WO2012091924A1 - Bleed resistant, oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition with microcrystalline wax - Google Patents
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- Olefin block copolymers are useful for producing soft compounds such as soft touch articles.
- the block architecture of the OBC results in good tensile strength, compression set and temperature resistance.
- OBC is mixed with an oil. As the amount of oil is increased, so too increases the likelihood of oil-bleed. Oil- bleed is problematic because it produces undesirable haptics in articles fabricated from these compounds.
- the present disclosure is directed to oil-extended OBC compositions with reduced, or no, oil-bleed.
- the present compositions contain microcrystalline wax that is an oil-bleed inhibitor. The presence of the microcrystalline wax maintains the softness of the composition, and simultaneously reduces, or eliminates, oil-bleed.
- an oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition includes an olefin block copolymer, an oil, and a microcrystalline wax.
- an oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition includes an olefin block copolymer, from 100 phr to 250 phr of an oil, and from 30 phr to 100 phr of a microcrystalline wax.
- the composition has a Shore A hardness from 5 to about 50 and a normalized oil-bleed index of less than or equal to 30 after three weeks at 23 °C.
- an oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition includes an olefin block copolymer, and a petrolatum.
- An advantage of the present disclosure is the provision of a soft oil-extended OBC composition with reduced, or no, oil-bleed. [0008] An advantage of the present disclosure is the provision of an oil-extended OBC composition that is halogen-free.
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation of the refinement process for petroleum- derived waxes.
- Figure 2 shows examples of various grey scales used for the normalized oil-bleed index in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the present disclosure provides an oil-extended olefin block copolymer (OBC) composition.
- OBC oil-extended olefin block copolymer
- An "oil-extended OBC composition,” as used herein, is an OBC composition that contains an (i) OBC and (ii) at least 25 wt % oil, based on the total weight of the composition.
- the oil-extended OBC composition contains at least 30 wt %, or at least 40 wt % to 70 wt %, or 60 wt %, or 50 wt % oil.
- an oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition is provided and includes an olefin block copolymer, an oil, and a microcrystalline wax.
- olefin block copolymer or "OBC” is an ethylene/a-olefm multi-block copolymer and includes ethylene and one or more copolymerizable a-olefm comonomer in polymerized form, characterized by multiple blocks or segments of two or more polymerized monomer units differing in chemical or physical properties.
- the multi-block copolymer can be represented by the following formula:
- n is at least 1, preferably an integer greater than 1, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or higher
- A represents a hard block or segment
- B represents a soft block or segment.
- As and Bs are linked in a substantially linear fashion, as opposed to a substantially branched or substantially star-shaped fashion.
- a blocks and B blocks are randomly distributed along the polymer chain.
- the block copolymers usually do not have a structure as follows.
- the block copolymers do not usually have a third type of block, which comprises different comonomer(s).
- each of block A and block B has monomers or comonomers substantially randomly distributed within the block.
- neither block A nor block B comprises two or more sub-segments (or sub-blocks) of distinct composition, such as a tip segment, which has a substantially different composition than the rest of the block.
- the olefin block copolymer includes various amounts of “hard” and “soft” segments.
- “Hard” segments are blocks of polymerized units in which ethylene is present in an amount greater than about 95 weight percent, or greater than about 98 weight percent based on the weight of the polymer.
- the comonomer content (content of monomers other than ethylene) in the hard segments is less than about 5 weight percent, or less than about 2 weight percent based on the weight of the polymer.
- the hard segments include all, or substantially all, units derived from ethylene.
- Soft segments are blocks of polymerized units in which the comonomer content (content of monomers other than ethylene) is greater than about 5 weight percent, or greater than about 8 weight percent, greater than about 10 weight percent, or greater than about 15 weight percent based on the weight of the polymer.
- the comonomer content in the soft segments can be greater than about 20 weight percent, greater than about 25 weight percent, greater than about 30 weight percent, greater than about 35 weight percent, greater than about 40 weight percent, greater than about 45 weight percent, greater than about 50 weight percent, or greater than about 60 weight percent.
- the soft segments can be present in an OBC from about 1 weight percent to about 99 weight percent of the total weight of the OBC, or from about 5 weight percent to about 95 weight percent, from about 10 weight percent to about 90 weight percent, from about 15 weight percent to about 85 weight percent, from about 20 weight percent to about 80 weight percent, from about 25 weight percent to about 75 weight percent, from about 30 weight percent to about 70 weight percent, from about 35 weight percent to about 65 weight percent, from about 40 weight percent to about 60 weight percent, or from about 45 weight percent to about 55 weight percent of the total weight of the OBC.
