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Definitions

• the present invention provides anaerobic adhesive compositions, reaction products of which demonstrate controlled-strength at ambient temperature conditions and enhanced resistance to thermal degradation at elevated temperature conditions.
• the compositions are (meth) acrylate- and/or polyorganosiloxane-based and may include one or more of a variety of other components, such as certain coreactants, a maleimide component, a diluent component reactive at elevated temperature conditions, mono- or poly-hydroxyalkane components, and other components.
• Anaerobic adhesive compositions generally are well-known. See e.g., R.D. Rich, "Anaerobic Adhesives” in Handbook of Adhesive Technology, 29, 467-79, A. Pizzi and
• Anaerobic adhesive compositions may be classified as ones having high strength, medium strength or low strength. Controlling the strength of anaerobic adhesive compositions to render them having medium or low strength has ordinarily been achieved through the inclusion of a plasticizer or non-reactive diluent component into a high strength anaerobic adhesive composition, with the amount of such component influencing the degree of strength of the cured composition.
• the cured composition retains the non-reactive diluent.
• the non-reactive diluent either evaporates or otherwise escapes from the polymeric matrix due to its decreased viscosity in view of the increased temperature.
• the so-formed polymeric matrix becomes little more than a shell resulting in virtually no strength retention.
• SAMPE Symp. Exh. , 59-63 (1977) speaks to radiation curing of acrylic-modified epoxies together in formulations with vinyl functional monomers (i.e. , divinyl benzene, trialkyl cyanurate and styrene) to form cured resins of higher level cross-linking and superior ambient and elevated temperature performance .
• vinyl functional monomers i.e. , divinyl benzene, trialkyl cyanurate and styrene
• Silicones (or polyorganosiloxanes) , because of their excellent thermal stability, have been used for many sealant, adhesive and coating applications. However, because of large amounts of dissolved oxygen and high permeability to oxygen, conventional wisdom generally believed until recently that silicones would not be anaerobically curable.
• U.S. Patent No. 4,035,355 (Baney) teaches anaerobically curing sealant compositions of acrylate-containing polyorganosiloxanes and a hydroperoxy polymerization initiator. These compositions require relatively long cure times -- i.e., about 24 hours -- and therefore would have limited commercial acceptance.
• U.S. Patent No. 5,391,593 (Inoue) is directed to a silicone rubber sealant composition of an organopolysiloxane, organic peroxide and carbon black which is said to cure under anaerobic conditions into silicone rubber having improved physical properties. These silicones require about 2 to 3 days after removal of oxygen to fully cure. Such a cure profile again would meet with poor commercial acceptance.
• Japanese Patent Document JP 04-268,315 appears to be directed to an anaerobically and ultraviolet curable polyorganosiloxane composition for adhesive purposes that is reported to have good heat resistance.
• Loctite Corporation made an advance in the field of anaerobically-curable silicone formulations by teaching an anaerobic composition including (a) a silicone fluid formed as the reaction product of a first silane having at least one hydrolyzable functional group, and a second silane having a (meth) acrylic functional group and at least one hydrolyzable functional group; (b) a
• an anaerobically curing silicone composition which cures in a short period of time without sacrificing heat stability and strength properties of the cured resin, and which demonstrates enhanced resistance to thermal degradation at elevated temperature conditions. It would further be desirable to be able to control the strength of the cured resin while maintaining high temperature resistance.
• anaerobic adhesive composition would be desirable which is capable of curing under ambient environmental conditions, and which, when cured into reaction products, demonstrates superior properties, such as controlled strength and superior resistance to thermal degradation at elevated temperatures .
• the present invention meets the desires discussed above by providing methods of controlling the strength of high temperature resistant anaerobic adhesives through the use of certain additives. That is, the present invention provides anaerobic adhesive compositions, reaction products of which demonstrate controlled strength at ambient temperature conditions and enhanced resistance to thermal degradation at elevated temperature conditions.
• the compositions include (a) a (meth) acrylate component; (b) a coreactant; and (c) an anaerobic cure-inducing component.
• Such compositions may also include (d) a maleimide component.
• the compositions include (a) a (meth) acrylate component; (b) a maleimide component; (c) a diluent component reactive at elevated temperature conditions; and (d) an anaerobic cure-inducing component.
• Such compositions may also include a mono- or poly-hydroxyalkane component, a polymeric plasticizer component, and/or a chelator.
• compositions include: (a) a SiMA; (b) a (meth) acrylate component; (c) a maleimide component; and (d) an anaerobic cure-inducing component.
• compositions may also include alternatively, or in addition, to the maleimide component, a mono- or poly-hydroxyalkane component, a polymeric plasticizer component, and/or a chelator.
• compositions include: (a) SiMA; (b) a (meth) acrylate component ; (c) a mono- or poly-hydroxyalkane component; and (d) an anaerobic cure-inducing composition.
• compositions include: (a) a SiMA; (b) a polymeric plasticizer component; and (c) an anaerobic cure-inducing component .
• compositions may also include a (meth) acrylate component, a mono- or poly-hydroxyalkane component, and/or a chelator.
