Polyether monoamine with 36-44 EO units and 1-6 PO units

Abstract
A polyether monoamine containing from about 36 to about 44 ethylene oxide units and from about 1 to about 6 propylene oxide units is useful as a reactant with functionalized polypropylene such as maleated polypropylene to form a reaction product blended with polypropylene.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




This invention relates to a novel olefin polymer composed of the reaction of a functionalized polypropylene and a polyether amine. This invention also relates to thermoplastic resin blends containing the novel olefin polymer and polypropylene. This invention also relates to polyetheramines.




2. Related Art




The in situ formation of compatibilizers for polyblends is rapidly gaining popularity. In the last few years, more and more cases have been reported where advantage is taken of the presence of reactive groups to form a graft or a block or a random copolymer, which could act as a compatibilizer for a mixture of two or more polymers. The prior art,


Process Requirements of the Reactive Compatibilization of Nylon


6/


Polypropylene Blends


by S. S. Dagli, M. Xanthos and J. A. Biensenberger: Polymer Processing Institute at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J. 07030 reveals an acrylic acid grafted modified polypropylene used with a blend of nylon-6 and polypropylene.




Thermoplastic resin compositions containing polypropylene are well known in the art (e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 5,208,081). U.S. Pat. No. 5,179,164 describes a polypropylene/polyamide composition suitable for producing moldings. The patent describes an ethylene copolymer useful as an adhesion promoter. Moreover, the patent indicates that maleic acid is a suitable monomer for preparing the ethylene copolymer.




In addition, maleated polypropylene is commercially available.




European patent application 0 367 832 discloses a resin composition containing an olefinic polymer having acid anhydride groups. As in U.S. Pat. No. 5,179,164, the novel compound is blended with a polyamide.




Japanese patent 46003838 reveals a maleic anhydride modified polypropylene composition containing trimethylamine and polyethylene glycol nonylphenyl ether. Japanese patent 60195120 reveals a molding containing polyethylene, maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene, and diethylenetriamine.




However, the instant invention uses the maleic anhydride in conjunction with polyetheramines which produce unexpected improvements in resin properties.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




This invention is a compound comprising a blend of polypropylene (“PP”) with the reaction product of a functionalized polypropylene and polyetheramine in which the polyether amine is grafted onto the functionalized polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus. By grafted it is meant that the amine functionality of the polyetheramine reacts with the anhydride component of the functionalized polypropylene to form a reaction product, for instance, a primary amine will react with a maleic anhydride to form an imide. This invention is also a process for producing the reaction product of the functionalized polypropylene and the polyether amine by melting with polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus. In this regard, the compound blend of this invention may be prepared by reactive extrusion by feeding a polyetheramine, a functionalized polypropylene and polypropylene into an extruder at temperatures such that the polyetheramine reacts with the functionalized polypropylene to form a reaction product containing, for example, an imide group.




This invention is also a polyether monoamine which contains from about 36 to about 44 ethylene oxide units and from about I to about 6 propylene oxide units. By ethylene oxide unit and propylene oxide unit it is meant the residue of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide which has been incorporated into the polyether monoamine, i.e., units corresponding to —CH


2


CH


2


O— and —CH


2


CHCH


3


O—, respectively. This invention further relates to a process for making a blend containing polypropylene and the reaction product of a functionalized polypropylene and a polyether monoamine by melting polypropylene polyether monoamine and functionalized polypropylene to form the blend. This invention is yet further directed to a blend containing polypropylene and the reaction product of polyether monoamine and functionalized polypropylene.




The compositions of the present invention are useful for preparing molded automotive body parts, including directly paintable thermoplastic polyolefins (“TPO”) based automotive body parts.




It is also contemplated that the compositions are useful for making molded parts that contain filler such as glass. It is yet further contemplated that the compositions of the present invention may be useful in the preparation of films, including printable films; fibers including dyable and non-woven PP fibers; and in packaging materials for electronics components such as semiconductor chips, wherein the packaging materials may provide electrostatic dissipation which would thereby protect the chips from damage. It is yet further contemplated that the composition of the present invention may be useful to improve the barrier properties for polyethylene and to modify polyethylene as a tie layer in multilayer films. It is further contemplated that the composition of the present invention may be useful as an additive as polypropylene based reinforcement fibers for concrete.




DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




The blend of polypropylene with the reaction product of maleated polypropylene and polyether amine shows improved paintability, improved impact resistance, and excellent mold flowability over blends of polypropylene and maleated polypropylene.




Plastics are increasingly being employed in the production of motor vehicles. Impact-modified PP has proved to be particularly suitable for applications such as bumpers, spoilers, fenders, side bump strips and the like. Therefore, a thermoplastic resin blend having the improved properties of the instant invention has significant potential commercial usefulness.