- the hard segments can be present in similar ranges.
- the soft segment weight percentage and the hard segment weight percentage can be calculated based on data obtained from DSC or NMR.
- crystalline refers to a polymer that possesses a first order transition or crystalline melting point (Tm) as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or equivalent technique.
- Tm first order transition or crystalline melting point
- amorphous refers to a polymer lacking a crystalline melting point as determined by differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) or equivalent technique.
- multi-block copolymer or “segmented copolymer” is a polymer comprising two or more chemically distinct regions or segments (referred to as “blocks”) preferably joined in a linear manner, that is, a polymer comprising chemically differentiated units which are joined end-to-end with respect to polymerized ethylenic functionality, rather than in pendent or grafted fashion.
- the blocks differ in the amount or type of incorporated comonomer, density, amount of crystallinity, crystallite size attributable to a polymer of such composition, type or degree of tacticity (isotactic or syndiotactic), region-regularity or regio-irregularity, amount of branching (including long chain branching or hyper-branching), homogeneity or any other chemical or physical property.
- the present OBC is characterized by unique distributions of both polymer polydispersity (PDI or Mw/Mn or MWD), block length distribution, and/or block number distribution, due, in an embodiment, to the effect of the shuttling agent(s) in combination with multiple catalysts used in their preparation.
- PDI polymer polydispersity
- Mw/Mn or MWD block length distribution
- block number distribution due, in an embodiment, to the effect of the shuttling agent(s) in combination with multiple catalysts used in their preparation.
- the OBC is produced in a continuous process and possesses a PDI from about 1.7 to about 3.5, or from about 1.8 to about 3, or from about 1.8 to about 2.5, or from about 1.8 to about 2.2.
- the OBC possesses PDI from about 1.0 to about 3.5, or from about 1.3 to about 3, or from about 1.4 to about 2.5, or from about 1.4 to about 2.
- the olefin block copolymer possesses a PDI fitting a Schultz-Flory distribution rather than a Poisson distribution.
- the present OBC has both a polydisperse block distribution as well as a polydisperse distribution of block sizes. This results in the formation of polymer products having improved and distinguishable physical properties.
- the theoretical benefits of a polydisperse block distribution have been previously modeled and discussed in Potemkin, Physical Review E (1998) 57 (6), pp. 6902-6912, and Dobrynin, J. Chem.Phys. (1997) 107 (21), pp 9234-9238.
- the present olefin block copolymer possesses a most probable distribution of block lengths.
- the olefin block copolymer is defined as having:
- Tm > -2002.9 + 4538.5(d) - 2422.2(d) 2 , and/or
- the CRYSTAF peak is determined using at least 5 percent of the cumulative polymer, and if less than 5 percent of the polymer has an identifiable CRYSTAF peak, then the CRYSTAF temperature is 30°C; and/or
- (D) has a molecular weight fraction which elutes between 40°C and 130°C when fractionated using TREF, characterized in that the fraction has a molar comonomer content of at least 5 percent higher than that of a comparable random ethylene interpolymer fraction eluting between the same temperatures, wherein said comparable random ethylene interpolymer has the same comonomer(s) and has a melt index, density and molar comonomer content (based on the whole polymer) within 10 percent of that of the ethylene/a-olefin interpolymer; and/or [0025] (E) has a storage modulus at 25°C, G'(25°C), and a storage modulus at 100°C, G'(100°C), wherein the ratio of G'(25°C) to G'(100°C) is in the range of about 1 :1 to about 9: 1.
- the olefin block copolymer may also have:
- Suitable monomers for use in preparing the present OBC include ethylene and one or more addition polymerizable monomers other than ethylene.
- suitable comonomers include straight-chain or branched a-olefins of 3 to 30, preferably 3 to 20, carbon atoms, such as propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 3-methyl-l-butene, 1-hexene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, 3 -methyl- 1- pentene, 1 -octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-hexadecene, 1-octadecene and 1-eicosene; cyclo-olefins of 3 to 30, preferably 3 to 20, carbon atoms, such as cyclopentene, cycloheptene, norbornene, 5-methyl-2-norbornene, tetracyclododecene, and 2 -methyl- 1,4,5
- the OBC has a density of less than or equal to about 0.90 g/cc, or less than about 0.89 g/cc.