• the invention also provides a process for preparing reaction products from the anaerobic adhesive compositions of the various aspects of the present invention, the steps of which include applying the composition to a desired substrate surface and exposing the coated substrate surface to conditions which are appropriate to effect cure thereof -- e.g., exposure to conditions in which air is substantially excluded therefrom.
• the invention of course provides the reaction products so-formed by the above-described process, which reaction products demonstrate superior thermal properties such as resistance to degradation at elevated temperatures .
• the present invention is directed to anaerobic adhesive compositions which are based on a (meth) acrylate component and/or SiMA component, together with an anaerobic cure- inducing composition.
• G may be hydrogen, halogen or alkyl of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms
• R 1 may be selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl
• (Meth) acrylate monomers suitable for use herein include polyethylene glycol di (meth) acrylates, tetrahydrofuran (meth) acrylates and di (meth) acrylates, hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate ("HPMA"), hexanediol di (meth) acrylate, trimethylol propane tri (meth) acrylate, diethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate , triethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate (“TRIEGMA”), tetraethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, dipropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, di- (pentamethylene glycol) di (meth) acrylate, tetraethylene diglycol di (meth) acrylate, diglycerol tetra (meth) acrylate, tetramethylene di (meth) acrylate , ethylene dimethacrylate, neopentyl glycol diacrylate,
• More specific (meth) acrylate monomers particularly desirable for use herein include polyethylene glycol di (meth) acrylates, bisphenol-A di (meth) acrylates, such as EBIPMA and tetrahydrofuran (meth) acrylates and di (meth) acrylates, hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate, hexanediol di (meth) acrylate, trimethylol propane tri (meth) acrylate, a
• R 2 may be selected from hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms or
• R 3 may be selected from hydrogen, halogen, and alkyl of
• R 4 may be selected from hydrogen, hydroxy and
• n is an integer equal to at least 1, e.g., 1 to about
• the (meth) acrylate monomer should be present in the compositions within the range of from about 1 percent by weight to about 60 percent by weight, desirably from about 5 percent by weight to about 50 percent by weight, such as from about 10 percent by weight to about 40 percent by weight, based on the total composition.
• SiMA such as taught by and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 5,605,999 (Chu) , the disclosure of which is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference, may be used instead of or in addition to the (meth) acrylate monomer as the anaerobically curing resin.
• such silicone fluids may be formed as reaction products of (a) a silane material within the formula R n Si(X) 4-n , where R is H, C 1-12 alkyl , C 6 _ 12 aryl, C 7 _ 18 arylalkyl, C 7 _ 18 alkylaryl and derivatives thereof, and monovalent ethylenically unsaturated radicals, X is a hydrolyzable functionality and n is an integer from 0 to 3 , and (b) a silane material within the formula R 1 m R p Si (X) 4 _ (m+p) , where R' is a (meth) acrylic functional group, R and X are as above, and m is an integer from 1 to 3 and m+p is an integer from 1 to 3. Certain of these moieties ordinarily may be reaction products of halogenated trialkyl silanes, tetraalkoxysilanes and (meth) acrylic-subtituted trialkoxysilanes
• the first silane should be used in an amount with the range of from about 1 to about 99 mole%, desirably from about 30 to about 90 mole%, such as from about 50 to about 85 mole% of the combination of the first and second silanes.
• the second silane should be used in an amount with the range of from about 1 to about 99 mole%, desirably from about 15 to about 70 mole%, such as from about 20 to about 50 mole% of the combination of the first and the second silanes.
• third and fourth silanes are used to prepare SiMA.
• the hydrolyzable functionality in either or both of the first silane or the second silane may be any functionality which, when attached to a silicon atom through a Si-O, Si-halo, Si-N or Si-S bond, is readily hydrolyzable in the presence of water.
• functionalities include, but are not limited to, halogen, (meth) acryloxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, isocyanato, amino, acetoxy, oximinoxy, aminoxy, amidato and alkenyloxy.
• R may be chosen from C ⁇ C ⁇ alkyl and C 6 -C 12 aryl.
• examples of the first silane include, but are not limited to, dimethylchlorosilane, phenyltrichlorosilane, tetrachlorosilane , trimethylchlorosilane , trimethylmethoxysilane , dimethyldimethoxysilane , phenyltrimethoxysilane and tetraethoxysilane .
• R 2 on the second silane is chosen from C ⁇ C ⁇ alkyl, C 6 -C 12 aryl, alkenyl, (meth) acryloxy and vinyl
• the second silane itself may be (meth) acryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane, (meth) acryloxypropyl trichlorosilane, (meth) acryloxypropyl dimethylchloro silane, (meth) acryloxy ⁇ nethyl dichlorosilane and (meth) acryloxymethyldimethyl acryloxysilane .
• the second silane component may ordinarily be obtained commercially or prepared by methods well-known in field of methacrylate-functionalized silanes. Examples of such methods may be found in U.S. Patent Nos. 2,793,223 (Merker) ; 2,898,361 (Barnes, Jr.); 2,922,806 (Merker); 2,922,807 (Merker); 4,348,454 (Eckberg) ; 4,665,147 (Lien); 5,179,134 (Chu) ; 5,182,315 (Chu) ; and 5,212,211 (Welch, II), the disclosures of each of which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
• first silanes may be used as the first silane component; likewise appropriate combinations of second silanes may be used as the second silane component.