These resin compositions, according to the present invention, are useful as engineering plastics which are materials for structural members in the fields of transport machines (automobiles, ships and the like), apparatus, tools, electronic appliances, electric appliances, sporting goods, leisure goods and the like; and for connectors, tubes and the like.




Suitable polypropylenes are known from polymer chemistry, are described for example in Kunststoff-Handbuch, volume IV, Polyolefins, edited by R. Vieweg, A. Schley and A. Schwarz. Carol Hanser Verlag, Munich, 1969, and are commercially available, so that no details need be given.




Functionalized PP is PP onto which a monomer has been grafted. The usual method of such grafting is by free radical reaction. In the practice of this invention, the maleated polypropylene is not a copolymer of maleic anhydride or equivalent thereof, and propylene, such that the maleic anhydride moiety is predominantly in the backbone of the copolymer. Suitable monomers for preparing functionalized polypropylene are, for example, olefinically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids of less than 12 carbon atoms, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, and the corresponding tert-butyl esters, e.g., tert-butyl (meth)acrylate, olefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids of less than 12 carbon atoms, e.g., fumaric acid, maleic acid, and itaconic acid and the corresponding mono-and/or di-tert-butyl esters, e.g., mono or di-tert-butyl fumarate and mono or di-tert-butyl maleate, olefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides of less than 12 carbon atoms, e.g., maleic anhydride, sulfo- or sulfonyl-containing olefinically unsaturated monomers of less than 12 carbon atoms, e.g., p-styrenesulfonic acid, 2-(meth)acrylamide-2-methylpropenesulfonic acid or 2-sulfonyl(meth)acrylate, oxazolinyl-containing olefinically unsaturated monomers of less than 12 carbon atoms, e.g., vinyloxazolines and vinyloxazoline derivatives, and epoxy-containing olefinically unsaturated monomers of less than 12 carbon atoms, e.g., glycidyl (meth)acrylate or allyl glycidyl ether. The most preferred monomer for preparing functionalized polypropylene is maleic anhydride.




The functionalized polypropylene used in the practice of this invention may have a wide variety of number average molecular weights. When the functionalized polypropylene is used to make paintable articles, such as automotive body parts, the functionalized polypropylene preferably has a number average molecular weight greater than about 3,000 and preferably less than about 20,000, more preferably less than about 10,000. A representative example of a maleated polypropylene that is currently commercially available is under the name EPOLENE E-43, available from Eastman Chemical. Such relatively low molecular weight functionalized polypropylenes, when reacted with polyetheramines in accordance with the practice of this invention, appears to render the resulting extruded compositions more readily paintable. In other applications wherein the functionalized polypropylene is employed, such as when a glass filler is added to increase stiffness and strength, a higher average number molecular weight greater than about 40,000 and less than about 60,000 may be employed. Generally, glass filler and polypropylene are not miscible, and their combination commonly leads to voids in the resulting compositions. The relatively higher molecular weight materials “wet” the glass to make the glass filler particles and polypropylene more combinable to thereby decrease the amount of voids in the resulting compositions.




Suitable anhydride functionalized polypropylene include the following structures:











wherein PP is polypropylene. In these structures, it should be appreciated that the polypropylene can be bonded to one or two monomers when the polypropylene is linear, while more than two monomers might be included when the propylene is branched. Typically, one or two monomers are present.




Suitable polyetheramines include monamines, diamines and triamines, having a molecular weight of from about 150 to about 12,000. Preferred polyetheramines have a molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 3,000. Suitable monamines, shown in the Glossary, include JEFFAMINE M-1000, JEFFAMINE M-2070, and JEFFAMINE M-2005. Suitable diamines include JEFFAMINE ED-6000, JEFFAMINE ED-4000, JEFFAMINE ED-2001, JEFFAMINE D-2000, JEFFAMINE D-4000, JEFFAMINE ED-900, JEFFAMINE ED-600, and JEFFAMINE D-400. Suitable triamines include JEFFAMINE ET-3000, JEFFAMINE T-3000 and JEFFAMINE T-5000. Preferred polyetheramines include JEFFAMINE M-2070 and JEFFAMINE ED-2001. More preferred polyetheramines of the present invention have a molecular weight in the range from about 1500 to about 2000. In the practice of this invention, monoamines and diamines are preferred. Suitable polyether blocks for the polyetheramine include polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, copolymers of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol, poly(1,2-butylene glycol), and poly(tetramethylene glycol). The glycols can be aminated using well known methods to produce the polyetheramines. Generally, the glycols are prepared from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or combination thereof using well known methods such as by a methoxy or hydroxy initiated reaction. When both ethylene oxide and propylene oxide are used, the oxides can be reacted simultaneously when a random polyether is desired, or reacted sequentially when a block polyether is desired.




