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Definitions

• the invention relates to a process for manufacturing a composition comprising complex mixtures of 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol esters.
• a second subject of the invention also relates to said composition.
• Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of this composition for plasticizing polymers.
• these polymers may have drawbacks, such as, in particular, their mechanical properties, which may be insufficient for certain uses. For example, they may have a very low elongation at break at room temperature or poor impact strength.
• melt-phase behavior of these polymers may be necessary to modify the melt-phase behavior of these polymers, especially in order to be able to use them in transformation processes such as coating or calendering.
• these polymers may be mixed with “plasticizers”.
• plasticizer means any product which, when mixed in sufficient amount with a polymer, has the function of reducing the glass transition temperature of said polymer.
• plasticizers are generally mixed with the polymer, which allows a decrease in the softening point of the polymer.
• This mixing may take place via various implementation processes.
• the polymer may be transformed into an object via various techniques for transforming thermoplastic materials, and in particular by extrusion, by calendering or by coating via a process of plastisol type.
• thermoplastic mixture PVC is mixed with the plasticizer while supplying energy to this system, in the form of temperature and mechanical energy. In the case of extrusion, this mixing takes place in a closed system. In the case of mixing on rolls, this mixing takes place in an open system.
• the polymer may then be formed, for example via thermoforming or calendering processes. Generally, a step of dry blending is performed before the thermomechanical mixing step.
• a mixture is generally prepared to form a PVC paste, this paste is then formed via a coating or molding step, and the paste is then heated in an oven to form the component.
• the polymer needs to be correctly melted or gelled in order to be able to form satisfactorily the object obtained at the end of the process.
• plasticizers that are liquid at room temperature are generally used.
• plasticizers of the phthalic ester family are very often still used. They are, at the present time still, very generally dioctyl phthalate or diisononyl phthalate. These plasticizers are very effective for plasticizing polymers, and are readily available on the market, for a relatively low cost.
• plasticizers have also been developed in recent years, such as cyclohexanepolycarboxylic acid and derivatives thereof, which have been the subject of patent applications WO 00/78853 and WO 99/32427.
• DINCH 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid
• plasticizers that may also be mentioned include glycerol ester derivatives, such as Grindsted® Soft-N-Safe obtained from glycerol and castor oil and sold by the company Danisco. These plasticizers have the advantage of being obtained from biosourced products.
• plasticizers are also described in document WO 2008/095571 A1, which describes aliphatic diesters containing 9 carbon atoms.
• U.S. Pat. No. 2,387,842 A describes mixed aliphatic diesters, these also being useful as plasticizers.
• the Applicant Company has, however, found that these compounds, and in particular isosorbide dioctanoate, have a tendency to “migrate” out of the object formed from the plastic. It may also be observed, for example, that the plastic “exudes”. Now, migration of the plasticizer may have, as consequences, a loss over time of mechanical and/or optical properties of the polymer, degradation of the appearance and of the feel, or may even pose printing defect problems when it is desired to print the surface of the polymer in a second stage. For certain applications, the resistance to leaching, i.e. migration in a bath of hot water, may also be a decisive property, especially, for example, for the manufacture of geomembranes.
• some of these compounds have another problem: they may have a volatility that is still a little high. This may be an inconvenience, in particular at the time when the transformer mixes the plasticizer with the polymer, and all the more so when he uses an open mixing system. Specifically, there is a slight loss of plasticizer during the transformation.
• the Applicant has precisely, to its merit, managed to find a particular composition of dianhydrohexitol diesters for plasticizing polymers very efficiently, while at the same time limiting the migration problems described previously.
• This 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol diester composition may be obtained via a manufacturing process, which is the subject of the present invention, said process comprising a step of esterifying 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol with a carboxylic acid composition, said carboxylic acid composition comprising:
• the composition according to the invention has the advantage of being stored easily and of being sparingly volatile when compared with compositions obtained from carboxylic acid compositions that are free of acid of formula other than (X) and (Y) chosen from hexanoic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid.
• this composition also has the advantage of being liquid at room temperature, which allows easy metering of the plasticizer during the manufacture of polymeric objects plasticized with this composition.