• the SiMA (a) should be present in the composition in an amount within the range of from about 40 to about 95 percent by weight of the composition, and desirably from about 50 to about 90 percent by weight of the composition, such as from about 60 to about 85 percent by weight of the composition.
• the anaerobic cure- inducing composition useful in the present invention includes a variety of components, such as amines (including amine oxides, sulfonamides and triazines) .
• a desirable composition to induce cure in accordance with the present invention includes saccharin, toluidines, such as N,N-diethyl-p-toluidine and
• N,N-dimethyl-o-toluidine, acetyl phenylhydrazine, and maleic acid may also be included or substituted therefor. See e.g. , Loctite U.S. Patent Nos. 3,218,305 (Krieble) , 4,180,640 (Melody), 4,287,330 (Rich) and 4,321,349 (Rich). Quinones, such as napthoquinone and anthraquinone, may also be included to scavenge free radicals which form.
• compositions further include a certain coreactant .
• these compositions may also include a maleimide component .
• the coreactant may be selected from monomers within structures X and XX, which are represented as :
• K II where X is present at least once on structure X (i.e. , mono-, di- or tri-substituted) and itself may be chosen from H or DA, where D is attached to the ring and may be chosen from O, S or NH, and A is attached to D and is represented by structure III below:
• Z represents a point of unsaturation, such as (a) a double bond with a second H being attached to C ⁇ and an H or halogen being attached to C 2 , or (b) a triple bond;
• E may be H; and alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, each of which may be linear, branched or cyclic, and aryl groups, having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, with or without substitution by halogen, silicon, hydroxy, nitrile, ester, amide or sulfate, provided that additional point (s) of unsaturation or heteroatoms, if any, in the groups represented by R (described below) are not alpha to Z; and R may be H; and alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, each of which may be linear, branched or cyclic, and aryl groups, having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, with or without substitution by halogen, silicon, hydroxy, nitrile, ester, amide or sulfate; and
• O chosen from H or CDA, where D and A are as defined above.
• structures X and II include structures III and ⁇ y_, respectively, as depicted below:
• D and A are present at least once and are also present together attached to ring atoms which are in alpha-beta relation to one another, as is depicted in the structure
• TAC triallyl cyanurate
• TAT triallyl tri esate
• TI triallyl isocyanurate
• the coreactant may be a polymerizable substituted phenolic material, such as materials within structure I_X as represented below:
• n is from 0 to about 5 and which is commercially available under the trade designation "THERMAX” SH-150AR from Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., New York, New York
• coreactants suitable for use herein include those within structures XX and XII , as shown below.
• the coreactant When used, the coreactant should be present in an amount within the range of about 1 to about 30 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
• maleimide compounds are suitable for use herein as the maleimide component .
• the maleimide component may include any maleimide which remains substantially unreacted at ambient temperature, but becomes reactive at increased temperatures approaching about 325 °F and greater. Accordingly, many maleimide compounds are suitable for use herein as the maleimide component .
• maleimides which are useful herein conform to the following structures:
• R 5 and R 6 are selected from alkyl, aryl [such as phenyl
• R 6 may represent groups such as
• phenyl groups are substituted at one or more positions with linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, or aryl groups having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, with or without substitution by halogen, hydroxy, nitrile, ester, amide or sulfate; and Y may represent 0, S, carbonyl, sulfone, or primary or secondary methylene groups substituted with linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, or aryl groups having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, with or without substitution by halogen, hydroxy, nitrile, ester, amide or sulfate.
• Desirable maleimides include compounds within structures XIII and XIV shown below as structures XVII [N-phenyl maleimide (“NPM”)], XX [N, N' -m-phenylene bismaleimide (“HVA-2", commercially available from E.I.
• R 7 may be selected from H or alkyl (such as CH 3 ) , and n is an integer within the range of 1 to about 10.
• the maleimide component should be present in the composition in an amount within the range of from about 5% to about 20%, based on the total weight of the composition.
• compositions may also include a diluent component reactive at elevated temperature conditions.
• Reactive diluents include those materials which are particularly (1) unreactive at ambient temperature conditions and (2) reactive at elevated temperature conditions.
• such diluents should be capable of not only reacting with other components of the inventive adhesive compositions, but also with reactive moities on itself. This feature allows the diluent to self-polymerize as well as polymerize with reactive moities on the other components of the composition. As such, the reactive diluent becomes incorporated into the polymeric matrix which forms at ambient temperature and which further forms at increased temperatures. The incorporation of the reactive diluent provides at least in part for the high temperature performance demonstrated by the cured composition.
• reactive diluents include alkenyl- or alkynyl -terminated silicone fluids, such as vinyl- or allyl-terminated silicone fluids, an example of which is vinyl -terminated polydimethyl siloxane.
• MQ resins are a family of silicone-based materials with a structure represented generally by (R 3 Si0 12 ) x (Si0 4/2 ) y .
