CA2213877A1

CA2213877A1 - Binder composition and its use for coating metallic and mineral substrates

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Publication number: CA2213877A1
Application number: CA002213877A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Martin Melchiors; Jurgen Schwindt; Gerhard Ruttmann; Wieland Hovestadt; Joachim Probst; Josef Pedain
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Bayer AG
Priority date: 1996-08-23
Filing date: 1997-08-19
Publication date: 1998-02-23
Also published as: DE19634076A1; ATE248198T1; EP0825210A2; DE59710646D1; NO973869D0; JPH10101999A; EP0825210A3; US6130285A; NO973869L; NO312971B1; EP0825210B1; ES2205099T3; DK0825210T3

Abstract

The present invention relates to a solvent-free, low viscosity binder composition which contains, in amounts sufficient to provide an NCO:OH equivalent ratio of 0.5:1 to 2.0:1, A) a polyisocyanate component containing one or more organic polyiso-cyanates and B) a solvent-free polyhydroxy component having a hydroxyl group content of3.0 to 18 wt.% and a viscosity at 23°C of 200 to 10,000 mPa.s, which contains B1) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate component which is prepared by polymerizing a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers in which at least one monomer is hydroxy-functional in the presence of B2) a compound containing ether groups and having one or more hydroxy groups.

The invention also relates to the use of this binder composition in solvent-freetwo-component polyurethane coating compositions for coating metallic or mineral substrates.

Description

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COATING METALLIC AND MINERAL SUBSTRATES
SBACKGROUND OF TllE INVENTION
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to binder compositions for preparing solvent-free coating compositions and to their use as coatings for protecting metallic and mine-ral substrates against corrosion, erosion and mechanical damage.

10Description of the Prior Art Coatings to protect substrates against damage such as corrosion, erosion or mechanical damage caused by external influences are known and described, for example, in Glasurit-Handbuch, Lacke und Farben, I Ith Edition, p.494 ff., Curt R.
Vincentz Verlag, Hanover, 1984 and DIN 55 928, Parts 5 and 9.

15 These coating compositions may be divided into one-component systems (IC), two-component epoxy resin systems (2C-EP) and two-component polyurethane systems (2C-PUR). Although physically drying lC coating compositions (e.g., vinyl chloride copolymers or acrylate copolymers) have good resistance to aqueous salt solutions, acids and bases, they have poor resistance to animal or vegetable 20 fats and greases, solvents and chemicals. In addition, these copolymers require large amounts of organic solvents to formulate binder mixtures having viscosities that meet practical requirements.

Oxidatively drying 1 C coating compositions (e.g, alkyd resins and epoxy resin esters) are characterized by good substrate adhesion and improved resistance to 25 solvents and chemicals, but deteriorate when attacked by acids or bases. The binder compositions also require organic solvents when preparing formulations tomeet practical requirements.

Coatings based on 2C-EP combine good mechanical strength with good resistance to solvents, chemicals, acids and bases, and are additionally characterized by very 30 good substrate adhesion. The binder compositions can be formulated as low-sol-vent, solvent-free or aqueous compositions. A significant disadvantage of the resulting coatings is their known poor elasticity. especially at low temperatures (see for example Kunststoff-Handbuch, Vol. 7; Polyurethanes, 2nd Edition, Editor Le A 31 922-US

G. Oertel, Hanser Verlag, Munich, Vienna, 1983, pp. 556-8). This brittleness leads to poor crack coverage by the coating, with the result that the substrate can be attacked.

A balanced combination of hardness and elasticity is a valuable property of 2C-5 PUR coatings and a major advantage when compared to 2C-EP coatings. Al-though the resistance of 2C-PUR coatings to chemicals, solvents, acids and basesis just as good as that of 2C-EP systems, the substrate adhesion is generally worse.