• the composition also has the advantage of being able to be manufactured from a carboxylic acid composition that is less expensive than those used for the manufacture of certain 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol diesters already known from patent application WO 99/45060, especially 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol dioctanoates which are manufactured exclusively from n-octanoic acid as carboxylic acid.
• the process according to the invention comprises a step of esterifying 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol with a carboxylic acid composition.
• the process according to the invention generally comprises a step of introducing 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol and a step of introducing carboxylic acids or a carboxylic acid composition into a reactor.
• the 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol used in the process according to the invention may be chosen from isomannide, isoidide, isosorbide and mixtures thereof, preferentially isosorbide.
• the diesters thus manufactured via the process according to the invention are then, respectively, isomannide, isoidide or isosorbide diesters or mixtures of these diesters.
• the carboxylic acid composition that is useful in the process according to the invention comprises at least two carboxylic acids of formula C 7 H 15 COOH (X) and of formula C 9 H 19 COOH (Y) and one or more carboxylic acids other than (X) and (Y) chosen from hexanoic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid.
• the two acids X and Y may be, dependently or independently of each other, linear or branched, and are preferentially linear.
• the carboxylic acid other than (X) and (Y) is preferentially lauric acid.
• the carboxylic acid composition used in the process according to the invention may comprise, relative to its total mass, at least 50% by mass of acids (X) and (Y), for example at least 65%, at least 80%, for example at least 90%.
• the carboxylic acid composition used in the process according to the invention may comprise, relative to its total mass, not more than 90% by mass of acids (X) and (Y), for example not more than 80%.
• the mass ratio (X)/(Y) ranges from 15/85 to 75/25.
• the mass ratio (X)/(Y) ranges from 20/80 to 65/35.
• the mass ratio (X)/(Y) ranges from 25/75 to 55/45.
• the mass ratio (X)/(Y) ranges from 25/75 to 45/55, for example from 26/74 to 34/66.
• the mass ratio (X)/(Y) ranges from 25/75 to 75/25 and advantageously from 26/74 to 65/35.
• the mass ratio (X)/(Y) ranges from 45/55 to 75/25 and advantageously from 55/45 to 65/35.
• the mole ratio (X)/(Y) is other than 25/75, and/or 40/60, and/or 45/55, and/or 50/50, and/or 57/43, and/or 58/42, and/or 65/35, and/or 75/25 and/or 80/20 and/or 85/15.
• the mole ratio (X)/(Y) is not included in the following ranges: 45/55 to 85/15, 45/55 to 75/25, 45/55 to 65/35 or 50/50 to 65/35.
• the esterification step of the process according to the invention may be performed via any known method for esterifying 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol with a carboxylic acid, said process differing from the processes of the prior art in that use is made, instead of the carboxylic acid conventionally used, of a carboxylic acid composition comprising at least one acid (X) and one acid (Y), the mass ratio (X)/(Y) ranging from 10/90 to 90/10 and one or more carboxylic acids other than (X) and (Y), chosen from hexanoic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid.
• the amounts of diesters formed in this step are varied as described hereinbelow.
• the esterification reaction may be performed under the standard implementation conditions already used in the literature. These esterification methods are described, for example, in documents WO 99/45060 A1 or WO 2006/103 338 A1.
• the total sum of moles of carboxylic acids (X), (Y) and of other optional carboxylic acids introduced into the reactor advantageously ranges from 2 to 20 per 1 mol of 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol, preferably from 2.5 to 5 and most preferentially from 2.8 to 3.5.
• the esterification step may be performed in the presence of at least one acid catalyst.
• the acid catalyst used for the esterification may be of very varied nature, and, for example, may be an acid chosen from hypophosphorous acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, para-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA), methanesulfonic acid (MSA), trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, tin 2-ethylhexanoate, phosphotungstic acid and silicotungstic acid or a mixture of these acids or a macroporous or non-macroporous resin comprising at least one of these acids.
• the catalyst comprises hypophosphorous acid.
• mixtures of catalysts they may be introduced into the reaction medium simultaneously or separately.
• the mass amount of acid catalyst may range from 0.05% to 20%, for example from 0.1% to 10%, relative to the mass of 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol introduced into the reactor.
• the temperature in the reactor may range from 90 to 200° C., generally from 100 to 160° C.