An especially preferred polyetheramine is a polyether monoamine which contains from about 36 to about 44 ethylene oxide units and from about 1 to about 6 propylene oxide units. In one embodiment, such polyether monoamines have a molecular weight of about 2000 to about 2200. In another embodiment, the polyether monoamine contains about 40 to about 43 ethylene oxide units and from about 2.4 to about 3 propylene oxide units. Certain polyether monoamines are of formula:











wherein m is about 36 to about 44 and wherein n is about 1 to about 6, including polyether monoamines wherein m is about 40 to about 43 and n is about 2.4 to about 3, as well as compounds of the formula having a molecular weight of about 2000 to about 2200.




In one embodiment of the present invention, the polyetheramines are prepared from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or combinations thereof. Generally, when the polyetheramine is prepared from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or combinations thereof, the amount of ethylene oxide on a molar basis is greater than about 50 percent of the polyetheramine, preferably greater than about 75 percent and more preferably greater than about 90 percent. In one embodiment of this invention, polyols and amines including polyalkylene polyamines and alkanol amines or any amine that is not a polyetheramine as disclosed herein may be absent from the composition. Similarly, functional groups other than ether linkages and amine groups may be absent from the polyetheramine. The polyether amines used in the practice of this invention can be prepared using well known amination techniques such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,654,370; 4,152,353; 4,618,717; 4,766,245; 4,960,942; 4,973,761; 5,003,107; 5,352,835; 5,422,042; and 5,457,147. Generally, the polyether amines are made by aminating a polyol, such as a polyether polyol with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst such as a nickel containing catalyst such as a Ni/Cu/Cr catalyst.




The mixing of the functionalized PP and polyetheramine and optionally also PP may be carried out in a customary mixing apparatus including batch mixers, continuous mixers, kneaders, and extruders. For most applications, the preferred mixing apparatus is an extruder.




Besides the PP/functionalized-PP/polyetheramine structural components according to the invention, the resin composition may, to improve the impact strength, contain impact modifiers, advantageously impact-modifying elastomers. Impact-modifying elastomers for the instant invention are known to a skilled worker. Examples are rubbers based on ethylene, propylene, butadiene, and acrylates, e.g. methacrylates, or mixtures thereof. Other examples include EP and EPDM rubbers, with EP rubber (ethylene propylene rubber) being preferred in applications where automotive body parts are being prepared. A representative example of a currently commercially available EP rubber is sold under the name VISTALON 878 by Exxon Chemical.




Suitable impact-modifying elastomers are described for example in Methoden der organischen Chemie (Houben-Weyl), volume XIV/1, Makromolekulare Chemie (Georg-Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1961), pages 390 to 406, and in the monograph by C. B. Bucknal, Toughened Plastics (Applied Publishers, London, 1977).




A composition containing polypropylene and elastomers, such as EP rubber, is commonly referred to as a “TPO,” which stands for thermoplastic polyolefin. TPO's are commonly used in the manufacture of molded automotive body parts, such as bumper fascias. Such molded parts may also contain other components such as fillers, as described hereinbelow. TPO-based compositions can be prepared in the same manner as for non-elastomer-containing compositions. TPO's are commonly sold in compounded or reactor grades. Representative examples of TPO which are currently available commercially are described below in the paragraphs preceding Examples 18-29.




It is contemplated that the polyetheramine and functionalized polypropylene, and optionally a small amount of PP or TPO, can be reacted to form a reaction product concentrate and, later, the reaction product concentrate can be blended with polypropylene or TPO. In this aspect of the invention, the polyetheramine comprises from about 10 to about 50 weight percent of the concentrate. When the reaction product of polyether amine and maleated PP is prepared neat, the reaction product can be blended or compounded with polypropylene or TPO and any other components of the desired composition to the desired levels using a mixing apparatus such as an extruder. It should be understood that PP may be commonly used to dilute the reaction. Depending on the type of mixer, the reaction product, polypropylene and any other components can be thoroughly mixed as solids prior to introducing the admixture in the mixing apparatus. Alternatively, mixers are available which will mix the components during operation. In either case, during operation of the mixer, the components are heated to melt the solids, with the melted components being thereafter mixed to form the final composition.




In addition to the structural components of PP, functionalized-PP, and polyetheramine and any impact modifier contained in a resin composition according to the instant invention, the resin may also contain reinforcing agents and/or additives. The reinforcing agents used may be reinforcing fillers, for example, carbon or carbon fibers; clay, chalk, talc, and mica to control shrinkage and control coefficient of thermal expansion; glass (beads or fibers) to increase stiffness. Further, the fillers may be finished with adhesion promoters and/or sizing agents. In addition, phosphite or hindered phenol or both can be added as a stabilizer (as a free radical scavenger).