• R is alkyl, such as methyl; however, a portion of the total R content may also include hydrogen, other alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or derivatives thereof.
• vinyl-dimethyl -Si0 12 functionality in the form of vinyl -dimethyl -Si0 12 , vinyl-methyl-Si0 22 and/or vinyl -Si0 3/2 may be present, and the resulting resin is termed by the art skilled as a vinyl-MQ resin.
• Vinyl-MQ resins may ordinarily be prepared by (1) acidifying water-soluble sodium silicate, and thereafter capping the resulting sol with a trimethylsilyl group as well as with vinyl-containing silane or (2) co-hydrolyzing and/or co-condensing silanes containing trimethylsilane groups, vinyl silane groups and tetraoxysilane .
• silicone resins of this type see R.H. Blaney et al . , "Sisesquioxanes” , Chem. Rev. , 95, 1409-30 (1995) .
• Still other examples of the reactive diluent include alkenyl-terminated cyclosiloxanes, such as vinyl- or allyl -terminated cyclosiloxanes, desirably
• alkynyl -terminated cyclosiloxanes may also be used herein.
• the reactive diluent should be employed in an amount within the range of about 1 to about 50 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
• compositions may also include a mono- or poly-hydroxyalkane component.
• the mono- or poly-hydroxyalkanes include alkylene glycols, like ethylene glycol, propylene glycols and propane triols, butane glycols and butane triols, butane tetraols, butylene pentaols and the like, pentylene glycols and pentane triols, pentane tetraols, pentane pentaols, pentane hexaols and the like, hexylene glycols and hexane triols, hexane tetraols, hexane tetraols, hexane pentaols, hexane hexaols, hexane heptaols and the like, and combinations thereof, may be used, as noted above.
• Such hydroxyalkanes tend to increase the cure speed, improve the shelf-life stability and improve the surface insensitivity (i.e. , improve the bonding strength on oiled and/or slow curing substrates, such as zinc substrates) of anaerobic formulations in which they are placed, and decrease the break strength of reaction products of such formulations without compromising the prevailing torque thereof.
• the mono- or poly-hydroxyalkanes should be employed in an amount within the range of from about 0.01 to about 10 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
• a polymeric plasticizer component may also be in included.
• the polymeric plasticizer should aid in bond formation and bond strength on insensitive, unreactive and slow-to-cure metal substrate surfaces, such as zinc and re-oiled surfaces .
• the plasticizer component may be chosen from a wide variety of plasticizers depending on the desired properties of the composition and/or reaction product thereof. See e.g. , U.S. Patent No. 3,794,610 (Bachmann) , the disclosure of which is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
• a particularly desirable plasticizer for use herein is a polymeric plasticizer, such as one available commercially under the tradename "UNIFLEX” 300 from Unicamp Corporation, Jacksonville, Florida.
• "UNIFLEX” 300 is a medium molecular weight polymeric plasticizer (made from hexanedioic acid and polymer with 1,4 -butane diol and 1,2-propane diol) , which is liquid at 25°C whose viscosity at that temperature is 3300 cps . This polymeric plasticizer is reported to be resistant to high temperatures.
• compositions are to be applied on zinc, stainless steel or re-oiled substrates
• a poly (ethylene glycol) monooleate such as poly (ethylene glycol) 200 monooleate, may be used in this regard as well.
• plasticizers When used in the inventive compositions, a high strength formulation results which is particularly well-suited for use as a sealant.
• plasticizers may ordinarily be used in the compositions in an amount within the range of from about 1 to about 20 percent by weight, such as about 1 to about 6 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
• a chelator is ordinarily included in an amount sufficient to control shelf-life stability of the composition.
• Appropriate chelators may be chosen from a variety of materials, such as ehtylenediamine tetraacetic acid (“EDTA”) and diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid pentasodium salt (“DTPA”) .
• EDTA ehtylenediamine tetraacetic acid
• DTPA diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid pentasodium salt
• Chelators are ordinarily used in the compositions in an amount from about 0.001 percent by weight to about 0.06 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
• inventive compositions may also include other components, such as free radical initiators, free radical accelerators, inhibitors of free radical generation, as well as metal catalysts.
• compositions of the present invention including, without limitation, hydroperoxides , such as cumene hydroperoxide (“CHP”), para-menthane hydroperoxide, t-butyl hydroperoxide (“TBH”) and t-butyl perbenzoate.
• hydroperoxides such as cumene hydroperoxide (“CHP”), para-menthane hydroperoxide, t-butyl hydroperoxide (“TBH”) and t-butyl perbenzoate.
• Such peroxide compounds may be employed in the present invention in the range of from about 0.1 to about 10 percent by weight of the total composition, with about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight being desirable.
• Stabilizers and inhibitors may also be employed to control and prevent premature peroxide decomposition and polymerization of the composition of the present invention.
• Accelerators may be employed to enhance the rate of cure propagation, such as in amounts in the range of about 0.1 to about 5, such as about 1 to about 3, percent by weight of the total composition.