• the water is generally removed so as to allow the formation of the diester, this removal possibly taking place, for example, by distillation of the reaction medium.
• the reaction medium may be placed under vacuum, for example to a level ranging from 10 to 200 mbar.
• the reaction conditions such as the level of vacuum and the temperature during the reaction may be varied.
• the esterification reaction generally lasts the time to obtain a satisfactory conversion into 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol diester. It may vary widely and may range from 1 to 10 hours.
• a step of neutralizing the catalyst introduced may also be performed, by introducing a base, for example sodium hydroxide, in molar amounts equivalent to the molar amounts of catalyst introduced.
• a base for example sodium hydroxide
• the manufacturing process may also comprise a step of purifying the composition derived from the esterification step.
• This advantageously consists of at least one evaporation step, for example by distillation, for removing the majority or virtually all of the carboxylic acid still present at the esterification step.
• the diester composition may be subjected to temperature conditions of between 100 and 250° C. and to reduced pressures of between 0.1 and 50 mbar.
• this step takes place in a continuous evaporator.
• Such an evaporator for example of “falling film” type or, better still, of scraped film or “short path” type, makes it possible to limit the temperatures and residence times to which the composition is subjected after the esterification step.
• the process may also comprise a step of decolorizing the diester composition, for example by using active charcoals or hydrogen peroxide.
• the treatment with active charcoal takes place, for example, by placing the composition in contact with 1% to 3% by weight of active charcoal.
• the temperature during this treatment may be in the region of 100° C.
• the time is generally a few tens of minutes, for example about one hour.
• the active charcoal is separated out by filtration.
• a standard decolorizing treatment with hydrogen peroxide consists, for example, in introducing into the composition to be decolorized, over a period ranging, for example, from 30 to 60 minutes, from 0.5% to 2% of 100% hydrogen peroxide, at a temperature of between 90° C.
• the hydrogen peroxide treatment preferably precedes that with active charcoal.
• active charcoal makes it possible to destroy the peroxides that may be present.
• Another subject of the invention relates to a 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol diester composition which may be obtained via the manufacturing process described previously.
• this complex diester composition is obtained from a carboxylic acid composition comprising, in addition to the acids (X) and (Y), one or even more other carboxylic acids, it cannot be defined more satisfactorily than by its manufacturing process.
• this carboxylic acid composition comprises one or more other carboxylic acids
• very complex and diverse compositions are obtained, which will depend on the nature and amount of the carboxylic acids other than the acids (X) and (Y) used.
• the composition produced comprises by mass:
• compositions according to the invention and also the preferred variants thereof using the process described previously and by varying the mass ratio (X)/(Y) and the amounts of additional carboxylic acid.
• Other examples of diester compositions that may be produced according to the process of the invention are also featured in the examples of the present patent application.
• the mass amounts of different diesters may be determined by gas chromatography. It is possible, for example, to refer to the detailed analytical method featured in the examples, the mass distribution of diester being given by the ratio of the areas of diester to the sum of the areas.
• composition that may be obtained via the process according to the invention already described generally comprises the following residual species, occasionally in trace amount: 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol monoesters, residual acids, or even water.
• composition according to the invention may thus have, relative to its total mass, at least 80% by mass of diester, for example at least 90%, preferentially at least 95%, most preferentially at least 98%.
• At least one of the diesters of the composition is an isosorbide diester.
• the diester composition is an isosorbide diester composition.
• composition according to the invention contains at least 90% of carbon derived from renewable material according to standard ASTM D6866.
• 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol may be obtained from mannitol, iditol and sorbitol, which are themselves obtained from starch
• the 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol esters that are useful in the invention may also have the advantage of being able to be partially biosourced, or even totally biosourced, if carboxylic acid compositions that are also totally biosourced are used.
• composition according to the invention which may have the advantage of being liquid at room temperature (25° C.), is particularly useful for plasticizing polymers.
• the plasticizer composition made it possible to plasticize polymers excellently, at least as satisfactorily as with 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol dioctanoates. Furthermore, still relative to polymers plasticized with these isosorbide esters obtained from mixtures of carboxylic acids (X) and (Y) free of additional carboxylic acid, the phenomenon of migration of the plasticizing composition from the polymer is drastically reduced.