When compositions include a glass filler, the composition can contain up to about 40% glass filler if highly stiff compositions are desired. More typically, from about 2% to about 10% glass filler in the composition is employed. Advantageously, the compositions of the present invention that contain glass filler generally are substantially free of voids that typically develop in compositions containing polypropylene and glass. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the reaction product of polyether amine and maleated polypropylene serves to “wet” the glass to thereby make the glass and polypropylene more combinable (more miscible). In this aspect of the invention, it is preferred to employ maleated polypropylene having an average molecular weight of about 40,000 to about 60,000, as is described hereinabove.




The preferred functionalized polypropylene is a maleated polypropylene having the following structure:











wherein PP is polypropylene.




The preferred polyetheramines are monoamines and diamines. The preferred monoamines as well as the preferred triamines have a molecular weight of from about 200 to about 4000. The preferred diamines have a molecular weight of from about 148 to about 6000. More preferred monoamines and diamines have a molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 3,000.




The preferred reaction product between the preferred functionalized polypropylene, maleated polypropylene, and the preferred polyetheramine has the following formula:











wherein a is from about 5 to 50,000, for b:c from about 0:100 to 100:0, x is from about 1 to 3, and R is hydrogen or an alkyl radical having a functionality of x (i.e., if x is 2, R is a divalent), the alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.




Suitable thermoplastic resin compositions may contain from about 66 to about 80 wt % PP, from about 20 to about 30 wt % maleated PP and from about 2 to about 10 wt % polyetheramine. When the compositions include elastomers, such as in TPO-based compositions used to make automotive body parts, the compositions generally comprise from about 5 to about 40 wt a maleated PP, from about 2 to about 10 wt % polyetheramine and from about 50 to about 93 wt % PP, such percentages based on the weights of these components of the composition. Preferred compositions that include elastomers comprise about 15 to about 30 wt % maleated PP, from about 2 to about 8 wt % polyetheramine and from about 62 to about 83 wt % PP.




The preferred customary mixing apparatus is an extruder in which the polyetheramine is grafted onto the maleated polypropylene at from about 175 to 300° C. in the course of a residence time of from about 25 to 300 seconds. For typical compositions of this invention, degradation begins to occur above this temperature range and below this range the compositions generally do not melt. Polypropylene is a nonreactive component of the mixing blend. The preferred temperature range is from about 190 to 260° C.




Molded articles prepared from compositions according to the present invention are generally directly paintable. Representative examples of paints commonly employed for this purpose include urethane-based and melamine-based paints. Such paints may be applied using conventional techniques. Advantageously, compositions of the present invention may be painted directly without chlorine pretreatment and optionally without primer, though a primer may be used.




In the examples, continuous compounding was carried out in a Werner & Pfleiderer 30 mm twin screw extruder (ZSK30), having a nine barrel configuration, three kneading zones and one vent section, in which the feed sequence was a combined feed in which all the components fed at the same location (hopper of the extruder).




The following examples which illustrate the nature of the instant invention are not intended to be limitative. In the examples, a stoichiometric excess of maleic functionality on the maleated polypropylene is used relative to the amount of amine functionality on the polyetheramine.











EXAMPLES 1-6




Blends of PP, maleated PP (MAL-PP), and JEFFAMINE M-2070 produced in an extruder exhibit characteristics in percent compositions as shown in Table 1 in which the remaining percent is PP:


















TABLE 1









Example




1




2




3




4




5




6

























% MAL-PP




20




30

















% M2070




0




2




4




0




2




4






FM, psi




284K




255K




226K




289K




256K




201K






StY, psi




8660




7980




7030




8750




7830




6170






TE, %




8




16




10




4




13




5






TSt, psi




4990




4770




4280




5000




4630




3720






NI, ft lb/in




0.161




0.220




0.386




0.123




0.139




0.220






UnI, ft lb/in




12




14




10




10




14




5











where:










FM — flexural modulus










StY — stress at yield










TE — Tensile elongation










TSt — tensile strength










NI — notched izod impact










UnI — unnotched izod impact













EXAMPLES 7-10




Table 2 reveals the effects of JEFFAMINE M-2070 (M) as compared to JEFFAMINE ED-2001 (ED) in which either is blended with from about 76 to 78 wt % of PP, and from about 20 wt % of MAL-PP in an extruder.


















TABLE 2











Example




7




8




9




10













J. Type




M




ED




M




ED

















% JEFF.




2





4


















FM, psi




255K




246K




226K




230K







StY, psi




7980




7730




7030




7140







TE, %




16




10




10




16







TSt, psi




4770




4560




4280




4420







NI, ft lb/in




14




15




10




18







UnI, ft lb/in




14




15




10




18













where:











FM — flexural modulus











StY — stress at yield











TE — Tensile elongation











TSt — tensile strength











NI — notched izod impact











UnI — unnotched izod impact.