• the accelerator When the accelerator is in the form of a metal catalyst solution or a pre-mix, it may be used in an amount in the range of about 0.03 to about 0.1% by weight of the total composition.
• Other agents such as thickeners, plasticizers, fillers, and other well-known additives may be incorporated in the inventive composition where the art-skilled person believes it would be desirable to do so.
• compositions of the present invention may be prepared using conventional methods which are well known to those persons of skill in the art.
• the components of the inventive compositions may be mixed together in any convenient order consistent with the roles and functions the components are to perform in the compositions .
• Conventional mixing techniques using known apparatus may be employed.
• compositions of this invention may be applied to a variety of substrates to perform with the desired benefits and advantages described herein.
• appropriate substrates may be constructed from steel, brass, aluminum, zinc and other metals and alloys, ceramics and thermosets .
• compositions of this invention may also be used to impregnate the pores of substrates constructed from such materials.
• inventive compositions when used as impregnant sealants, may be formulated to have high temperature resistance when cured or low viscosity so as to be curable more quickly and to have enhanced shelf-life stability over existing commercial impregnant sealants.
• a coreactant such as TAC or TAI
• TAC or TAI should be present in an amount within the range of about 20 to about 30 weight percent.
• a mono- or poly-hydroxyalkane component should be present in an amount within the range of about 1 to about 10 weight percent.
• compositions of this invention cure as their name connotes under anaerobic conditions. Nevertheless, other cure modalities may also be employed, if desired, provided of course appropriate choices are made for the components of the inventive compositions to render them curable under the desired conditions. For instance, see the '305, '640, '330 and '349 patents.
• the compositions of the present invention are capable of curing in the substantial absence of air.
• the compositions of this invention are capable of curing to form a reaction product at ambient environmental conditions, i.e. , at room temperature, instead of requiring elevated temperatures.
• the requirement of elevated temperatures for curing such adhesives increases manufacturing costs due at least in part to increased energy consumption.
• the so-formed reaction product forms an acceptable bond without requiring a second part primer material, such as is described in the '738 and '725 patents supra .
• the inventive compositions are one-part compositions.
• the requirement of a second part primer to form an acceptable bond adhesive increases manufacturing costs due at least in part to the required additional material and is also disadvantageous at least in part with respect to lacking the convenience of a one part system.
• the invention also provides a process for preparing a reaction product from the anaerobic adhesive composition of the present invention, the steps of which include applying the composition to a desired substrate surface and excluding air from the environment in which the substrate is positiond.
• a method of producing anaerobically curing SiMA-containing compositions is provided.
• the following method represents a method for its preparation.
• the method of preparing SiMA includes the step of allowing at least one first silane to react with at least one second silane in the presence an effective amount of water to hydrolyze hydrolyzable groups on the first and second silanes, thereby producing a silicone fluid.
• the first silane is within the formula, R n Si(X) 4 _ n , where the R groups may the same or different and selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 12 alkyl, C 6 -C 12 aryl, C 7 -C 18 arylalkyl, C 7 -C 18 alkylaryl and monovalent ethylenically unsaturated radicals excluding (meth) acryloxy functional groups, X is a hydrolyzable functionality, and n is an integer of from 0 to 3.
• the second silane is within the formula, R 1 n R 2 m Si (X) 4-(m+n) , where R 1 is a (meth) acryloxy functional group and R 2 is selected from monovalent ethylenically unsaturated radicals, hydrogen, alkyl, C 6 -C 12 aryl, C 7 -C 18 arylalkyl, and C 7 -C 18 alkylaryl, X is a hydrolyzable functionality, m is an integer from 1 to 3 , and m+p is an integer from 1 to 3.
• the (meth) acrylate component, maleimide component and an anaerobic cure- inducing component are thereafter added to SiMA, thereby producing an anaerobically curable composition in accordance with this invention, which when cured demonstrates high strength and resistance to thermal degradation at elevated temperatures.
• the composition may be positioned onto, and in contact with, the surfaces by any suitable means such as spreading or dipping and the surfaces then brought into close proximity. Any solvent which may be present should be allowed to evaporate before the surfaces are brought into close proximity. Alternately, when the composition shows sufficient fluidity, the surfaces can be brought into close proximity and the composition subsequently positioned, e.g., by capillary action, into the small volume between, and in contact with, the surface. The composition however positioned and enclosed by the surface, being effectively excluded from oxygen, cures to an insoluble solid and adheres to the surface, thereby providing an assembly with two or more surfaces held in a fixed relative configuration. In view of the above description of the present invention, it is clear that a wide range of practical opportunities is provided.
• Sample Nos. 1-8 included about 15% by weight of HVA-2 as such a maleimide component and Sample Nos. 9-16 were formulated without any such maleimide component.
• Sample Nos. 1-4 and 9-12 were formulated with vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane as a reactive diluent component
• Sample Nos. 5-8 and 13-16 were formulated with poly (ethylene glycol) (200) monooleate as a non-reactive diluent component. Whether the diluent component was of the reactive-type in accordance with this invention or of the non-reactive type, amounts of 5, 10, 20 or 30% by weight were chosen for formulation purposes.