• the polymer may be chosen from vinyl polymers such as polyvinyl chloride and vinyl chloride copolymers, polyurethanes, polyesters, cellulose-based polymers, starches, acrylic polymers, polyacetates, natural or synthetic rubbers, especially rubbers manufactured from styrene and/or from butadiene such as rubbers of SBR, BR or NBR type, polyamides, and mixtures of these polymers, preferentially polyvinyl chloride.
• the term “polyvinyl chloride” means vinyl chloride homopolymers or copolymers comprising vinyl chloride, for example vinyl acetate/vinyl chloride copolymers.
• the polymer thus obtained is a polymer plasticized with the composition according to the invention.
• the constituents of the plasticizing composition are introduced between the chains of the solid polymer and this results in, after transformation, a plasticized polymer consisting of a solid phase.
• the polymer Prior to its mixing with the plasticizing composition, the polymer may be in any form, for example in the form of granules or powder.
• a polymer paste comprising a mixture of a polymer powder and of the composition according to the invention may also be manufactured.
• This paste is generally known as a plastisol and makes it possible to form objects via the processes described below.
• the mean particle diameter of the powder is between 1 and 30 ⁇ m, for example between 1 and 20 ⁇ m.
• powders of this type may be obtained by preparing PVC by emulsion or microsuspension. This paste is generally obtained by mechanical mixing, preferentially without heating, of the polymer powder with the plasticizing composition.
• plastisols which are, depending on the amounts of polymer and of plasticizing composition, more or less fluid.
• plastisols are prepared in rapid mixers of turbomixer type, planetary mixers or slow mixers which are planetary mixers with horizontal Z-shaped paddles.
• the plasticizing composition and the polymer are advantageously mixed in mass proportions such that the amount of plasticizing composition ranges from 1 to 900 parts per 100 parts of polymer, advantageously from 5 to 180 parts, and preferentially from 15 to 120 parts of plasticizing composition. They may be introduced into the mixing system via any suitable means, such as a feed hopper, or manually.
• the amounts of plasticizing composition in the case of the polymer paste, it is preferred for the amounts of plasticizing composition to range from 30 to 120 parts per 100 parts of polymer powder.
• additives may be chosen from stabilizers, anti-UV agents, fillers, dyes, pigments, swelling agents, emulsifiers, viscosity reducers other than the plasticizing composition, thickeners, mold-release agents, mattifying agents, adhesion agents, antistatic agents, fungicides and odoriferous agents.
• the amounts of each additive are chosen so as to give the desired properties during the implementation of the process or for the object finally obtained.
• additives may be introduced into the composition directly or in the form of a masterbatch.
• the amount of optional additive generally ranges from 1 to 600 parts per 100 parts of polymer (C), generally from 2 to 80 parts.
• the process comprises a step of thermomechanical mixing.
• thermomechanical mixing step is performed in a mixing system which is a mixer for thermoplastics.
• This mixer may be chosen from blenders, Buss mixers, roll mixers and extruders.
• the plasticizing composition may be introduced in the form of a masterbatch.
• thermomechanical mixing step is performed at a temperature suited to the transformation temperature of the polymer.
• the temperature of the mixture during the thermomechanical mixing is preferentially between 60 and 200° C. for a PVC.
• thermomechanical mixing use may be made of a polymer in any type of form, especially in the form of granules or a powder.
• a preliminary step of dry blending of the plasticizing composition with the polymer before the thermomechanical mixing is advantageously performed.
• This dry blending may be performed in a simple mechanical mixer, which may be heated to a temperature below the melting point or gel point of the polymer.
• the object may advantageously be formed by calendering, injection molding, extrusion injection molding, intrusion, dipping in a fluidized bed, electrostatic spraying, molding, rotary molding, extrusion molding, sintering, thermoforming, pressing, extrusion forming, extrusion cladding or extrusion blow molding. Use may also be made of coextrusion techniques to form multilayer objects.
• a process of plastisol type is used to form the object according to the invention with the polymer paste described previously.
• the implementation step is generally a step of coating, dipping, padding, spraying, casting, molding, slushing or rotary molding of the polymer paste, which makes it possible to form a preformed object.
