers or in an unfilled form and, if appropriate, can be moisture-crosslinked subsequently, after a shaping process.
  • a corresponding situation applies to the silane-copolymerized polymers in a form filled with fillers or in unfilled form, and these polymers can, if appropriate, be moisture-crosslinked subsequently, after a shaping process.
  • composition of the invention is suitable as additive in a monosil process, in a sioplas process, and/or in a copolymerization process. It is particularly appropriate that the silane hydrolysis catalyst and/or silanol condensation catalyst does not become active until additional moisture is added.
  • the final crosslinking of the unfilled or filled polymer therefore generally takes place in a known manner in a waterbath, in a steam bath, or else via atmospheric moisture, at ambient temperatures (the process known as “ambient curing”).
  • the form taken by the components of the composition is advantageously liquid and preferably waxy or solid, or bound on a carrier material, and/or the form taken by the organofunctional silane compound can be liquid, highly viscous, waxy, or solid, or bound on a carrier material.
  • the silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid is in essence waxy or solid, i.e. is in essence in solid phase, which can have amorphous or crystalline regions. This measure can make it easy to store the precursor compound in anhydrous form, and to meter the precursor compound. Undesired hydrolysis and/or condensation prior to use, in particular in a monosil process, sioplas process, or copolymerization process, can be suppressed.
  • the silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid of the general formula I and/or II, the organofunctional silane compound and, if appropriate, the free-radical generator can have been applied to a carrier material, for example as described in EP 0 426 073.
  • the silicon-containing precursor compound I and/or II can itself be used as carrier material, in particular for an organofunctional silane, for example as a carrier material for a silane of the general formula III, for example of vinyltriethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltris(methoxyethoxy)silane (VTMOEO), vinyl (co)oligomers, or other liquid silanes of the formula III.
  • an organofunctional silane for example as a carrier material for a silane of the general formula III, for example of vinyltriethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltris(methoxyethoxy)silane (VTMOEO), vinyl (co)oligomers, or other liquid silanes of the formula III.
  • Preferable suitable carrier material is a porous polymer selected from polypropylene, polyolefins, ethylene copolymer using low-carbon alkenes, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, or linear low-density polyethylene, where the porous polymer can have a pore volume of from 30 to 90% and in particular can be used in the form of granules or pellets.
  • the carrier material can also be a filler or additional substance, in particular a nanoscale filler.
  • Preferred carrier materials, fillers, or additional substances are aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, fumed silica, precipitated silica, wollastonite, calcined variants, chemically and/or physically modified materials, such as kaolin, modified kaolin, and in particular ground, exfoliating materials, such as phyllosilicates, preferably specific kaolins, a calcium silicate, a wax, such as a polyolefin wax based on LDPE (low-density polyethylene), or a carbon black.
  • LDPE low-density polyethylene
  • the carrier material can encapsulate the silicon-containing precursor compound and/or the silane compound of group a), and/or the free-radical generator, or can retain these in physically or chemically bound form. It is advantageous here if the loaded or unloaded carrier material is swellable, in particular in a solvent.
  • the amount of the silane components of group a) is usually in the range from 0.01% by weight to 99.9% by weight, preferably from 0.1% by weight to 70% by weight, preferably from 0.1% by weight to 50% by weight, with particular preference from 0.1% by weight to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition comprising the carrier material, particularly preferably in the form of masterbatch.
  • the amount present of the carrier material is therefore generally from 99.99 to 0.01% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition (giving 100% by weight).
  • the silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, the organofunctional silane compound, or a mixture of the two compounds is in a form that is waxy or solid or bound to a carrier material.
  • ATH aluminum trihydroxide, Al(OH) 3
  • magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH) 2
  • fumed silica which is produced on an industrial scale via continuous hydrolysis of silicon tetrachloride in a hydrogen/oxygen flame. This process vaporizes the silicon tetrachloride which then reacts spontaneously and quantitatively within the flame with the water derived from the hydrogen/oxygen reaction.