- Such low density OBCs are generally characterized as amorphous, flexible and having good optical properties, e.g., high transmission of visible and UV-light and low haze.
- the olefin block copolymer has a density from about 0.85 g/cc to about 0.88 g/cc.
- the olefin block copolymer has a melt index (MI) from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 10 g/10, or from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 1.0 g/10 min, or from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 0.5 g/10 min as measured by ASTM D 1238 (190°C/2.16 kg).
- the olefin block copolymer has a 2% secant modulus greater than zero and less than about 150, or less than about 140, or less than about 120, or less than about 100, MPa as measured by the procedure of ASTM D 882-02.
- the present OBC has a melting point of less than about 125°C.
- the melting point is measured by the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) method described in WO 2005/090427 (US2006/0199930), the entire content of which is incorporated by reference herein.
- the oil-extended OBC composition includes from about 20 wt % to about 60 wt % OBC, or from about 20 wt % to about 50 wt % OBC, or from about 30 wt % to about 40 wt% OBC, or from about 30 wt % to about 35 wt % OBC.
- the oil-extended OBC composition includes an oil.
- the oil can be an aromatic oil, a mineral oil, a naphthenic oil, paraffmic oil, a triglyceride-based vegetable oil such as castor oil, a synthetic hydrocarbon oil such as polybutene oil, a silicone oil, or any combination thereof.
- a nonlimiting example of a suitable oil is a white mineral oil sold under the tradename HYDROBRITE® 550 available from Sonneborn.
- the oil-extended OBC composition contains at least 25 wt %, or at least 30 wt %, or at least 40 wt %, or at least 45 wt % to 70 wt %, or 55 wt % oil. Weight percent is based on the total weight of the oil-extended OBC composition.
- the oil-extended OBC composition includes a microcrystalline wax.
- a "microcrystalline wax” is a petroleum-derived wax, is a solid at room temperature, and contains substantial proportions of branched and cyclic (naphthenes, alkyl- and naphthene- substituted aromatics) hydrocarbons, in addition to saturated normal alkanes.
- Microcrystalline wax has a crystal lattice micro-structure characterized by the presence of strongly branched isoparaffins and naphthenes, which inhibit crystallization. The crystal lattice micro-structure provides the microcrystalline wax with a strong affinity for oil.
- Microcrystalline wax is produced from a combination of heavy oil distillates and from the sediments of paraffmic crude oil (settling waxes). Microcrystalline wax is distinct and differs from other wax types. Microcrystalline wax excludes animal wax, vegetal wax, bacterial wax, mineral wax, and synthetic wax.
- Microcrystalline wax is also distinct from, and excludes, paraffin wax. Microcrystalline wax has a higher concentration of complex branched hydrocarbons with tertiary and quaternary carbon atoms compared to paraffin wax.
- paraffin wax and microcrystalline wax also differs.
- the separation of paraffin wax from crude oil occurs during distillation, as shown in Figure 1.
- the distillate is processed to remove oil to the degree desired through solvent extraction. It is then decolorized, usually by hydrogenation, but percolation through bauxite may be used.
- microcrystalline wax is produced either from the residual fraction of crude oil distillation or from crude oil tank bottoms. After deasphalting of the residual fraction, heavy lubricating oil is removed by solvent extraction.
- the filtrate is crude petrolatum, a dark-colored, unctuous material containing oil and microcrystalline wax. Percentages of each may vary, but are usually about 40 wt % wax and about 60 wt% oil.
- microcrystalline wax holds oil tightly in the crystal lattice of the microcrystalline wax, and the oil does not migrate to the surface.
- Petrolatum and/or microcrystalline wax may be hydrotreated (hydrogenation) to remove discoloration.
- Nonlimiting examples of suitable microcrystalline wax include Multiwax W445 (Sonneborn) (m.p. 76.7-82.2 °C) and Multiwax 180GW (Sonneborn) (m.p. 79.4-86.7 °C), and a combination thereof.
- the oil-extended OBC composition contains from about 30 wt % to about 40 wt % olefin block copolymer, from about 45 wt % to about 55 wt % oil, and from about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % microcrystalline wax.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a Shore A hardness from 5, or about 10, or about 20 to about 50, or about 40, or about 35, or about 30.
- the oil-extended OBC composition may or may not include a filler.
- the oil-extended OBC composition is filler-free.