• the heating step of the process is a step of baking of said preformed object, this step generally taking place after the preforming step (this is the case, for example, for coating). It may occasionally also take place during the step of forming of the preformed object (this is the case, for example, for dipping, slushing or rotary molding).
• This baking step may take place at a temperature of between 60 and 300° C., for example between 100 and 250° C., generally between 140 and 220° C. It may take place in air or under a controlled atmosphere, for example under an inert atmosphere.
• the object forming step is preferentially a step of coating the polymer paste onto a support, this coating being performed before the step of baking of said coated support.
• the coating step may be performed on a textile support, a surfacing mat, metal, a synthetic polymer or a paper.
• the coating may be performed using any coating head, for example using a doctor blade or a roll.
• this coating may be “coating on a support” as described above, or, according to a second sub-variant, “coating without a support”.
• the coated support may be detached after baking and the process also comprises a subsequent step of separation of the support to form a film or sheet of plasticized polymer.
• a support may be made of silicone paper.
• the baking step is generally performed in an oven, for example a tunnel oven, on a gelling drum or under an infrared ramp.
• An object comprising the plasticized polymer composition may also be formed.
• the object comprising the plasticized polymer composition may be any type of object, such as a film, a sheet, a granule, a floor covering, a wall covering, a plastic coated fabric, especially an artificial leather, for example for shoes, for bags or for furniture, a tarpaulin, a liner, for example for a swimming pool, a sun canopy, a flexible container, an item of clothing, a medical product, a glove, a bottle, a seal, a protective coating, a showroom dummy, a toy, for example a ball or a doll, a tube, profiles, especially window profiles, motor vehicle parts such as a dashboard, seat, fuel tank or headrest. These parts may be cellular, foam or sponge parts, i.e. comprising air cells. They may also, on the other hand, be compact parts.
• compositions according to the invention make it possible to improve the fogging properties of parts made from plasticized polymer, and especially from PVC plasticized with these compositions when compared with polymer parts plasticized with the already known 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol diesters.
• compositions according to the invention make it possible to improve the leaching properties of parts made from plasticized polymer, and especially from PVC plasticized with these compositions when compared with polymer parts plasticized with already known 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol diesters.
• the mass amount of diester in the composition and the mass proportions of each diester formed is measured by gas chromatography on a Varian 3400 machine with FID detection and a 1077 split/splitless injector.
• the column used is a J & W Scientific brand DB1 column 30 meters long, with an inside diameter of 0.32 mm, and a film thickness of 0.25 ⁇ m.
• the temperature conditions are: injector and detector: 300° C.; column: program from 100° C. to 320° C. at a rate of 7° C./min, maintenance for 15 minutes at 320° C. Injection takes place in split mode at 80 ml/min, the column head pressure being 14 psi and the carrier gas used is helium.
• the mass amount of diester is given by the ratio of the sum of the areas of the compounds corresponding to the isosorbide diesters to the sum of the areas of all of the compounds whose retention time is between 4 and 40 minutes.
• TEST 1 A comparative test (TEST 1) is performed according to the following general operating protocol.
• the stirring system is switched on at 400 rpm, and the thermostatic bath is switched on at a nominal temperature of 100° C.
• the temperature of the reaction medium reaches 60° C.
• 2.92 g of p-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) monohydrate (2% commercial relative to the dry isosorbide) and 0.90 g of 50% hypophosphorous acid, i.e. 0.3% of dry matter relative to the dry isosorbide are added.
• the nominal temperature of the thermostatic bath is then set at 150° C. and the stirring is set at 650 rpm.
• the mounting assembly is then connected to a vacuum pump equipped with a vacuum gauge, whose nominal pressure is set at 100 mbar.
• the water derived from the esterification reaction is distilled off and collected in the receiver. After reaction for 2 hours, the amount of water distilled off corresponds to about 85% of the theoretical amount of water for total reaction.
• the vacuum is then gradually lowered over a further 3 hours to 25 mbar, while the temperature of the reaction medium naturally reaches 140° C. After reaction for 5 hours, the water distilled off reaches 94% of the theoretical amount.
• the reaction medium is then cooled to about 100° C., and the PTSA and hypophosphorous acid strong acids are neutralized by adding 1.8 g of 50% sodium hydroxide.