The hydroxy-functional binder component of 2C-EP coating compositions can be 10 based on various types of chemical structures. For example, 2C-PUR coatings based on polyacrylate polyols have good light and weathering resistance and are also resistant to saponification, solvents and chemicals. A disadvantage is the relatively high viscosity of the binder compositions, which often requires the use of organic solvents.

15 2C-PUR binder compositions based on polyester polyols have significantly lower viscosities and, thus, can be formulated to be solvent-free. Although they exhibit good resistance to chemicals, solvents, weathering and light, these coatings have the disadvantage of poor resistance to saponification, which severely restricts their use for corrosion protection of metallic substrates and also for coating mineral20 (alkaline) substrates.

Hydroxy-functional polyester polyacrylate binders for lightfast, solvent-free coating compositions are described in EP-A-580,054. These products combine the good resistance properties of the polyacrylates with the low viscosities of the poly-esters, but require relatively large amounts of hydrophobic reactive thinners to25 achieve a sufficiently low viscosity as well as cyclic esters to extend the hydroxy side groups of the polyacrylate chains with hydroxyester units.

2C-PUR coatings based on polyether polyols exhibit significantly better resistance to saponification as well as good resistance to solvents and chemicals. Also, the binder compositions due to their low viscosity can be formulated to be low-solvent 30 or solvent-free. However, these coatings have the disadvantage of poor substrate adhesion and poor resistance to weathering and light.

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An object of the present invention is to provide a solvent-free, low viscosity coating composition that does not exhibit the disadvantages of the prior art andcan be used to prepare coatings for metallic substrates or mineral substrates having good resistance to corrosion, erosion and mechanical damage.

5 It has now surprisingly been found that this object can be achieved with a binder composition based on a polyisocyanate and a polyether polyacrylate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a solvent-free, low viscosity binder composition which contains, in amounts suff1cient to provide an NCO:OH equivalent ratio of 0.5:1 to 2.0:1, A) a polyisocyanate component cont~ining one or more organic polyiso-cyanates and B) a solvent-free polyhydroxy component having a hydroxyl group content of 3.0 to 18 wt.% and a viscosity at 23~C of 200 to 10,000 mPa.s, which 1 5 contains Bl) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate component which is prepared by polymerizing a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers in which at least one monomer is hydroxy-functional in the presence of B2) a compound containing ether groups and having one or more hydroxy groups.

The invention also relates to the use of this binder composition in solvent-freetwo-component polyurethane coating compositions for coating metallic or mineral substrates.

DETAILED DESCRIlPTION OF THE INVENTION

Polyisocyanate component A) is selected from organic polyisocyanates having an average NCO functionality of at least 2 and a molecular weight of at least 140.

Examples include (i) r~AnO22elr3877rl~99i7C 08nllv9socyanates having a molecularweight of 140 to 300, (ii) lacquer polyisocyanates having a molecular weight of 300 to 1000, (iii) NCO prepolymers containing urethane groups and having a molecular weight above 1000, and mixtures of (i) to (iii).

Examples of monomeric polyisocyanates (i) include 1,4-diisocyanato-butane, 1,6-diisocyanatohexane (HDI), 1,5-diisocyanato-2,2-dimethyl-pentane, 2,2,4- and 2,4,4-trimethyl-1,6-diisocyanatohexane, 1-isocyanato-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethyl-cyclohexane (IPDI), 1-isocyanato-1-methyl-4(3)-isocyanatomethyl-cyclohexane, bis-(4-isocyanatocyclo-hexyl)methane, 1,10-diisocyanatodecane, 1,12-diisocyanato-dodecane, cyclohexane-1,3- and/or 1,4-diisocyanate, xylylene diisocyanate isomers, 2,4-diisocyanatotoluene and mixtures thereof with 2,6-diisocyanatotoluene (prefer-ably with up to 35 wt.%, based on the weight of the mixture, of 2,6-diisocyanato-toluene), 2,2'-, 2,4'-, and/or 4,4'-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane and mixtures thereof with higher homologs obtained by the phosgenation of aniline/formaldehyde con-densates, and mixtures of the preceding polyisocyanates. Preferred compounds arepolyisocyanates of the diphenylmethane series, isomeric mixtures being particularly preferred.