EXAMPLES 11-17




Table 3 reveals the percent paint adhesion of various compositions of PP, maleated PP, and the JEFFAMINES indicated relative to a control sample wherein the blends were produced in an extruder.

















TABLE 3









Exam-





MAL-





Paint




Con-






ple




PP




PP




% J. Type




Adhesion




trol











11




76%




20%




4% JEFFAMINE M1000




62%




 2%






12




76%




20%




4% JEFFAMINE ED-6000




28%




 4%






13




74%




20%




6% JEFFAMINE ED-6000




46%




 4%






14




74%




20%




6% JEFFAMINE ED-4000




40%




 4%






15




74%




20%




6% JEFFAMINE M-2070




77%




21%






16




72%




20%




8% JEFFAMINE M-2070




40%




21%






17




72%




20%




8% JEFFAMINE M-2001




68%




21%














In the following Examples 18-29, there are shown modified TPO-based (thermoplastic olefin-based) compositions including polyether amines of the present invention (in Tables 18A, 19A, 20A, 21A, 22A, 23A, 24A, 25A, 26A, and 27A), the physical properties of the compositions (in Tables 18B, 19B, 20B, 21B, 22B, 23B, 24B, 25B, 26B, and 27B) and the paint adhesion of the compositions (in Tables 18C, 19C, 20C, 21C, 22C, 23C, 24C, 25C, 26C, and 27C). In the Tables shown in Examples 18-29, the following phrases have the indicated meanings:




“HIMONT CA53A” is a reactor grade TPO containing polypropylene (“PP”) and ethylene propylene rubber (“EP rubber”) obtained from Himont, which may be described as having medium melt flow.




“Phenol” is ETHANOX 330 which is a hindered phenol stabilizer obtained from Albemarle.




“EPOLENE E-43” is a maleated PP obtained from Eastman Chemical, having about 4 wt % maleation as determined from proton nmr.




“HIMONT LB150161 ” is a reactor grade TPO having a high melt flow.




“AMOCO 1016” is a PP having a melt flow rate at 230° C. of about 5 g/min. as indicated by the supplier, Amoco Chemical.




“DEXFLEX D-161” is a compounded TPO of PP and EP rubber which is described as having medium melt flow by the supplier, D&S Plastics International.




“NICHIBAN” refers to the tradename of a tape obtained from a Japanese company.




“STAMYLAN P” is an impact EP copolymer containing 5-10% ethylene in the backbone obtained from DSM having a melt flow at 230° C./2.16 Kg using an 150 R1133 procedure of 4.7 dg/min. as reported by the supplier, Dutch State Mines (“DSM”).




“KELTAN TP-0552-2” is a TPO having a melt flow at 230° C./2.16 Kg using an ISO R1133 procedure of 6.5 dg/min. as reported by the supplier, DSM.




“VISTALON 878” is an EP rubber available from Exxon Chemical.




“W/IPA” means with isopropanol wipe prior to painting and “W/O IPA” means without isopropanol wipe painting.




In Examples 18-29, the sample compositions were injection molded to prepare type I tensile bars, which were used in the adhesion tests. The following procedures were used in these examples.




A hand mixed blend of polypropylene, maleated polypropylene, polyether amine and an antioxidant is produced and added to the feed hopper. The extruder heater bands are set to the following profile: feed throat 200° C., 220° C., 220° C., 220° C., 220° C., 220° C. die face.




The blend is fed into the feed throat of a Werner Pfleiderer ZSK30 twin screw extruder. The compounded product is cooled in a water bath and pelletized.




Test specimens were injection molded using an ENGEL 55 ton injection molding machine using the following conditions:




Heating Zones:






















Next to









Nozzle




Nozzle




Feed Zone




Feed Zone













199° C.




196° C.




196° C.




196° C.















Mold Temperature 27° C.




Physical test specimens were allowed to equilibrate at 24° C. and at 50% relative humidity for 48 hours. Tensile measurements were made according to ASTM D638 on an INSTRON frame using a crosshead speed of 10 cm/min. Flexural properties were measured according to ASTM D790 using a crosshead speed of 1.25 cm/min. Izod impact properties were measured according to ASTM D256.




Dynamical mechanical spectrometry (DMS) was performed using a RHEOMETRICS RDS-II. Injection molded bars measuring 12 mm×50mm×3 mm were tested in rectangular torsion mode at 1 Hz. Strains imposed upon the samples were typically between 0.05% and 0.2%. Measurements were shown to be strain insensitive over the region investigated. The storage and the loss moduli as well as tan delta were measuring from −120° C. up through the melting of the samples, using a heating rate of 2° C./min. in a nitrogen atmosphere. Samples were tested after conditioning at 24° C. and 50% relative humidity for 24 hours.