- the composition is void or otherwise devoid of a filler. Absence of a filler increases the softness of the oil-extended OBC composition.
- Nonlimiting examples of fillers (present or absent) from the oil-extended OBC composition include talc, calcium carbonate, chalk, calcium sulfate, clay, kaolin, glass, mica, wollastonite, feldspar, aluminum silicate, calcium silicate, alumina, hydrated alumina such as alumina trihydrate, glass microsphere, ceramic microsphere, thermoplastic microsphere, barite, wood flour, glass fibers, carbon fibers, marble dust, cement dust, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, antimony oxide, zinc oxide, barium sulfate, titanium dioxide, and titanates.
- the oil-extended OBC composition is halogen-free.
- the oil-extended OBC composition is phthalate-free.
- the oil-extended OBC composition includes an oil/microcrystalline wax pre-mix.
- An "oil/microcrystalline wax pre-mix” is a blend of any of the foregoing oils and any of the foregoing microcrystalline waxes that is prepared before being blended with the OBC.
- the pre-mix is prepared by melt blending the oil and the microcrystalline wax at or above the melting temperature of the microcrystalline wax.
- the pre-mix is prepared by placing 100 parts microcrystalline wax in a glass jar and adding 50 parts oil. The components are heated at 80°C in an oven for eight hours (or overnight). The molten wax/oil mixture is removed from the oven and allowed to cool to room temperature. After cooling, the pre-mix of oil and microcrystalline wax is a homogeneous solid.
- oil-bleed-out or "oil-bleed” is the phenomenon whereby oil migrates from the interior of a polymeric component to the surface of the polymeric component. Oil-bleed makes the surface sticky and/or slippery. Oil-bleed typically results in adverse "feel” (haptics) and/or adverse "optics” (visual appearance).
- oil exudation is the process of oil moving from an interior location to a surface of a polymeric component. Oil exudation yields oil-bleed. In other words, oil-bleed is the end result of oil exudation. Oil-bleed is accelerated by elevated temperatures.
- NOBI normalized oil-bleed index
- Normalized Oil-bleed Index 100* (% grey scale sample - % grey scale control)/ (100 - % grey scale control)
- % grey scale sample is the percent grey scale measured on the aged sample and "% grey scale control” is a measurement on an unaged untreated sheet of cigarette paper.
- % grey scale is equal to the percentage of black pixels on a binary (black and white) digital image of the cigarette paper. The image can be obtained for example by digital scanning or digitally photographing a sheet of cigarette paper.
- Figure 1 shows four degrees of grey scale with conversion to a corresponding NOBI index (using the NOBI equation above) as set forth in Table A below.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of -10, or" -5, or -2, or 1, or 5 to 35, or 30, or 25, or 20, or 15, or 10 after 24 hours at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of -10, or -5, or -2, or 1, or 5, or 7 to 35, or 30, or 25, or 20, or 15, or 10 after 1 week at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of 1, or 5, or 10, or 15 to 60 or 50, or 45, or 40, or 35, or 30, or 25, or 20 after 2 weeks at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of 1, or 5, or 10, or 15 to 60, or 50, or 45, or 40, or 35, or 30, or 25, or 20 after 3 weeks at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a Shore A hardness from
- Applicants have surprisingly discovered that provision of the microcrystalline wax unexpectedly reduces oil-bleed while maintaining softness in oil-extended OBC compositions. Bounded by no particular theory, it is believed that the d-spacings in the microcrystalline wax lattice structure increase in direct proportion to the cube root of the volume ratio of neat microcrystalline wax and oil-wax mixture. This indicates that all the oil is incorporated into the wax structure at a near-molecular scale ( ⁇ 3 nm) and that the oil is not trapped as large droplets.
- microcrystalline wax inhibits or otherwise avoids the phenomenon of oil partition that occurs between (i) the oil and (ii) the OBC hard segments and the soft segments as is evident in compositions containing only oil and OBC. Rather, the microcrystalline wax crystallites form stable structures with the oil in the present composition, thereby advantageously preventing oil exudation.
- the flexibility and the small crystalline size of the microcrystalline wax contribute to the clarity, flexibility and softness of the present composition.
- an oil- extended polymeric composition includes an olefin block copolymer, from 100 phr to 250 phr oil, and from 30 phr to 100 phr microcrystalline wax.
- the composition has a Shore A hardness from 5 to about 50.