  • Fumed silica is an amorphous form of silicon dioxide and is a free-flowing, bluish powder. Particle size is usually in the region of a few nanometers, and specific surface area is therefore large, generally being from 50 to 600 m 2 /g.
  • Precipitated silicas are generally produced from sodium waterglass solutions, via neutralization with inorganic acids under controlled conditions. After isolation from the liquid phase, washing, and drying, the crude product is finely ground, e.g. in steam-jet mills.
  • precipitated silica is a substantially amorphous silicon dioxide, the specific surface area of which is generally from 50 to 150 m 2 /g. Unlike fumed silica, precipitated silica has a certain porosity, for example about 10% by volume.
  • the process by which the vinylalkoxysilanes and/or the silicon-containing precursor compound, or a mixture of these, becomes attached to the material can therefore be either adsorption on the surface or absorption within the pores.
  • Calcium silicate is generally produced industrially by fusing quartz or kieselguhr with calcium carbonate or calcium oxide, or via precipitation of aqueous sodium metasilicate solutions with water-soluble calcium compounds.
  • the carefully dried product is generally porous and can absorb up to five times the amount by weight of water or oils.
  • Porous polyolefins such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), and also copolymers, such as ethylene copolymers with low-carbon alkenes, such as propene, butene, hexene, or octene, or ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) are produced via specific polymerization techniques and polymerization processes.
  • Particle sizes are generally from 3 to ⁇ 1 mm, and porosity can be above 50% by volume, and the products can therefore absorb suitably large amounts of unsaturated organosilane/mixtures, for example of the general formula III, and/or of the silicon-containing precursor compound, or a mixture of these, without losing their free-flow properties.
  • Particularly suitable waxes are polyolefin waxes based on low-density polyethylene (LDPE), preferably branched, with long side chains.
  • LDPE low-density polyethylene
  • the melting and freezing point is generally from 90 to 120° C.
  • the waxes generally give good results in mixing with the unsaturated organosilanes, such as vinylalkoxysilane, and/or with the silicon-containing precursor compound, or a mixture of these, in a low-viscosity melt.
  • the solidified mixture is generally sufficiently hard to be capable of granulation.
  • compositions dry liquids
  • examples being compositions made of olefinic silane carboxylates, such as vinylsilane carboxylate of myristic acid or lauric acid, and carrier material, or else of vinylsilane stearate and carrier material, or of a tetracarboxysilane and vinylalkoxysilane with carrier material:
  • mineral carriers or porous polymers are generally preheated, e.g. to 60° C. in an oven, and charged to a cylindrical container which has been flushed with, and filled with, dry nitrogen.
  • a vinylalkoxysilane and/or vinylcarboxysilane is generally then added, and the container is placed in a roller apparatus which rotates it for about 30 minutes.
  • the carrier substance and the liquid, high-viscosity or waxy alkoxysilane and/or carboxysilane have usually formed flowable, dry-surface granules which are advantageously stored under nitrogen in containers impermeable to light.
  • the heated carrier substance can be charged to a mixer flushed and filled with dry nitrogen, e.g. a plowshare mixer of LODIGE type or a propeller mixer of HENSCHEL type.
  • the mixer element can then be operated and the olefinic alkoxysilane and/or carboxysilane, in particular of the formula I, or a mixture of these, can be sprayed in by way of a nozzle once the maximum mixing rate has been reached.
  • homogenization generally continues for a further approximately 30 minutes, and the product is then discharged into nitrogen-filled containers impermeable to light, for example by means of a pneumatic conveying system operated with dry nitrogen.
  • Polyethylene wax or any other wax in pelletized form with a melting point of from 90 to 120° C. or above can be melted in portions in a heatable vessel with stirrer, reflux condenser, and liquid-addition apparatus, and maintained in the molten state. Dry nitrogen is suitably passed through the apparatus during the entire production process.
  • the liquid-addition apparatus it is possible by way of example to add the liquid vinylcarboxysilane/mixtures progressively to the melt and mix these with the wax by vigorous stirring.