Paint adhesion testing involved painting four inch injection molded discs with a white, two component urethane automotive paint supplied by RED SPOT PAINTS. The paint is applied with a high volume, low pressure BINKS spray gun. The painted disks are based for 30 minutes at 80° C. The specimens are conditioned 24 hours and then tested using a crosshatch/tape adhesion test where a multibladed scribe is used to generate 100 squares (approximately 2 mm×2 mm per square) on the disks. A piece of tape (Scotch Brand 2040, 3M) is then applied over the squares and then the tape is pulled from the disk. The percentages denoted in the tables reflect the number of painted squares remaining after pulling the tape from the disk.




EXAMPLE 18

















TABLE 18A












JEFFAMINE ®








Sample




TPO


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




Phenol




PP











1




99.7%














0.3%







2




84.7%














0.3%




15%






3




79.7%










0.3%




20%






4




84.7%




15%









0.3%






5




79.7%




20%









0.3%






6




80.7%




15%




4%




0.3%






7




78.7%




15%




6%




0.3%






8




75.7%




20%




4%




0.3%






9




73.7%




20%




6%




0.3%






10 




71.7%




20%




8%




0.3%






11 




80.7%




15%




4%




0.3%






12 




78.7%




15%




6%




0.3%






13 




75.7%




20%




4%




0.3%






14 




73.7%




20%




6%




0.3%






15 




71.7%




20%




8%




0.3%













1


HIMONT CA53A












2


EPOLENE E-43


























TABLE 18B












1




2




3




4




5









Flexural Modulus, MPa




578




725




736




686




741






Stress at Yield, MPa




19.1




23.3




24.1




22.6




24.4






Tensile Elongation, %




667




666




622




559




417






Tensile Strength, MPa




16.2




18.9




18.8




16.1




16.7






Young's Modulus, MPa




338




432




453




423




452






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




554




493




382




100




72.9






−30° C., J/m




55.0




49.4




43.3




44.3




34.0






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




839




1025




931




924




997






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1430




1624




1652




1556




1485






Total E, J




21.6




23.7




25.6




23.1




16.0






DSC






Tm, ° C.




156




156




158




153




164






Delta H, J/g




61.8




63.5




72.0




9.7




78.2






Tc, ° C.




98.9




103




104




102




109






Delta H, J/g




69.5




79.1




80.8




74.8




81.6










6




7




8




9




10









Flexural Modulus, MPa




643




560






Stress at Yield, MPa




21.1




17.3






Tensile Elongation, %




296




53






Tensile Strength, MPa




15.3




13.2






Young's Modulus, MPa




390




364






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




154




363






−30° C., J/m




33.2




33.7






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




828




651






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1406




1064




1247




1043




905






Total E, J




19.1




11.4




15.9




11.0




9.59






DSC






Tm, ° C.




152





151




150




150






Delta H, J/g




61.6





62.4




63.7




63.3






Tc, ° C.




101





102




103




103






Delta H, J/g




73.7





73.3




73.2




72.8










11




12




13




14




15









Flexural Modulus, MPa




586




572




579




596




648






Stress at Yield, MPa




18.2




17.4




18.5




18.8




19.8






Tensile Elongation, %




666




666




666




666




666






Tensile Strength, MPa




14.8




14.9




13.3




13.7




14.7






Young's Modulus, MPa




348




322




323




342




342






Hardness Shore D




57




56




57




57




56






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




563




574




116




184




565






−30° C., J/m




40.9




34.9




34.4




27.0




29.0






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




840




780




847




772




756






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1541




1523




1505




1557




1539






Total E, J




22.8




23.0




20.7




21.9




23.0






















TABLE 18Ci











ADHESION TEST












% Adhesion




% Adhesion


















SAM-




Test






SAM-









PLE




1




Test 2




Test 3




PLE




Test 1




Test 2




Test 3









PP




0




0





PP




0




2







1




0




2





1




0




0






2




19




32





2




0




1






3




5




1





3




1




5






4




49




23




36




4




0




0






5




61




57




59




5




0




0






6




80




99




90




6




65




52




58






7




100




78




89




7




26




5




16






8




77




62




70




8




43




30




36






9




91




90




90




9




90




98




94






10 




93




98




96




10




82




91




6










11




80




94




87






















TABLE 18Cii











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST















S1







(SAMPLE)




W/IPA











 6




100%







 7




100%







 9




100%







10




 96%







11




100%







14




100%























TABLE 18Ciii











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST














S1




S2






(SAMPLE)