• an anaerobic cure-inducing composition which included about 1.22% by weight of saccharin, about 0.28% by weight of acetyl phenylhydrazine, about 0.2% by weight of
• N,N-dimethyl-o-toluidine about 0.32% by weight of maleic acid, and about 2.26% by weight of cumene hydroperoxide was included.
• the compositions were prepared by adding with mechanical mixing at room temperature the appropriate amounts of the (meth) acrylate component, maleimide component, if any, and diluent component in any order to 50 ml beakers, and thereafter adding the appropriate amounts of the components of the desired anaerobic cure-inducing composition (save cumene hydroperoxide) .
• the components were mixed for an appropriate period of time to allow for dissolution and/or dispersion, as the case may be, of the solid components.
• An appropriate amount of cumene hydroperoxide was then added portionwise, with mixing continued for an additional period of time of about 0.5 hours.
• Hot strength is increased due to presence of the maleimide component in Sample Nos. 1-8. Increasing the concentration of diluent (whether or not reactive) , however, decreases the hot strength, which is desirable in the context of this invention; however, those samples containing reactive diluent and maleimide (Nos. 1-4) show a controlled reduction of strength. Contrast Sample Nos. 3 with 7. This is even more clearly shown where the maleimide component has not been included in the samples -- that is, in Sample Nos. 9-16. Contrast Sample Nos. 11 (reactive diluent) with 15 (non-reactive diluent) .
• Sample Nos. 5-8 where a more pronounced reduction in break strength was seen over time under such elevated temperature conditions. More specifically, for examples comparing Sample No. 1 with Sample No. 5, where the percentages of the components are the same but the difference resides in the type of diluent used -- reactive diluent in Sample No. 1 or non-reactive diluent in Sample No. 5 --, it was seen that after a period of time of about 2 weeks at a temperature of about 400°F only about 2 inch pounds of break strength was lost with Sample No. 1 and after a period of 3 weeks at such temperature only about 11 inch pounds was lost. However, with steel fasteners assembled with Sample No.
• break strength is an important parameter because once a fastener (e.g. , a nut from a nut and bolt assembly) turns, the clamping force is effectively lost.
• the prevailing torque value informs the user of when the fastener will come apart.
• a high break strength value is particularly desirable.
• those applications are ones where a maintenance-free or tamper-proof machine is the type of apparatus with which such an anaerobic adhesive composition is to be used.
• a lower break strength is desirable.
• examples of such other applications include removable threadlockers where the machine is desirably maintained at regular intervals.
• desirable applications include those where the fastener assemblies are small such that the strength of the bond formed by the cured adhesive does not exceed the proof load of the assembly. In this way, the integrity of the fastener assembly is maintained without breaking, twisting or stretching, which could occur with a high strength anaerobic adhesive.
• compositions contained no coreactant and/or maleimide component.
• an anaerobic cure-inducing component between about 4.5% and about 6% by weight of an anaerobic cure-inducing component was used. More specifically, for Sample Nos. 17-24 and 26-27, this component included about 1% by weight of saccharin, about 0.4% by weight of acetyl phenylhydrazine, about 0.7% by weight of N,N-diethyl-p-toluidine, about 0.2% by.weight of N,N-dimethyl-o-toluidine, about 1% by weight of maleic acid, and about 0.7% by weight of cumene hydroperoxide was included. For Sample No. 25, the component included about 2% by weight of saccharin, about 0.2% by weight of acetyl phenylhydrazine, about 0.32% by weight of N,N-diethyl-p-toluidine, about 0.2% by weight of
• N,N-dimethyl-o-toluidine about 0.8% by weight of maleic acid, and about 0.6% by weight of cumene hydroperoxide.
• about 0.2% by weight of dicumyl peroxide was included instead as the anaerobic cure- inducing component to be consistent with the express disclosure of the '176 patent.
• 10% by weight of triallyl cyanurate was used to be consistent with the express disclosure of the '176 patent.
• the samples were prepared by adding with mechanical mixing at room temperature the appropriate amounts of the acrylate component, and, if any coreactant and maleimide component in any order to 50 ml beakers, and thereafter adding the appropriate amounts of the components of the desired anaerobic cure-inducing composition (save cumene hydroperoxide with respect to Sample Nos. 17-27) .
• Sample Nos. 17-29 were applied in a wicking application to five sets of pre-assembled degreased 3/8 x 16 grade 2 nuts and grade 5 bolts, which were then allowed to cure at room temperature for a period of time of about 24 hours and typically up to a period of about 72 hours. After the cure time, the nut and bolt assemblies were evaluated for strength and thermal performance through accelerated heat aging as described below.
• the nut and bolt assemblies onto which certain of the samples were applied were evaluated for break strength and prevailing torque after a period of time of about 24 hours at ambient temperature conditions and then again after a period of time of about 72 hours at ambient temperature conditions.
• Nos. 17-27 are set forth in Tables 6a and 6b below.