- the composition also has a normalized oil-bleed index of less than or equal to 30 after three weeks at 23°C.
- the term "phr” or “parts per hundred,” as used herein, is based on a composition having 100 phr OBC. In other words, the composition contains 100 phr OBC.
- the term “phr” provides a way to identify the unique relationship between the OBC, the oil, and the microcrystalline wax regardless of other optional components that may be present in the composition.
- the composition of includes 150 phr oil. [0064] In an embodiment, the composition contains from 60 phr to 100 phr microcrystalline wax.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of -10, or
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of 1 , or 5, or 10, or 15 to 60 or 50, or 45, or 40, or 35, or 30, or 25, or 20 after 2 weeks at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of 1, or 5, or 10, or 15 to 60 or 50, or 45 after 2 weeks at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of 1, or 5, or 10, or 15 to 60, or 50, or 45, or 40, or 35, or 30, or 25, or 20 after 3 weeks at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a Shore A hardness from 5, or 10, or 20 to 50, or 40, or 30, or 25.
- an oil-extended olefin block copolymer composition includes an olefin block copolymer, and petrolatum.
- the term "petrolatum,” as used herein, is a microcrystalline wax combined with petroleum oil (and optionally additional components including paraffin wax).
- petrolatum is derived from heavy residual petroleum oils and is separated by a dilution and filtering process followed by cooling at about -20°C.
- Petrolatum has a microcrystalline structure and is a semi-solid at room temperature. It has good oil-holding capacity. Petrolatum is distinct from microcrystalline wax.
- the petrolatum can be hydrotreated to remove discoloration.
- the petrolatum is a synthetic blend of oil, microcrystalline wax, and optionally paraffin wax.
- the petrolatum is a petroleum jelly.
- a "petroleum jelly,” is a petrolatum adjusted with white mineral oil to a desired viscosity.
- the melting point range for petroleum jelly is from about 48°C to about 85°C.
- Petroleum jelly has an oil content from about 60 wt % to about 90 wt % based on the total weight of the petroleum jelly.
- a commercial embodiment of petroleum jelly is available under the tradename VASELINE®.
- the oil-extended OBC composition includes from about 20 wt % to about 50 wt %, or 20 wt% to 40 wt%, olefin block copolymer and from about 80 wt % to about 50 wt %, or 80 wt % to 60 wt %, petroleum jelly.
- the oil-extended OBC composition includes OBC, a petroleum jelly, and a microcrystalline wax.
- the oil-extended OBC composition contains 30-50 wt % (or 40 wt %) OBC, 20-40 wt % (or 30 wt %) petroleum jelly, 10-30 wt % (or 20 wt %) oil, and 5-15 wt % (or 10 wt %) microcrystalline wax.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of -10, or
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of -10, or
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of 1 , or 5, or 10, or 15 to 60 or 50, or 45, or 30, or 20 after 2 weeks at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a NOBI index of 1, or 5, or 10, or 15 to 60 or 50, or 45, or 30, or 20 after 3 weeks at 23°C.
- the oil-extended OBC composition has a Shore A hardness from 1, or 2, or 3, or 5 to 50, or 40, or 30, or 25, or 20, or 10.
- any of the foregoing oil-extended olefin block copolymer compositions may optionally include one or more of the following additives: slip agents, anti-blocking agents, plasticizers oils, antioxidants, UV stabilizers, colorants or pigments, fillers, lubricants, antifogging agents, flow aids, coupling agents, cross-linking agents, nucleating agents, surfactants, solvents, flame retardants, antistatic agents, and any combination thereof.
- the total amount of the additive(s) can range from about greater than 0, or about 0.001%, or about 0.01%, or about 0.1 %, or about 1%, or about 10% to about 80%, or about 70%, or about 60%, or about 50%, or about 40% of the total weight of the polymer blend.
- any of the foregoing oil-extended olefin block copolymer compositions may comprise two or more embodiments disclosed herein.
- any of the foregoing oil-extended olefin block copolymer compositions may be a component of one or more of the following articles: molded articles, extruded articles, overmolded grips, baby bibs, gaskets.
- Examples of compositions disclosed herein can be used to manufacture durable articles for the automotive, construction, medical, food and beverage, electrical, appliance, business machine, and consumer markets.