Polyisocyanates (ii) are selected from the known lacquer polyisocyanates, which are obtained by oligomerizing monomeric diisocyanates (i) to form carbodiimide, uretdione (dimers), isocyanurate (trimers), biuret, urea, urethane, allophanate and/or oxadiazine groups. Often several of these groups are formed simultaneously or successively during "oligomerization." Preferred lacquer poly-isocyanates are a) biuret group-containing polyisocyanates, b) isocyanurate group-containing polyisocyanates, c) isocyanurate group- and uretdione group-containing polyisocyanates, d) urethane group- and/or allophanate group-containing polyiso-cyanates and e) isocyanurate group- and allophanate group-containing polyiso-cyanates.

The preparation of these lacquer polyisocyanates is known and described for example in DE-A 1,595,273, DE-A 3,700,209, DE-A 3,900,053, EP-A-0,330,966, EP-A-0,259,233, EP-A-0,377,177, EP-A-0,496,208, EP-A-0,524,501 and US-A
4,385,171.

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Polyisocyanates (iii) are selected from the known isocyanate group-containing pre-polymers, which are prepared by reacting monomeric diisocyanates (i) and/or lacquer polyisocyanates (ii) with organic polyhydroxyl compounds having a molecular weight of >300. Whereas the urethane group-containing lacquer poly-5 isocyanates of group (ii) are derivatives of low molecular weight polyols having amolecular weight of 62 to 300 (such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, tri-methylol propane, glycerol or mixtures thereof), the polyhydroxyl compounds usedto prepare NCO prepolymers (iii) are those having a number average molecular weight (which may be determined from the hydroxy group content and the functionality) of >300, preferably 2500, and more preferably 500 to 4000. These polyhydroxyl preferably have 2 to 6, more preferably 2 to 3 hydroxyl groups per molecule and are selected from ether, ester, thioether, carbonate and/or poly-acrylate polyols.

When preparing NCO prepolymers (iii) the high molecular weight polyols can be used mixed with the low molecular weight polyols so that mixtures of urethane group-cont~ining lacquer polyisocyanates (ii) and NCO prepolymers (iii) are directly formed for use as starting component A) according to the invention.

To prepare NCO prepolymers (iii) or mixtures thereof with lacquer polyiso-cyanates (ii), diisocyanates (i) or lacquer polyisocyanates (ii) are reacted with the high molecular weight hydroxyl compounds or mixtures thereof with low molecular weight polyhydroxyl compounds at an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 1.1:1 to 40:1, preferably 2:1 to 25:1, to form urethane groups. When using an excess of distillable starting diisocyanate, the excess can be removed by distil-lation following the reaction so that monomer-free NCO prepolymers are formed.
If an excess of diisocyanates are used and they are not removed by distillation,then mixtures of monomeric diisocyanates (i) and NCO prepolymers (iii) are formed for use as starting component A) according to the invention Polyhydroxy component B) has a hydroxyl group content of 3.0 to 18.0 wt.%, pre-ferably 5.0 to 15 wt.%, and a viscosity at 23~C of 200 to 10,000 mPa.s, preferably 300 to 5000 mPa.s. Component B) is preferably prepared by the free radical poly-merization of ~ CA 02213877 1997-08-19 Le A 31 922-US

Bl) 20 to 80 parts by weight of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated mono-mers, which preferably contains 5 to 50 wt.%, based on the weight of Bl), of alcoholic hydroxyl group-containing monomers in the presence of B2) 20 to 80 parts by weight of a polyether containing one or more hydroxyl groups and having a number average molecular weight of 106 to 4000 and a hydroxyl group content of 1.0 to 30.0 wt.% and B3) 0 to 25 parts by weight of another hydroxy-functional compound that has a maximum number average molecular weight of 1000, with the aid of free radical formers as polymerization initiators and optionally10 other additives, for example, molecular weight regulators.