  • the melt is then generally discharged into molds to solidify, and the solidified product is granulated.
  • the melt can be allowed to drip onto a cooled molding belt on which it solidifies in the form of user-friendly pastilles.
  • the invention also provides a masterkit, in particular comprising a composition described above, where the masterkit comprises, as component A
  • Components A and B are preferably present separately from one another within the masterkit where the intention is to use them in two steps of the process. In the case of simultaneous use, the two components A and B can be present together in a physical mixture, for example in the form of powder, granules, or pellets, or else can be present in a single formulation, for example in pellet form or tablet form.
  • a masterbatch of the invention comprises a vinyltriethoxysilane, for example vinyltrimethoxysilane, a peroxide, and also a processing aid, and also a silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, if appropriate with a carrier material.
  • One preferred masterkit comprises by way of example 2% by weight of an organic acid, such as a fatty acid, in particular myristic acid, or lauric acid, on a polymeric carrier material, such as HDPE, where the amount of HDPE present is 98% by weight of the masterkit (component A), making up the balance of 100% by weight.
  • organic acid such as a fatty acid, in particular myristic acid, or lauric acid
  • component A polymeric carrier material
  • Other masterkits comprise as organic acid preferably behenic acid, L-leucine, capric acid, oleic acid, lauric acid, and/or myristic acid, if appropriate in a mixture on a carrier material, for example HDPE.
  • the component B present can preferably comprise an unsaturated alkoxysilane, in particular of the formula III, or oligomeric siloxanes produced therefrom, preferably vinyltrimethoxysilane or vinyltriethoxysilane, together with a free-radical generator and with a stabilizer, if appropriate with further additives.
  • a carrier material for example in the form of granules.
  • the invention also provides a process for producing compounded polymer materials, examples being granules, finished products, and moldings, in particular of unfilled or filled polymers, by
  • the invention also provides the reaction of a polymer kit, in particular as claimed in claim 15 , in a monosil process or sioplas process, or in a copolymerization process.
  • One embodiment of the invention uses the composition described above, in particular as claimed in claims 1 to 8 , and/or the masterkit, or the polymer kit, in the production of silane-grafted, silane-copolymerized, and/or crosslinked, in particular siloxane-crosslinked, filled or unfilled polymers.
  • the invention also provides the use of the composition or of the masterkit, or of the polymer kit, in particular in a monosil, sioplas, or copolymerization process, for producing filled and/or unfilled compounded polymer materials, which can take crosslinked or uncrosslinked form, and/or of crosslinked filled and/or unfilled polymers based on thermoplastic parent polymers.
  • crosslinking in particular means the formation of an Si—O-substrate bond or Si—O-filler or Si—O-carrier material, or Si—O'Si bridging, i.e. the condensation of an Si—OH group with a condensable other group of a substrate.
  • silane-grafted, silane-copolymerized, and/or crosslinked, in particular siloxane-crosslinked, filled or unfilled polymers can also comprise block copolymers.
  • the fillers are likewise crosslinked with the silicon-containing compounds, in particular by way of an Si—O-filler/carrier material bond.
  • Particular fillers that can be used are the abovementioned fillers or carrier materials.
  • the process as claimed in claim 10 paragraph 1) is preferably conducted with at least one monounsaturated alkoxysilane corresponding to the formula III or one silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid, in particular of the formulae I and/or III, or with a mixture of the abovementioned compounds.
  • Preferred silicon-containing precursor compounds of the general formulae I and/or II are compounds where R 1 is a carbonyl-R 3 group selected from the group of the natural saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, in particular having hydrophobic hydrocarbon moieties having from 4 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, with particular preference where R 3 is from 11 to 13 carbon atoms, particularly preferably where z is 0 or 1. It can be preferable to use, in compositions, a monounsaturated alkoxysilane together with a compound of the formula I and/or II, where z is 0, 1, 2, or 3.