- the compositions are used to manufacture flexible durable parts or articles selected from toys, grips, soft touch handles, bumper rub strips, floorings, auto floor mats, wheels, casters, furniture and appliance feet, tags, seals, gaskets such as static and dynamic gaskets, automotive doors, bumper fascia, grill components, rocker panels, hoses, linings, office supplies, seals, liners, diaphragms, tubes, lids, stoppers, plunger tips, delivery systems, kitchen wares, footwear, footwear shoe bladders and shoe soles.
- the compositions can be used to manufacture durable parts or articles that require a high tensile strength and low compression set.
- the compositions can be used to manufacture durable parts or articles that require a high upper service temperature and low modulus.
- any numerical range recited herein includes all values from the lower value to the upper value, in increments of one unit, provided that there is a separation of at least 2 units between any lower value and any higher value.
- amount of a component, or a value of a compositional or a physical property such as, for example, amount of a blend component, softening temperature, melt index, etc.
- amount of a blend component, softening temperature, melt index, etc. is between 1 and 100
- all individual values, such as, 1, 2, 3, etc., and all subranges, such as, 1 to 20, 55 to 70, 197 to 100, etc., are expressly enumerated in this specification.
- blend or "polymer blend,” as used herein, is a blend of two or more components (or two or more polymers). Such a blend may or may not be miscible (not phase separated at molecular level). Such a blend may or may not be phase separated. Such a blend may or may not contain one or more domain configurations, as determined from transmission electron spectroscopy, light scattering, x-ray scattering, and other methods known in the art.
- composition includes a mixture of materials which comprise the composition, as well as reaction products and decomposition products formed from the materials of the composition.
- compositions claimed herein through use of the term “comprising” may include any additional additive, adjuvant, or compound whether polymeric or otherwise, unless stated to the contrary.
- Normalized oil-bleed index is an optical measurement of the amount of oil absorbed on cigarette paper from an oil-containing polymer composition. NOBI is a phenomenological measurement related not only to the rate of oil migration to the surface but also the rate of oil absorption by the paper and the translucence induced thereby. NOBI is not directly proportional to the mass of the oil on the surface.
- polymer is a macromolecular compound prepared by polymerizing monomers of the same or different type.
- Polymer includes homopolymers, copolymers, terpolymers, interpolymers, and so on.
- interpolymer means a polymer prepared by the polymerization of at least two types of monomers or comonomers.
- copolymers which usually refers to polymers prepared from two different types of monomers or comonomers
- terpolymers which usually refers to polymers prepared from three different types of monomers or comonomers
- tetrapolymers which usually refers to polymers prepared from four different types of monomers or comonomers
- 13 C NMR is performed on OBC polymer to determine weight percent hard segment/soft segment.
- the sample is prepared by adding approximately 2.7g of stock solvent to 0.2 lg sample in a 10mm NMR tube, and then purging in a N2 box for 2 hours.
- the stock solvent is made by dissolving 4 g of PDCB in 39.2 g of ODCB with 0.025M chromium acetylacetonate (relaxation agent).
- the sample is dissolved and homogenized by heating the tube and its contents at 140-150°C.
- the data are collected using a Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer equipped with a Bruker Dual DUL high-temperature CryoProbe.
- the data are acquired using 320 transients per data file, a 7.3 sec pulse repetition delay (6 sec delay + 1.3 sec acq. time), 90 degree flip angles, and inverse gated decoupling with a sample temperature of 120°C. All measurements are made on non-spinning samples in locked mode. Samples are homogenized immediately prior to insertion into the heated (125°C) NMR Sample changer, and are allowed to thermally equilibrate in the probe for 15 minutes prior to data acquisition.
- DSC Differential scanning calorimetry
- MI Melt Index
- Normalized oil-bleed index is an optical measurement to compare oil-bleed characteristics. Optical measurements are obtained according to the following procedure. 1. Test specimens in the form of approximately 3 x 6-1/8 x 0.125 inch specimens are cut from the compression molded plaques. Specimens are cut from areas with minimal bubbles/dimples.
- the specimens are overlaid with 3 pieces of ZigZag cigarette paper laid side-to-side, with the length direction of the paper aligned perpendicular to the length direction of the specimens.
- a sheet of Mylar film is placed on the other side of the paper, so that a sandwich is formed of Mylar film-paper-plaque.
- the sandwich is placed in 40 or 60°C ovens or at room temperature in the laboratory, Mylar film layer down. Samples are then aged for 24 hours, 1 week, and 2 weeks or 3 weeks. No mass is present on top of the sample plaques, i. e., the force on the paper is due to the mass of the plaque and gravity.