Monomers Bl) are mono-unsaturated compounds having a molecular weight of 53 to 400, preferably 80 to 220. Suitable compounds include acrylic acid and meth-acrylic acid alkyl esters or cycloalkyl esters having I to 18, preferably I to 8carbon atoms in the alkyl or cycloalkyl radical. Examples include the methyl, 15 ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, and isomeric pentyl, hexyl, octyl, dodecyl, hexadecyl or octadecyl esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, vinyl ether, methacrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, styrene and vinyl toluene. Also suitable are carboxyl group-containing,unsaturated monomers, such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, 20 crotonic acid and semi-esters of maleic and fumaric acid. Mixtures of these and/or other monomers may also be used.

Suitable alcoholic hydroxyl group-containing monomers include the hydroxyalkyl esters of a"~-unsaturated carboxylic acids, preferably acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, having 2 to 12, preferably 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the hydroxyalkyl radical.
25 Examples include 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, the isomeric hydroxypropyl acrylates obtained by addition of 1 mole of propylene oxide to I mole of acrylic acid, 2-, 3-and 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate, the isomeric hydroxyhexyl acrylates and the meth-acrylates corresponding to these acrylates. Also suitable are hydroxy-functionalmonomers modified or chain-extended with ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and/or 30 butylene oxide and having a maximum molecular weight of 376.

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Hydroxyl group-containin~ component B2) is selected from ether group-containing,monohydric or polyhydric alcohols having a molecular weight of 106 to 4000, preferably 200 to 1100 and most preferably 200 to 500; a hydroxyl group content of 1.0 to 30.0, preferably 3.0 to 16.0 and more preferably 8.0 to 16.0 wt.%; and a viscosity at 23~C of preferably 30 to 1000, more preferably 50 to 700 mPa.s.
Preferred compounds are polyether polyols having 2 or more hydroxy groups per molecule, such as those obtained in manner known by the addition of cyclic ethers (alkylene oxides) such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, styrene oxide, butylene oxide and/or tetrahydrofuran to starter molecules such as water, ether group-free, polyhydric alcohols, aminoalcohols and/or amines. Particularly preferred are polyethers that are synthesized in an amount of at least 50%, preferably at least 90%, based on the weight of alkylene oxide units, of propylene oxide units of the formula -CH(CH3)CH2O-.

Polyhydric alcohols that are suitable as starter molecules include ethylene glycol, propanediol-1,2 and -1,3, butanediol-1,2, -1,3, -1,4 and -2,3, pentanediol-1,5, 3-methylpentanediol-1,5, hexanediol-1,6, octanediol-1,8, 2-methylpropane-diol-1,3,2,2-dimethylpropanediol-1,3, 2-ethyl-2-butylpropane-diol-1,3, 2,2,4-trimethyl-pentanediol-1,3, 2-ethylhexanediol-1,3, higher molecular weight a,ci~-alkanediols having 9 to 18 carbon atoms, cyclohexane-dimethanol, cyclohexanediols, glycerol,trimethylol propane, butanediol-1,2,4, hexanetriol-1,2,6, bis-(trimethylol)propane, pentaerythritol, mannitol and methyl glycoside.

Suitable aminoalcohols include 2-aminoethanol, 2-(methylamino)-ethanol, di-ethanolamine, 3-amino- l -propanol, I -amino-2-propanol, diisopropanolamine, 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol or mixtures thereof.

Suitable polyhydric amines include aliphatic or cycloaliphatic amines such as ethylenediamine, 1,2-diaminopropane, 1,3-diaminopropane, 1,4-diaminobutane, 1,3-diamino-2,2-dimethylpropane, 4,4-diaminodicyclohexyl-methane, isophoronedi-amine, hexamethylenediamine, 1,12-dodecane-diamine or mixtures thereof.