  • Preferred organic acids used for the thermoplastic parent polymers, or the silane-grafted and/or silane-copolymerized parent polymers, but in particular not for polyvinyl chlorides are fatty acids selected from the group of the natural saturated and mono- or polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular having hydrophobic hydrocarbon moieties having from 4 to 45 carbon atoms, in particular having from 6 to 45 carbon atoms in R 3 , in particular having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, particularly preferably having from 6 to 14 carbon atoms,
  • R 3 is from 11 to 13 carbon atoms, particularly preferably myristic acid and/or lauric acid. It can be preferable, in particular in a single-step process, to use, either alone or in compositions, a mono- or polyunsaturated alkoxysilane where a is 0, with no other alkylsilane.
  • the moisture-crosslinked unfilled or filled compounded polymer materials of the invention are generally produced via appropriate mixing of the respective starting-material components in the melt, as explained above for the processes, advantageously with exclusion of moisture.
  • the usual heatable homogenization apparatuses are generally suitable for this purpose, examples being kneaders or advantageously for continuous operation Buss cokneaders or twin-screw extruders.
  • Buss cokneaders or twin-screw extruders As an alternative to these, it is also possible to use a single-screw extruder.
  • a possible method here introduces the components continuously, in each case individually or in partial mixtures, in the prescribed quantitative proportion, to the extruder, which has been heated to a temperature above the melting point of the thermoplastic parent polymer.
  • the extrudates are still liquid when they are introduced to an apparatus for the molding of granules or of moldings, such as pipes.
  • the final crosslinking of the unfilled or filled polymer generally takes place in a known manner in a waterbath, in a steam bath, or else via atmospheric moisture at ambient temperatures (the process known as “ambient curing”).
  • At least one stabilizer and/or at least one further added substance can be added in the process of the invention, prior to and/or during the process, and/or during one step of the process.
  • the invention also provides a polymer, for example a crosslinked filled or crosslinked unfilled polymer; a compounded polymer material, such as a compounded cable material, or a flame-retardant cable, for example filled with Mg(OH) 2 or Al(OH) 3 , or with exfoliating materials, such as phyllosilicates; a filled plastic, an unfilled plastic and/or a molding and/or article obtainable by the process of the invention, in particular as claimed in any of claims 10 to 12 .
  • a polymer for example a crosslinked filled or crosslinked unfilled polymer
  • a compounded polymer material such as a compounded cable material, or a flame-retardant cable, for example filled with Mg(OH) 2 or Al(OH) 3 , or with exfoliating materials, such as phyllosilicates
  • a filled plastic, an unfilled plastic and/or a molding and/or article obtainable by the process of the invention, in particular as claimed in any of claims 10
  • Appropriate moldings and/or items are cables, pipes, such as drinking-water lines, or products which can be used in the food-and-drinks sector or in the sector of hygiene products, or in the sector of medical technology, for example as medical instrument or part of a medical instrument, Braunüle, trocar, stent, clot retriever, vascular prosthesis, or component of a catheter, to mention just a few possibilities.
  • the invention further provides a polymer kit comprising the composition described above, in particular the components of group a), b), c), and/or d), and also, in particular separately from these, in the form of further component, component e) a thermoplastic parent polymer, an example being a silane-grafted parent polymer or silane-copolymerized parent polymer, or a monomer or prepolymer of the parent polymer, and/or a mixture of these.
  • Components of group a), b), c), and/or d) can respectively be separated or, supported on a carrier in the polymer kit, can take the form of a mixture on fillers or on mineral carrier materials, for example on the abovementioned carrier materials, or else on carbon, an example being activated charcoal or carbon black.
  • An alternative polymer kit comprises the masterkit described above and also, as further component, a thermoplastic parent polymer, an example being a silane-grafted parent polymer or silane-copolymerized parent polymer, or a monomer or prepolymer of the parent polymer, and/or a mixture of these.
  • An example of a polymer kit is: 63.5% by weight of HDPE, 1.5% by weight of myristic acid, 5% by weight of Irganox 1010 (methyl 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate), and 30% by weight of Printex alpha pigment.