• Sample Nos. 28 and 29 did not cure during the 24 hour period under these ambient temperature conditions and thus no values were obtained. However, following the cure procedure set forth in the '176 patent [i.e. , (1) elevating the temperature to about 170 °C for a period of time of about 0.5 hours and (2) placing the nut and bolt assemblies in boiling water for a period of time of about 2 hours] , the nut and bolt assemblies on which was applied the formulation of Sample Nos. 26 and 27 exhibited a break strength of about 30 inch pounds and 29 inch pounds, respectively, and a prevailing torque of about 136 inch pounds and 201 inch pounds, respectively.
• the assemblies were thereafter evaluated after one week of subjection to elevated temperatures of about 400 °F, and then again as to those assemblies which used Sample Nos. 17-21 after three weeks and six weeks and as to those assemblies which used Sample Nos. 23-24 and 26-27 after three weeks and sixty-one days at such temperature.
• break strength is an important parameter because once a fastener (e.g. , a nut from a nut and bolt assembly) turns, the clamping force is effectively lost.
• the prevailing torque value informs the user of when the fastener will come apart.
• a high break strength value is particularly desirable.
• those applications are ones where a maintenance-free or tamper-proof machine is the type of apparatus with which such an anaerobic adhesive composition is to be used.
• a low break strength is desirable.
• examples of such other applications include removable threadlockers where the machine is desirably maintained at regular intervals.
• Impregnant sealant compositions in accordance with this invention were prepared using the components and amounts indicated below in Tables 8a and 8b.
• compositions are curable under anaerobic and/or elevated temperature conditions.
• Table 8a
• *LAURYLMA represents Lauryl (meth) acrylate .
• Sample Nos. 38-45 was included about 5.17% by weight of "MAZON” 93 (commercially available from PPG/Industries, Inc., Gurnee, Illinois) as a demulsifying agent, and about 0.02% by weight of fluorescence, and about 0.05% by weight of hydroquinone, 0.06% by weight of butylated hydroxy toluenes, about 0.2% by weight of acetophosphonic acid as a chelator and 0.5% by weight of "VAZO” 67 (commercially available from E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware) as a free radical initiator.
• MAZON commercially available from PPG/Industries, Inc., Gurnee, Illinois
• the impregnated parts When the impregnant sealant composition is impregnated in the porosity of the parts to be sealed, the impregnated parts may be heated to effect heat curing of the composition, with polymerization of the resin or monomer component of the impregnant and cross- linking of the maleimide component with the polymerizable monomer or resin, in the case of heat-cure impregnant sealant formulations.
• the sealant composition may also be heated after impregnation has been effected, in order to effect cross-linking of the maleimide component with the polymerizable resin or monomer of the sealant composition, and to accelerate the anaerobic cure.
• non-thermal curing impregnation sealing composition such heating may be omitted and curing may be carried out at ambient (e.g. , room temperature) conditions.
• the maleimide component should enhance the physical properties of the cured sealant composition.
• the high temperature resistance properties of the cured impregnant sealant should be significantly increased after heating to cause cross-linking of the maleimide component with at least the monomer component of the sealant composition.
• sample impregnant formulations were used to seal the pores of a porous powdered metal part in their ordinary way. That is, the samples were placed in a container and Sample Nos. 30-37 were cured under anaerobic conditions and Sample Nos. 38-45 were ured by elevating the surrounding temperature to at least about 90 °C.
• the mixture was heated to 70 °C with nitrogen sparge to remove methanol .
• the reaction mixture was then cooled and diluted with approximately 300 ml cyclohexane.
• the cyclohexane solution was separated and washed repeatedly with water and solid sodium bicarbonate, filtering any solid salts generated, and residual sodium bicarbonate. Then, the cyclohexane was stripped under a nitrogen sparge at a temperature of about 60°C overnight. Cyclohexane was then removed under reduced pressure to yield a liquid resin with a viscosity of 4,000 cps .
• This resin is an example of a resin within the definition of SiMA.
• Sample Nos. 46-49 also included about 15% by weight of HVA-2 as a maleimide component; Sample Nos. 50-53 were formulated without any such maleimide component.
• Each of the eight formulations contained a diluent component -- Sample Nos. 46-47 and 50-51 were formulated with vinyl-terminated polydimethyl siloxane, and Sample Nos. 48-49 and 52-53 were formulated with poly (ethylene glycol) (200) monooleate. Sample Nos. 46, 48, 50 and 52 contained about 5% by weight, and Sample Nos. 47, 49, 51 and 53 contained about 10% by weight of the respective diluent component .
• an anaerobic cure- inducing component about 1.22% by weight of saccharin, about 0.28% by weight of acetyl phenylhydrazine, about 0.2% by weight of N,N-diethyl-p-toluidine, about 0.122% by weight of
• N, N-dimethyl-o-toluidine about 0.32% by weight of maleic acid and about 2.26% by weight of cumene hydroperoxide was included.
• compositions were prepared by adding with mechanical mixing at room temperature the appropriate amounts of the SiMA component, the (meth) acrylate component, the maleimide component, and the diluent component in any order to 50 ml beakers, and thereafter adding the appropriate amounts of the components of the desired anaerobic cure-inducing component (save cumene hydroperoxide) .
• the components were mixed for an appropriate period of time to allow for dissolution and/or dispersion, as the case may be, of the solid components.