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









11




97




100 






12




 0




 4






13




82




88






14




95




98






15




 7




 9














EXAMPLE 19
















TABLE 19A












JEFFAMINE ®







Sample




TPO


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




Phenol











 1




99.7%














0.3%






 2




84.7%




15%









0.3%






 3




79.7%




20%









0.3%






 4




69.7%




30%









0.3%






 5




80.7%




15%




4%




0.3%






 6




78.7%




15%




6%




0.3%






 7




75.7%




20%




4%




0.3%






 8




73.7%




20%




6%




0.3%






 9




71.7%




20%




8%




0.3%






10




65.7%




30%




4%




0.3%






11




63.7%




30%




6%




0.3%






12




61.7%




30%




8%




0.3%






13




80.7%




15%




4%




0.3%






14




78.7%




15%




6%




0.3%






15




75.7%




20%




4%




0.3%






16




73.7%




20%




6%




0.3%






17




71.7%




20%




8%




0.3%






18




65.7%




30%




4%




0.3%






19




63.7%




30%




6%




0.3%






20




61.7%




30%




8%




0.3%













1


HIMONT CA53A












2


EPOLENE E-43


























TABLE 19B












1




2




3




4




5









Flexural Modulus, MPa




1234




1314




1329




1379




1351






Stress at Yield, MPa




39.1




41.6




42.5




43.9




39.9






Tensile Elongation, %




186




59




18




10




159






Tensile Strength, MPa




25.3




25.9




26.4




26.5




25.1






Young's Modulus, MPa




694




732




789




809




715






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




69.3




47.0




43.3




25.2




57.2






−30° C., J/m




33.5




19.1




17.7




16.5




18.8






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




1413




1095




965




694




945






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




2096




2148




1010




344




1137






Total E, J




30.9




29.8




4.69




1.46




5.70






DSC






Tm, ° C.




166




165





164




165






Delta H, J/g




86.6




85.8





95.2




94.2






Tc, ° C.




109




109





110




109






Delta H, J/g




106




105





104




99.3





















6




7




8




9




10




11









Flexural Modulus, MPa




1128




1253




1108




1017




1280




1186






Stress at Yield, MPa




31.6




37




28.4




23




35.4




31.4






Tensile Elongation, %




11




19




8.8




8.3




8.3




6.9






Tensile Strength, MPa




20.8




24.1




20




17.6




22.8




20.4






Young's Modulus, MPa




661




708




677




624




742




701






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




72.5




50.4




47.1




42.2




26.6




17.7






−30° C., J/m




15.2




11.7




10.2




9.5




7.5




6.6






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




262




475




178




172




241




191






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




630




356




329




368




219




220






Total E, J




3.53




1.63




2.66




2.37




1.2




1.23






DSC






Tm, ° C.




165




165




166




164




164




164






Delta H, J/g




93.9




97.3




95.7




91.4




97.7




93.5






Tc, ° C.