Besides the difunctional and higher functional polyether polyols, monohydroxy polyethers may also be used either alone or mixed with the di- and higher functional polyether polyols. Monohydroxy polyethers can be obtained in a similar manner to the previously described polyether polyols by the addition of ' CA 02213877 1997-08-19 Le A 31 922-US

alkylene oxides to monoalcohols, especially linear or branched aliphatic or cyclo-aliphatic monohydroxyalkanes. Examples include methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, hexanol, 2-ethylhexanol, cyclohexanol and stearyl alcohol; and secondary aliphatic or cycloaliphatic monoamines such as dimethylamine, diethylamine, 5 diisopropylamine, dibutylamine, N-methylstearylamine, piperidine and morpholine.

Higher functional polyether polyols, preferably those having 2 or 3 hydroxy groups per polyether molecule, are preferred.

Alcohol component B3) is selected from hydroxy compounds having a number average molecular weight of 32 to 1000. Low molecular weight hydroxy compounds having a molecular weight of 32 to 350 and a hydroxyl group content of at least 6% are preferably used. Examples include methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, hexanol, 2-ethylhexanol, cyclohexanol, stearyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, propanediol-1,2 and -1,3, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, butanediol-1,2, -1,3, -1,4 and -2,3, pentanediol-1,5, 3-methyl-pentanediol- 1,5, hexanediol- 1,6, 2-ethylhexanediol- 1,3, 2-methyl-propanediol- 1,3, 2,2-dimethylpropanediol- 1,3, 2-butyl-2-ethylpropanediol- 1,3, 2,2,4-trimethyl-pentanediol-1,3, octanediol-1,8, higher molecular weight a,~3-alkanediols having 9 to 18 carbon atoms, cyclohexanedimethanol, cyclohexanediol, glycerol, trimethylol propane, butanetriol-1,2,4, hexanetriol-1,2,6, bis(trimethylol propane), penta-erythritol, mannitol and methyl glycoside.

Also suitable as component B3) are the hydroxy polyesters, hydroxy polyester amides, hydroxy polycarbonates and hydroxy polyacetals known from poly-urethane chemistry and having a number average molecular weight of up to 1000.

In the preparation of polyhydroxy component B) the weight ratio of component Bl) to the sum of components B2) and B3) is preferably 20:80 to 80:20, more pre-ferably 35:65 to 65:35. Most preferably polyhydroxy component B) does not contain alcohols B3).

Polyhydroxy component B) is prepared by a free radical polymerization in the feed process, which is known per se and is described for example in EP-A
580,054 (U.S. Patent 5,422,421, herein incorporated by reference). Preferably atleast 50 wt.%, more preferably 100 wt.%, of component B2) is placed in the ' CA 02213877 1997-08-19 Le A 31 922-US

polymerization vessel and heated to the reaction temperature of 80 to 220~C, pre-ferably 120 to 200~C. Monomer mixture Bl), any remaining portions of the components B2) and B3) and polymerization initiator C are then added. After addition the reaction mixture is stirred until the reaction is complete at a temperature that is 0 to 80~C, preferably 0 to 50~C, below the original reactiontemperature. Component B3) can also be added after the polymerization reaction is complete.

Examples of suitable polymerization initiators include dibenzoyl peroxide, di-tert-butyl peroxide, dilauryl peroxide, dicumyl peroxide, didecanoyl peroxide, tert.-10 butylperoxy-2-ethyl hexanoate, tert.-butyl perpivalate and butylperoxy-benzoate, and also azo compounds such as 2,2'-azobis(2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), 2,2-azo-bis(isobutyronitrile), 2,2'-azobis(2,3-dimethylbutyronitrile), and 1,1'-azobis(1-cyclohexanenitrile).