• the unreacted excess acid is then distilled off under vacuum (5 mbar; vapor temperature: 115° C.).
• the boiler temperature changes from 130 to 220° C. approximately during this evaporation.
• the product is decolorized by treatment with active charcoal.
• the composition thus purified, known as DEI 1 has a mass amount of isosorbide diester of 95.4%.
• a Test 2 is performed according to the operating protocol of Test 1, replacing the acid mixture with a mixture of fatty acids consisting of 30% by weight of n-octanoic acid and 70% by weight of n-decanoic acid.
• the final composition known as DEI 2, obtained has a mass amount of isosorbide diesters of 95.8%.
• a Test 3 is performed according to the operating protocol of Test 1, replacing the acid mixture with a mixture of fatty acids consisting of 40% by weight of n-octanoic acid, 30% by weight of n-decanoic acid and 30% by weight of lauric acid.
• the final composition known as DEI 3, obtained has a mass amount of isosorbide diesters of 95.1%.
• Test 4 is performed according to the operating protocol of Test 3, by introducing 3 mol of the mixture of acids per mole of isosorbide. After 5 hours of reaction, the water distilled off reaches 97% of the theoretical amount.
• the final composition, referred to as DEI 4, obtained has a mass amount of isosorbide diesters of 98.5%.
• Test 5 is performed according to the operating protocol of Test 4, replacing the mixture of acids with a mixture of fatty acids consisting of 25% by weight of n-octanoic acid, 45% by weight of n-decanoic acid and 30% by weight of n-hexanoic acid.
• the final composition known as DEI 5, obtained has a mass amount of isosorbide diesters of 98.2%.
• Test 6 is performed according to the operating protocol of Test 4, replacing the mixture of acids with a mixture of fatty acids consisting of 50% by weight of n-octanoic acid, 20% by weight of n-decanoic acid and 30% by weight of myristic acid.
• the final composition known as DEI 6, obtained has a mass amount of isosorbide diesters of 98.2%.
• Test 7 is performed according to the operating protocol of Test 4, replacing the mixture of acids with a mixture of fatty acids consisting of 25% by weight of n-octanoic acid, 45% by weight of n-decanoic acid and 30% by weight of linoleic acid.
• the final composition known as DEI 7, obtained has a mass amount of isosorbide diesters of 97.0%.
• a Test 8 is performed according to the operating protocol of Test 4, replacing the mixture of acids with a mixture of fatty acids consisting of 20% by weight of n-octanoic acid, 60% by weight of n-decanoic acid and 20% by weight of lauric acid.
• the final composition known as DEI 8
• DEI 8 has a mass amount of isosorbide diesters of 98.5%.
• compositions DEI 1 to 4 have a liquid appearance at room temperature.
• the freezing and melting points are determined by measuring the viscosity of the plasticizer as a function of the temperature. It is measured using a Physica MCR rheometer. To measure this change in viscosity, a drop of the plasticizer is placed on a plate 50 mm in diameter and an angle of 1° (geometry CP 50-1) for measurement of the viscous and elastic moduli as a function of the temperature. The temperature gradient is 2° C./min, the temperature sweep is from 20° C. to ⁇ 30° C., the oscillation frequency is 1 Hertz and the deformation is from 1% to 0.1%. The freezing point measured corresponds to the temperature of change of state of the product subjected to the test and corresponds to the crossing of the viscous and elastic moduli. Next, with the same gradients, oscillation frequency and deformation, by applying a temperature sweep from ⁇ 30° C. to 20° C., the melting point is determined, which also corresponds to the crossing of the viscous and elastic moduli.
• the volatility of the plasticizing compositions is also determined for each of the compositions.
• the determination of the volatility of plasticizing compositions is performed by weight difference after a defined residence time in a ventilated oven.
• a crystallizing dish is accurately weighed, and an accurately weighed amount of about 5 g of the test product is added thereto.
• the crystallizing dish is then placed inside the oven at 180° C. for 30 minutes. Once this time has elapsed, the crystallizing dish is placed in a desiccator until cool, and then weighed again.
• the volatility is then calculated according to the following formula: (starting mass of plasticizer—mass of plasticizer after residence in the oven) ⁇ 100/starting mass of plasticizer.