  • the polymer and the composition that initiates crosslinking, the masterkit, or, in an alternative, the polymer kit only are charged to the extruder, and the resultant melt is processed in one step to give the final product.
  • the inventive composition used is appropriately a composition which comprises an organofunctional silane compound, in particular of the formula III, and which comprises a free-radical generator, and which also comprises a silicon-containing precursor compound of an organic acid or comprises an organic acid, and also, if appropriate, comprises a stabilizer.
  • the inorganic filler is mostly introduced directly to the compounding assembly and processed with the polymer to give the final product.
  • the filler can also optionally be introduced at a later juncture into the assembly, for example in the case of a twin-screw extruder or cokneader.
  • the graft polymer produced using the inventive composition or the inventive masterkit can give markedly better compatibility of nonpolar polymer and polar filler, for example aluminum hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide.
  • a graft polymer in particular sioplas material
  • a processor for example a cable producer or pipe producer, who in turn incorporates fillers to produce final filled plastics products.
  • the mixture was cooled under inert gas. It was worked up by distillative removal of the toluene. This gave a white solid which when melted had an oily and yellowish appearance.
  • the solid can be subjected to further rotary evaporator treatment, for example for a prolonged period (3-5 h) at an oil bath temperature of about 90° C. and at a vacuum ⁇ 1 mbar.
  • the solid was characterized as vinyltrichlorosilane by way of NMR ( 1 H, 13 C, 29 Si).
  • the clear liquid was transferred to a single-necked flask, and the toluene was drawn off in a rotary evaporator.
  • the oil bath temperature was set to about 80° C.
  • the vacuum was adjusted stepwise to ⁇ 1 mbar.
  • the product was a clear liquid.
  • the liquid was characterized as vinyltricaprylsilane by way of NMR (1H, 13 C, 29 Si).
  • the vacuum was adjusted stepwise to ⁇ 1 mbar.
  • the product was a yellow oily liquid with a slightly pungent odor.
  • the liquid was characterized in essence as hexadecyltricaprylsilane by way of NMR ( 1 H, 13 C, 29 Si).
  • the solid was remelted and stirred at an oil bath temperature of about 90° C. under a vacuum of ⁇ 1 mbar. After about 4.5 h, no further gas bubbles were observed.
  • the solid was characterized as chloropropyltripalmitylsilane by way of NMR ( 1 H, 13 C, 29 Si).
  • Dynasylan® VTC Reaction of Dynasylan® VTC with myristic acid: 40.5 g of myristic acid and 130 g of toluene are used as initial charge in the reaction flask, and mixed and heated to about 60° C. 9.5 g of Dynasylan® VTC are added dropwise within a period of 15 min by means of a dropping funnel. The temperature in the flask increases by about 10° C. during addition. After addition, stirring is continued for 15 minutes, and then the temperature of the oil bath is increased to 150° C. During the continued stirring, gas evolution (HCL gas) can be observed. Stirring was continued until no further gas evolution was observed (gas discharge valve), and stirring was continued for 3 h.
  • HCL gas gas evolution
  • Dynasylan® PTCS Reaction of Dynasylan® PTCS with myristic acid: 40.5 g of myristic acid and 150 g of toluene are used as initial charge in the reaction flask, and mixed and heated to about 60° C. Dynasylan® PTCS is added dropwise within a period of 15 minutes by means of a dropping funnel. The temperature in the flask increases by about 10° C. during addition. After addition the temperature of the oil bath is increased to 150° C. and stirring is continued for 3 h. During the continued stirring, gas evolution, HCL gas, can be observed. Stirring was continued until no further gas evolution was observed at the gas discharge valve.
  • Silane-grafted HDPE is reacted with various amounts of added myristic acid.
  • Silane-grafted HDPE is reacted with various amounts of added myristic acid.
  • Silane-grafted HDPE is reacted with various amounts of added myristic acid.
  • the following catalyst was used for the above Examples to 15: 0.2, 0.5, and 1.0% by weight of catalyst content (myristic acid) and 0.075% by weight of DOTL (standard masterbatch), compared with a blind value.