It is sometimes necessary to carry out a post-activation by the subsequent addition of small amounts of initiator to achieve complete monomer conversion.
In certain cases if too small a conversion is found after termin~ting the reaction and the reaction mixture still contains relatively large amounts of unsaturated monomers, these compounds may either be removed by distillation or they may be reacted by renewed post-activation with an initiator or catalyst with simultaneous heating at the reaction temperature.

In the preparation of polyhydroxy component B), molecular weight regulators may optionally be used, such as n-dodecyl mercaptan, tert.-dodecyl mercaptan, the o~-olefins described in EP-A 471,258-A having a low polymerization tendency, and the derivatized dienes described in EP-A 597,747-B1. These compounds are in amounts of up to 20 wt.%, preferably up to 10 wt.%, based on the total weight ofcomponent B).

The antioxidants and/or light stabilizers, which are known from lacquer techno-logy, may optionally be added to polyhydroxy component B) as stabilizers to further improve the light and weathering stability of the polyether polyacrylate;
however, the binder compositions according to the invention are preferably used free of these stabilizers. Suitable antioxidants include sterically hindered phenols such as 4-methyl-2,6-di-tert.-butylphenol (BHT) and other substituted phenols, ' CA 02213877 1997-08-19 Le A 31 922-US

such as those obtainable from Ciba Geigy under name "Irganox" thioethers (e.g., "Irganox PS", Ciba Geigy) or phosphites (e.g., "Irgaphos", Ciba Geigy). Suitablelight stabilizers include "HALS" amines (hindered amine light stabilizers), for example the Tinuvin 622D or Tinuvin 765 light stabilizers from Ciba Geigy and the substituted benzotriazoles, for example Tinuvin 234, Tinuvin 327 or Tinuvin 571, which are available from Ciba Geigy.

To prepare the coating compositions according to the invention components A) and B) are mixed together in amounts corresponding to an NCO:OH equivalent ratio of 0.5:1 to 2.0:1, preferably 0.8:1 to 1.5:1. The known additives from coatings technology may optionally be added to the individual components during or after this mixing. These additives include flow control agents, viscosity-controlling additives, pigments, fillers, flatting agents, UV stabilizers and anti-oxidants and catalysts for the cross-linking reaction.

The coating compositions according to the invention are particularly suitable assolvent-free two-component polyurethane coatings for protecting metallic sub-strates against mechanical damage and corrosion, and also for protecting mineralsubstrates, for example concrete, against environmental influences and mechanical damage.

The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention in more detail but without restricting it. All percentages are weight percentages. Viscosity measure-ments were carried out in a rotational viscometer according to Dl[N 53019 at a shear rate of 9.24 s~l or 28.9-1.

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EXAMPLES

Polyisocyanates used:

A) A lacquer polyisocyanate cont:~inin~ biuret groups, based on 1,6-diiso-cyanatohexane and having an NCO content of 23.0% and a viscosity at 23~C of 2750 mPa.s (Desmodur N 3200 from Bayer AG, Leverkusen).

B) An ether group-cont~ining NCO-prepolymer based on a propyleneoxide polyether started with trimethylol propane having an OH content of 1,7%
and 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate having a NCO content of 23.0% and a viscosity at 25~C of 240 mPa.s.

10 Polyether polyols used:

A) A branched polyether based on propylene oxide and having a number average molecular weight of 437, a viscosity at 23~C of 600 mPa.s, and an OH content of 11.7% (Desmophen 550 U from Bayer AG), B) A linear polyether based on propylene oxide (started with propylene glycol) and having a number average molecular weight of 218, a viscosity at 23~C of 55 mPa.s, and an OH content of 15.6%, C) A linear polyether based on propylene oxide and having a number average molecular weight of 416, a viscosity at 23~C of 70 mPa.s and an OH
content of 8.2% (Desmophen 4000 Z from Bayer AG), 20 D) A linear polyether based on propylene oxide and having a number average molecular weight of 1002, a viscosity at 23~C of 140 mPa.s and an OH
content of 3.4% (Desmophen 1600 U from Bayer AG), E) A 36:64 mixture of a branched polyether based on propylene oxide and having a number average molecular weight of 3000, a viscosity at 23~C of 500 mPa.s, and an OH content of 1.7%, and a branched polyether based on propylene oxide started with ethylenediamine and having a number average Le A 31 922-US

molecular weight of 477, a viscosity at 23~C of 5400 mPa.s and an OH
content of 14.2%.