• Composition DEI 3 according to the invention which has a DEI purity similar to that of the comparative compositions DEI 1 and DEI 2, has a slightly lower volatility than these other two.
• the DEI compositions manufactured from binary mixtures the more the mean acid length on the DEIs increases, the more the freezing point and melting point increase. This is an entirely logical phenomenon insofar as the DEI compositions obtained after synthesis from n-octanoic acid are liquid at room temperature, whereas those obtained after synthesis from n-decanoic acid are solid at room temperature.
• composition DEI 2 This melting point of 22° C. for composition DEI 2 may be problematic since, after storage at low temperature, for example at a temperature of 0° C., the composition is placed at room temperature before use, this composition may remain in a solid-liquid state, which poses handling problems (impossible to pump or to pour out), for example when it is desired to use it for plasticizing polymers.
• the compositions according to the invention have a lower melting point.
• the composition according to the invention once again becomes liquid at room temperature and can be used easily.
• the storage of the compositions according to the invention is easy.
• compositions DEI 1 to 4 will now be used for polymer plasticization in Examples 6 and 7 below.
• Formulations of PVC plasticized according to the invention are prepared using the following products:
• PVC Norvinyl S7102 100 parts Stabilizer Baerostab® NT 319P (Ca/Zn powder): 1.5 part Co-stabilizer Baerostab® LSA (epoxydized soybean oil): 2 parts Plasticizer: 34 parts
• the preparation of pressed specimens for characterizing the mechanical properties is performed in several steps.
• plates of plasticized PVC are formed using a Carver press and a mirror-polished stainless steel 30 ⁇ 30 cm mold equipped with a frame 2 mm thick and a mirror-polished stainless steel lid.
• An amount of 180 g of plasticized PVC powder is uniformly poured into the frame placed inside the mold, and the whole is then covered with a lid.
• the assembly is placed on the plateau of the press preheated to 185° C. and the program which consists in applying a closing force of 18 000 kg at 185° C. for 2 minutes is started. After cooling to a temperature close to 45° C., the PVC plate thus obtained is then removed from the mold.
• the final step consists in cutting out 10 specimens of 5A type (dimensions: 25 mm ⁇ 4 mm; 2 mm thick) with the aid of a punch using the plasticized PVC plates obtained as described previously.
• Table 2 below shows, for each composition tested, the stress values at 100% strain and ultimate strain values obtained.
• compositions according to the invention plasticize the polymer at least as satisfactorily as the comparative DEIs.
• One of the essential criteria for any plasticized polymer is the degree of migration of the plasticizing composition used. Specifically, it should be minimal if it is desired to preserve the properties of the material over time.
• PVC specimens are cut out (40 ⁇ 40 mm, 2 mm thick). They are conditioned for 72 hours at 20° C.—65% RH.
• two absorbent supports of non-plasticized PVC of Komadur type (from the company Sigma PLV) of dimensions 80 ⁇ 80 mm by 1 mm thick are prepared. The specimens and the absorbent supports are weighed on a precision balance. The plasticized PVC specimens are then placed between the two absorbent supports, at their center. This assembly is placed between two glass plates, and a 5 kg weight is then placed on top. The whole is placed in a ventilated oven at 70° C. for one week. After one week in the oven, the specimens are reconditioned at 20° C.—65% RH for 2 days. Finally, they are weighed again in order to determine the degree of migration of the specimen via the following calculation:
• compositions according to the invention make it possible to reduce the degree of migration relative to the comparative compositions, especially relative to DEI 1.
• PVC specimens are cut out (50 ⁇ 50 mm, 2 mm thick). They are conditioned for 48 hours at 20° C.—65% RH. Each specimen is weighed and then immersed separately in 190 g of demineralized water inside a hermetically sealed twist-off jar. The whole is placed in an oven at 70° C. for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks of baking, the specimens are removed and wiped with absorbent paper. The specimens then undergo drying in a vacuum oven at 53° C. for 24 hours before being weighed again.
• the loss of mass by leaching is then determined by the following calculation: (mass of specimen before baking—mass of specimen after vacuum drying) ⁇ 100/mass of specimen before baking.
• compositions according to the invention make it possible to improve the resistance to leaching relative to the comparative compositions, especially relative to DEI 1.

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