- the samples are either supported by a laboratory countertop, the base of the oven chamber, or a metal wire rack in the Thermo oven. No additional support surface is present on the wire racks so the force is concentrated on the wires of the rack, though the Mylar sheet distributes it somewhat.
- the wires are approximately 1/8 inch diameter and are spaced 3/4 inch apart (center to center).
- Papers are scanned and analyzed as described below. First a control sample is scanned (a new sheet of cigarette paper that is not attached to a plaque). Then, a paper sample from a plaque sandwich is removed from the sandwich, mounted on the black plaque as described above, and scanned. This is repeated for the other samples. All samples are scanned as quickly as possible, one after another, to minimize potential for scanner drift. Note that the same black plaque is used for all samples, so the mounting and analysis is done sequentially.
- Scanning is performed using a Xerox WorkCentre M1 18i copier/fax/scanner.
- the image is scanned in "Text" mode at 200 dpi, and saved as a TIFF file.
- Method A The TIFF file is opened in Microsoft Paint, cropped on two sides, then saved. The image is then opened in Adobe Photoshop CS2 (v.9) and cropped on the other two sides.
- the "text mode" image is a bitonal image. The percentage of black pixels in the image was the desired result. This is conveniently obtained in this software by first converting it to an 8-bit greyscale image so that a greyscale histogram can be created, with just 2 levels of greyscale, 0 (black) to 255 (white). The percentile of the 0 greyscale level in the histogram is the same as the percentage of black pixels. (This value was called "% grey scale” but is actually a percentile and for the method as described is equal to the "% black pixels" in the bitonal image.
- the method works because Photoshop CS2 compresses large images by combining 4 pixels into 1 greyscale pixel when using Cache Level 2 thus creating 5 grey scale colors ranging from all white to all black; the grey scale percentile in the histogram is thus equivalent to the percent black pixels in the bitonal image).
- Method B As an alternative to and more direct method than Method A, a bitonal image is opened with Image J software (v. 1.41) (National Institutes of Health) and the region of cigarette paper selected using the select tool. Using the Analyze ⁇ Set Measurement menu, "Area Fraction" is selected as a desired output. Then, using the AnalyzeVMeasure menu, the %Area is reported for the selected image area. This %Area is the % black pixels in the selected area.
- Molded plaques are aged for 24 hrs, 1 week and 2 weeks or 3 weeks (at 23 °C and 60°C) while resting on sheets of ZigZag cigarette paper. After aging, the cigarette paper is removed and optically scanned against a black background to measure the extent of oil-bleed.
- a normalized oil-bleed index (NOBI) is calculated according to the following equation:
- Normalized Oil-bleed Index 100 ⁇ (% grey scale sample - % grey scale control)/ ( 100 - % grey scale control)
- % grey scale sample is the percentile grey scale (% black pixels) measured on the aged sample and "% grey scale control" is a measurement on an unaged untreated sheet of cigarette paper.
- Figure 2 shows four examples of grey scale: 20.1%, 34.6%», 51.6%, and 100% grey scale. If the first example
- NOBI values for these four images are 0%, 18.1%, 46.0% and 100%.
- Shore A hardness is measured on molded plaques in accordance with ASTM D 2240. This test method permits hardness measurements based on either initial indentation or indentation after a specified period of time, or both. In the examples, a specified time of 10 seconds is used.
- Oil is imbibed into OBC polymer at 50-60 °C overnight, at a minimum.
- Compression molding is done at 190 °C using an approximately 125 mil thick chase, using the following program:
- Molded plaques are aged (24 hrs, 1 week and 2 weeks or 3 weeks at 23°C and 60°C) while resting on sheets of ZigZag cigarette paper. After aging, the cigarette paper is removed and optically scanned against a black background to measure the extent of oil-bleed. The normalized oil-bleed index (NOBI) is calculated. The hardness of each sample is measured. The results are shown in Tables 3A-3B, 4A-4B, and 5A-5B below.
- 150 phr Vaseline® provides a composition resistant to oil-bleed at room temperature with acceptable softness (Shore A 30).
- Microsere wax examples illustrate that when the ratio of microcrystalline wax/oil concentration for a given polymer concentration is too low, then oil bleed is not adequately suppressed.
- microcrystalline wax provides excellent oil bleed resistance (i.e. , low NOBI index, particularly at 23 °C) with minimal increase in Shore A hardness.
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