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Examllles 1 to 8 - General procedure for preparing the polyether polyacrylates set forth in Table 1 Part I was heated in a reaction vessel while stirring at the polymerization tempera-ture. Part II was continuously added over a period of 3 hours and, simultaneously, S Part III was continuously added over a period of 31/2 hours. After a further 2hours at the same temperature the product was cooled to room temperature and optionally mixed with Part IV.

The composition of Parts I to IV, the polymerization temperature7 the OH contentand the viscosity of the resulting products are set forth in Table 1.

Table 1 - Preparation of the polyether polyacrylates t-Example 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Part IPolyether A [g] 25.0 30.0 60.0 40.0 50.0 49.9 ~
Polyether B [g] 20.0 25.0 15.0 C
Polyether C [g] 30.0 15.0 c~
Polyether D [g]60.0 Part II2-ethyl-hexyl-acrylate [g] 33 5 32.0 26.5 26.5 19 4 15.9 16.2 ~ D
Butylacrylate [g]12.8 ~
Styrene [g] 9.6 9.0 10.0 7 5 7.5 7.4 6.1 6.2 Hydroxyethyl [g]13.8 4.0 4.4 3.0 3.0 8.2 8.2 8.3 ~' Part III Di-tert.-butyl-peroxide[g] 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.5 r -Table 1 (Cont'd) Example 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Part IV2,2,4- [g] 22.6 w trimethylpentane-diol t~
Dipropylene glycol [g] 16 9 C
2-ethyl-hexanediol [g] 18 4 Polymerization temperature [~C] 165 175 180 180 180 180 180 180 OH content [%] 3 9 6.0 7.2 7.3 7.5 10.5 11.1 11.1 D
Viscosity (23~C) mPas 2900 440 1020 560 12601490 1110 1200 ~

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Examples 9 to 15 - General procedure for preparing the binder compositions and their use.

5 The catalyst and additives were added to the lacquer polyisocyanate and the poly-ether polyacrylate and homogeneously mixed. The binder composition was then applied to the test substrate. The composition, the Shore-D hardness, and the test conditions and results of the weathering and adhesion tests are set forth Tables 2 and 3.
~0 Table 2 - Preparation and use of the binder compositions in the building and construction sector for coating concrete.

Example 9 1 0 11 (comparison) Polyether polyacrylate from Ex. 7 [g] 100 Polyether polyacrylate from Ex. 8 [g] 100 Polyether polyol A [g] 100 Drying agent a) [g] 10 10 10 Defoamer b) [g] 0.4 0.4 0.4 Dibutyltin dilaurate [g] 0.1 0.1 0.2 Polyisocyanate A [g] 122 122 122 NCO:OH equivalent ratio 1:1 1:1 1:1 Pot lifeC) [min] 40 40 35 Shore-D hardness according to 73 74 75 Blistering 0 0 0 Weathering 3 4 5 a):Baylith L paste from Bayer AG
b):Byk A 530 from Byk Chemie GmbH
C):Time for the viscosity to double Conditions: Film thickness 2 mm, film properties after 3 days, 50~C, blistering and 30 weathering values from 0 to 5 (0 = best value, 5 = worst value).