  • Grafted HDPE was produced here with 1.2; 1.4, and 1.6 phr of Dynasylan® SILFIN 24.
  • the silane-grafted PE was mixed with 5% by weight of the catalyst masterbatch, and processed in the kneader.
  • a HAAKE laboratory kneader was used for processing, and plaques were then compression-molded at 200° C. and crosslinked at 80° C. in the waterbath.
  • Step A Growth of MG9641S HDPE from Borealis with Dynasylan® SILFIN 24 Mixtures
  • the grafting took place in a (ZE 25) twin-screw extruder from Berstorff.
  • the experiments produced strands.
  • the crosslinking agent preparation was in each case applied for 1 h to the PE in a mixing drum, after predrying at 70° C. for about 1 h.
  • the grafted strands were granulated after extrusion.
  • the granules were packaged directly after the granulation process in bags coated with an aluminum layer and these were closed by welding. Prior to the welding process, the granules were blanketed with nitrogen.
  • the silane-grafted polyethylene was kneaded in a laboratory kneader (Thermo HAAKE, 70 cm 3 ) with the respective catalyst (temperature profile: 140° C./3 min; 2 min up to 210° C.; 210° C./5 min, kneader rotation rate: 30 rpm). The mixture was then pressed at 200° C. to give sheets. Crosslinking took place in a waterbath at 80° C. (4 h). The gel contents of the crosslinked sheets were determined (8 h, p-xylene, Soxhlet extraction).
  • the grafting took place in a ZE 25 extruder from Berstorff.
  • the crosslinking agent preparation was in each case applied for 1 h to the PE in a mixing drum, after predrying at 70° C. for about 1 h.
  • the grafted strands were granulated after extrusion.
  • the granules were packaged directly after the granulation process in polyethylene-aluminum-polyethylene packaging and these were closed by welding. Prior to the welding process, the granules were blanketed with nitrogen.
  • PE for the production of the masterbatch, 49.0 g of PE were kneaded in a HAAKE laboratory kneader with 1.0 g of catalyst, organic acid, or silicon-containing precursor compound.
  • a mixture made of 95% by weight of Silfin 24 HDPE with 5% by weight of the masterbatch comprising the catalyst is produced. Processing took place in a HAAKE laboratory kneader. A mixture made of 95% by weight of Silfin 24 HDPE mixture with 5% by weight of masterbatch is kneaded, then pressed at 200° C. to give sheets, and finally crosslinked in a waterbath at 80° C.
  • Temperature profile 140° C./3 min; 2 min up to 210° C.; 210° C./5 min
  • Polyethylene was modified chemically (grafted, rotation rate: 30 rpm, temperature profile: 3 min at 140° C., 2 min from 140° C. to 200° C., 10 min 200° C.) with various vinylsilanes with addition of peroxide in a HAAKE data-gathering kneader.
  • graft reaction had been concluded, aluminum trihydroxide (ATH) was added to the kneader as water donor.
  • ATH aluminum trihydroxide
  • the kneaded specimen was pressed to give a sheet and then crosslinked at 80° C. in the waterbath.
  • the gel content of the crosslinked specimens was measured after various storage times.
  • the carboxysilanes produced were used as catalysts in the sioplas process.
  • 95% by weight of a polyethylene grafted with Dynasylan® SILFIN 24 were kneaded with 5% by weight of the catalyst concentrate (catMB) of the invention.
  • CatMB catalyst concentrate
  • a masterbatch was produced with 1 g of the respective catalyst and 49 g of HDPE in the kneader (temperature profile: 5 min at 200° C.). 2.5 g of this were then kneaded together with 47.5 g of the extruded Dynasylan® SILFIN 24 HDPE (temperature profile: 3 min at 140° C., from 140° C. to 210° C.
  • the catMB included respectively 2% by weight of the respective catalyst, in particular of the vinyltricarboxysilanes or fatty acids. The results were compared with a mixture without catalyst. The sheets were crosslinked at 80° C. in the waterbath. Table 13 shows the results of this crosslinking study.

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