Claims
- 1. An internal mould release composition comprising:
- (a) a mould release composition comprising:
- i) a metal salt of an carboxylic acid having 10-24 carbon atoms, said metal being selected from Groups IA, IB, IIA and lIB of the Periodic Table or chromium, molybdenum, iron, cobalt, nickel, aluminum, tin, lead, bismuth, antimony, and zinc, and
- ii) a polysiloxane polymer having organic groups which are reactive with isocyanate organic groups, and
- (b) a compatibilising amount sufficient to provide improved stability of the metallic salt mold release agent and improved control over reactivity of the isocyanate reactive ingredients of an amidine or imidate compound of formula (1) ##STR7## wherein X represents O, S or NR.sup.1 and wherein each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 represents H or, independently or together, an organic radical, selected from:
- i) alkyl radicals,
- ii) cyclo alkyl radicals,
- iii) aralkyl radicals or aryl radicals, or
- iv) polymeric chains containing hetero atoms, wherein the polymeric chains are selected from polyether chains, polyester chains, polycarbonate chains or polyacetal chains.
- 2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said polysiloxane polymer comprises 0.5-20 mol percent of R.sub.a R'.sub.b SiO.sub.[4-(a+b)]/2 units and 80-99.5 mol percent of R".sub.c SiO.sub.(4-c)/2 units where R is an isocyanate reactive organic radical, (a) has an average value of from 1-3, R' and R" are both nonisocyanate reactive organic radicals, (b) has an average value of 0-2, a+b is from 1-3, and (c) has an average value of from 1-3,
- wherein the ratio of the total molecular weight of said polysiloxane mold release agent to the total number of isocyanate reactive functional groups in said polysiloxane mold release agent ranges from 100-3500,
- the combined formula weights of all isocyanate reactive organic radicals, R, do not exceed 40% of the total molecular weight of said polysiloxane mold release agent,
- the combined formula weights of all non-isocyanate reactive radicals, R'+R", together do not exceed 40% of the total molecular weight of said polysiloxane mold release additive,
- the combined formula weights of all the organic radicals, R+R'+R", in the molecule together do not exceed 60% of the total molecular weight of the molecule,
- said polysiloxane mold release agent contains an average of at least two isocyanate-reactive functional groups per molecule, at least two of the isocyanate reactive functional groups in each molecule are located on separate organic radicals, R, attached independently to different silicon atoms in said polysiloxane,
- said isocyanate reactive functional groups (R) are selected from the group consisting of alcohols, phenols, thiols, primary or secondary amines, imines, enamines, and ketene aminals;
- and said polysiloxane mold release agent being substantially insoluble in liquid organic isocyanates.
- 3. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said polysiloxane has a molecular weight of 4000-8000 and a viscosity of 1-100,000 mm.sup.2 /s.
- 4. The composition according to claim 2, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of R'"--OH, R"'--CHOHCH.sub.2 OH, R"'--CHOHCH.sub.3, R"'--SH R"'--CH.sub.2 SH; ##STR8## is a divalent linking group composed of carbon and hydrogen; carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; carbon, hydrogen and sulfur; or carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
- 5. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the compound of Formula (1) is selected from diazabicycloundecene and diazabicyclononene, which have the following structures: ##STR9## .
- 6. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the metal salt is zinc stearate.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application No. 08/117,641, filed Sep. 8, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,384,351 which is a continuation of application No. 07/760,191, filed Sep. 16, 1991, now abandoned.
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