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Table 3 - Preparation and use of the binders in corrosion protection in the coating of steel Example 12 13 14 15 (comparison) Polyether polyacrylate [g] 100 from Ex.7 Polyether polyacrylate [g] 100 from Ex.5 Polyether polyacrylate [g] 100 from Ex.4 Polyether polyol E [g] 100 Butanediol-1,4 [g] 33 16 16 16 Drying agenta) [g] 20 24 24 24 Defoamerb) [g] 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 Diazabicyclo[2,2,2]- [g] 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.5 octane 10%
Polyisocyanate B [g] 256 180 180 180 NCO:OH equivalent ratio 1:1 1:1 1:1 1:1 Pot lifee) [min] 3 3 8 Shore-D hardness 70 74 66 74 according to Blistering 1-2 1-2 1 2 Adhesion to steel I 1 l 3 Wet adhesion (25~C) after 1 day 0-1 0-1 1 3 after 7 days 1 1-2 3 3 CD testd) Adhesion [mm] 0 5 Undersurface migration 0 17 Conditions: wet film thickness 400 ,um; film properties after 1 day; film stored for 30 7 days at room temperature before adhesion testing; blistering and adhesion values from 0 to 5 (0 = best value; 5 = worst value).

a) Baylith L-paste from Bayer AG

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d) Cathodic disbonding test: steel substrate (Sa 2 1/2), film thickness 350 to 470 llm, storage for 7 days at room temperature, film subjected to stress for 20 days.

Although the invention has been described in detail in the foregoing for the 5 purpose of illustration, it is to be understood that such detail is solely for that purpose and that variations can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention except as it may be limited by the claims.

Claims

1. A solvent-free, low viscosity binder composition which comprises, in amounts sufficient to provide an NCO:OH equivalent ratio of 0.5:1 to

2.0: 1, A) a polyisocyanate component containing one or more organic poly-isocyanates and B) a solvent-free polyhydroxy component having a hydroxyl group content of 3.0 to 18 wt.% and a viscosity at 23°C of 200 to 10,000 mPa.s, which comprises B1) a hydroxy-functional polyacrylate component which is prepared by polymerizing a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers in which at least one monomer is hydroxy-functional in the presence of B2) a compound containing ether groups and having one or more hydroxy groups.

The binder composition of Claim 1 wherein polyhydroxy component B) has a hydroxyl group content of 5.0 to 15.0 wt.% and a viscosity at 23°C
of 300 to 5000 mPa.s.

3. The binder composition of Claim 1 wherein polyhydroxy component B) is prepared by the free radical polymerization of B1) 20 to 80 parts by weight of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers, which preferably contains 5 to 50 wt.%, based on the weight of B1), of alcoholic hydroxyl group-containing monomers in the presence of B2) 20 to 80 parts by weight of a polyether containing one or more hydroxyl groups and having a number average molecular weight of 106 to 4000 and a hydroxyl group content of 1.0 to 30.0 wt.% and B3) 0 to 25 parts by weight of another hydroxy-functional compound that has a maximum number average molecular weight of 1000.

4. The binder composition of Claim 3 wherein the weight ratio of component B1) to the sum of components B2) and B3) is 35:65 to 65:35.

5. The binder composition of Claim 1 wherein component B2) has number average molecular weight of 200 to 1100, a hydroxyl group content of 3.0 to 16.0 wt.% and a viscosity at 23°C of 30 to 1000 mPa.s, and component B3) has a molecular weight of at most 350 and a hydroxyl group content of at least 6%.

6. The binder composition of Claim 1 wherein component B2) has a number average molecular weight of 200 to 500, a hydroxyl group content of 8.0 to 16.0% and a viscosity at 23°C of 50 to 700 mPa.s, and comprises a poply-ether which has two or more hydroxy groups and contains at least 90%, based on the weight of alkylene oxide units, of propylene oxide units of the formula -CH(CH3)CH2O-.

7. The binder composition of Claim 6 wherein component B) does not contain component B3).

8. A two-component polyurethane coating composition for coating metallic or mineral substrates, which contains the binder composition of Claim 1.