• An appropriate amount of cumene hydroperoxide was then added portionwise, with mixing continued for an additional period of time of about 0.5 hours .
• the so- formed formulations were stored for further use by covering the beaker ensuring that an air pocket remained between the surface of the formulation and the cover .
• the components and amounts thereof used in by weight percentages in each of the eight formulations are presented below in Table 10.
• the additional weight percent to reach 100% is from the anaerobic cure-inducing composition and viscosity modifiers, such as silica fillers.
• Example IV The sample formulations set forth in Table 10 and described in Example IV (B) were applied to five sets of degreased 3/8 x 16 steel fastener assemblies, and then allowed to cure at room temperature for a period of time of about 24 hours. After the cure time, the fasteners were evaluated for break strength (i.e. , torque required to turn the nut on the bolt of the fastener assembly) , data for which as an average of the five sets are shown below in
• the steel fasteners assembled with Sample Nos. 46-53 were evaluated for their hot strength performance after curing at room temperature for a period of about 24 hours and thereafter subjected to elevated temperatures of about 400°F and about 500°F for a period of time of about 2 hours.
• the fasteners were evaluated for break strength at that temperature, hot strength data for which are shown below in Table 12.
• Example IV twenty-three formulations were prepared in a manner comparable to that described in Example IV (B) .
• the components of the formulations are recited below in Table 14.
• the additional weight percent to reach 100% is made up of the anaerobic cure-inducing component, and/or chelator and viscosity modifiers, such as silica fillers.
• samples contained 1.50 percent by weight of silica as a filler, and certain of the samples contained a bis-fumarate derivative and a chelator (i.e. , EDTA) .
• Sample Nos. 54, 56, 59, 61, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73 and 74 contained the bis-fumarate in the following respective amounts percent by weight: 10, 9, 10, 10, 5, 11.72, 5.02, 5, 6.6 and 5.46.
• the amounts in percent by weight of the chelator were: 1.28 (Sample No. 72), 1.30 (Sample Nos. 68, 69, 70 and 71) 1.35 (Sample Nos. 56 and 57), 1.36 (Sample o. 73), 1.50 (Sample Nos. 54, 55, and 58-67), 1.69 (Sample No. 74) and 2.42 (Sample No. 75).
• Sample Nos. 54-76 were applied to five sets of degreased 3/8 x 16 steel fastener assemblies and five sets of such assemblies, the nuts and bolts of which after degreasing were then re-oiled with a 5% oil in water emulsion where the nuts and bolts were immersed in the emulsion and thereafter dried.
• Formulations with different poly-hydroxyalkanes in varying amounts were prepared with the same remaining components as set forth below in Table 19. For each percent by weight poly-hydroxyalkane added to a sample formulation, that percent by weight amount of SiMA was omitted from the sample formulation.
• Sample Nos. 77-90 Heat aging studies were performed on Samples Nos. 77-90. More specifically, Sample Nos. 77-90 were applied to 3/8 x 16 steel nut and bolt assemblies, allowed to cure at ambient temperature conditions for a period of time of about 24 hours and subjected to elevated temperature conditions for a period of time of about 1 to about 6 weeks.
• the temperatures, durations and break strength and prevailing torque data are set forth below in Tables 22a and 22b. The upper value represents the break strength and the lower value represents the prevailing torque.
• steel fastener assemblies were degreased and re-oiled as described above in Example II (B) .
• Cure strength data at ambient temperature conditions for periods of time of about 1 hour, about 24 hours and about 72 hours are set forth in Table 24a for the samples on which re-oiled and degreased substrates are compared relative to steel fastener assemblies without such treatment.
• Table 24b sets forth data for hot strength and heat aging, comparing such degreased and re-oiled steel fasteners relative to steel fasteners which have not been subjected to such treatment.
• the upper value represents break strength and the lower value represents prevailing torque.
• the upper value represents break strength and the lower value represents prevailing torque.
• a desirable medium strength formulation according to this invention provides the following components in the recited amounts: SiMA (40.2%), HPMA (10%), EBIPMA (5%),
• HVA-2 (10%) , "UNIFLEX” 300 polymeric plasticizer (20%) , DTPA chelator (0.7%), with the remaining 14.1% by weight made up of fillers and the anaerobic cure- inducing composition (Sample No. 91) .
• break strength is an important parameter because once a fastener (e.g. , a nut from a nut and bolt assembly) turns, the clamping force is effectively lost.
• the prevailing torque value is a measure of the effort required to disassemble the fastener, and informs the user of when the fastener will come apart.
• a high break strength value is particularly desirable.
• those applications are ones where a maintenance-free or tamper-proof machine is the type of apparatus with which such an anaerobic adhesive composition is to be used.
• a lower break strength is desirable.
• examples of such other applications include removable threadlockers where the machine is desirably maintained at regular intervals.
• desirable applications include those where the fastener assemblies are small such that the strength of the bond formed by the cured adhesive does not exceed the proof load of the assembly. In this way, the integrity of the fastener assembly is maintained without the occurrence of breaking, traditional twisting or stretching which could occur with a high strength anaerobic adhesive.

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