109




109




110




109




110




108






Delta H, J/g




98




101




7.1




96




101




97.3






















TABLE 19C











ADHESION TEST















% Adhesion





% Adhesion


















SAM-




Test






SAM-









PLE




1




Test 2




Test 3




PLE




Test 1




Test 2




Test 3









PP


1






0




0





PP




0




2







1




0




2





1




0




0






2




19




32





2




0




1






3




5




1





3




1




5






4




49




23




36




4




0




0






5




61




57






0




0






6




80




99




90




6




65




52




58






7




100




78




89




7




26




5




16






8




77




62




70




8




43




30




36






9




91




90




90




9




90




98




94






10 




93




98




96




10




82




91




6










11




80




94




87













1


Control

























TABLE 19C













% Adhesion





% Adhesion
















Sample




Test 1




Test 2




Sample




Test 1




Test 2









13




0%




 0%




13




 0%




 0%






14




0%




 0%




14




 0%




 6%






15




1%




 0%




15




20%




 1%






16




0%




11%




16




 4%




36%






17




0%




 0%




17




 0%




 3%






18




28% 




17%




18




23%




26%






19




22% 




13%




19




13%




11%






20




89% 




62%




20




27%




21%














EXAMPLE 20

















TABLE 20A












JEFFAMINE ®




EP







Sample




PP


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




RUBBER


3






Phenol











1




74.7%




 5%









20%







2




69.7%




10%









20%




0.3%






3




59.7%




15%









25%




0.3%






4




70.7%




 5%




4%




20%




0.3%






5




68.7%




 5%




6%




20%




0.3%






6




66.7%




 5%




8%




20%




0.3%






7




65.7%




10%




4%




20%




0.3%






8




63.7%




10%




6%




20%




0.3%






9




61.7%




10%




8%




20%




0.3%






10 




55.7%




15%




4%




25%




0.3%






11 




53.7%




15%




6%




25%




0.3%






12 




51.7%




15%




8%




25%




0.3%













1


AMOCO 1016












2


EPOLENE E-43












3


VISTALON



























TABLE 20B












1




2




3




4




5




6









Flexural Modulus, MPa




1342




1411




1333




1359




1070




1029






Stress at Yield, MPa




38.6




40.2




36.5




36.4




29.6




28.0






Tensile Elongation, %




168




140




173




451




125




106






Tensile Strength, MPa




25.2




25.4




22.7




22.5




19.1




18.1






Young's Modulus, MPa




731




750




699




671




575




552






Hardness, Shore D




66




69




64




67




63




61






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




108




59




107




338




361




444






−30° C., J/m




17.6




16.6




18.0




23.1




28.4




43.8






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




1106




1199




1311




1252




867




816






Falling Dart Impact






Maximum Load, J/m




2045




2035




1826




1879




1710




1495






−30° C., J/m




3417




3351




3122




2888




920




595






Total Energy, J




30.0




29.2




26.2




25.9




18.5




14.8






−30° C., J




41.9




34.6




39.4




22.2




30.5




2.19










7




8




9




10




11




12









Flexural Modulus, MPa




1168




1064




1006




1078




968




915






Stress at Yield, MPa




31.6




28.3




26.4




28.8




26.4




24.0






Tensile Elongation, %




188




119




122




196




184




40






Tensile Strength, MPa




19.9




18.2




17.1




18.2




17.2




15.6






Young's Modulus, MPa




595




555




523




553




527




500






Hardness, Shore D




64




63




61




62




61




60






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




273




286




256




277




240




127






−30° C., J/m




19.2




18.4




24.0




25.0




26.4




13.8






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




874




785




729




904




860




782






Falling Dart Impact






Maximum Load, J/m




1858




1338




1024




1606




1317




1110






−30° C., J/m




2101




385




339




1021




500




561






Total Energy, J




22.8




13.5




9.2




18.9




13.5




9.9






−30° C., J




12.4




1.58




1.74




4.31




2.50




2.69






















TABLE 20C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST
















S1




S2




S1




S2






SAMPLE




W/IPA




W/IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









1




19%




20%




 0%




 2%






2




19%




44%




11%




13%






3




50%




89%




99%




100% 






4




40%




59%




37%




52%






5




29%




55%




 5%




33%






6




92%




100% 




 4%




39%






7




82%




89%




28%




32%






8




95%




100% 




68%




100% 






9




97%




78%




70%




75%






10 




83%




100% 




99%




100% 






11 




99%




100% 




82%




96%






12 




92%




100% 




100% 




100% 














EXAMPLE 21
















TABLE 21A












JEFFAMINE ®







Sample




TPO


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




Phenol











1




100% 














0.3%






2




90%




10%









0.3%






3




85%




15%









0.3%






4




80%




20%
















5




85.8%




10%




4%




0.2%






6




83.8%




10%




6%




0.2%






7




80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%






8




78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%






9




75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%






10 




73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%






11 




80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%






12 




78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%






13 




75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%






14 




73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%













1


DEXFLEX D161












2


EPOLENE E-43


























TABLE 21B












1




2




3




4




5









Flexural Modulus,




944




985




1050




1101




857






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




25.1




27.4




29.3




30.7




23.9






Tensile Elongation, %




506




186




116




78




466






Tensile Strength, MPa




17.8




18.7




19.5




20.1




16.8






Young's Modulus,




551




581




629




654




491






MPa






Hardness Shore D




63




65




67




68




63






Notched Izod Impact,




576




343




84




54




475






J/m






−30° C., J/m




35.9




31.5




25.1




16.9




33.6






Unnotched Izod




1027




965




1174




1066




944






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1669




1678




1703




1721




1509






−30° C., J/m




2980




3140




3094




2880




2397






Total E, J




24.1




22.8




22.7




21.8




21.9






−30° C., J




36.9




38.0




29.7




17.0




28.8










6




7




8




9




10









Flexural Modulus,




748




832




745




788




804






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




20.8




23.0




20.4




22.6




22.4






Tensile Elongation, %




71




100




31




26




18






Tensile Strength, MPa




14.7




16.1




14.5




16.3




15.0






Young's Modulus,




445




486




451




492




460






MPa






Hardness Shore D




61




64




451




61




60






Notched Izod Impact,




331




252




60




74




56






J/m






−30° C., J/m




37.8




22.2




144




17.2




18.3






Unnotched Izod




736




737




22.7




419




310






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact 422






Max Load, J/m




1340




1408




1047




1047




704






−30° C., J/m




550




422




356




411




339






Total E, J




15.1




15.7




9.0




7.4




5.1






−30° C., J




1.31




0.82




0.62




0.70




0.53



















11




12




13




14









Flexural Modulus, MPa




892




802




945




874






Stress at Yield, MPa




26.2




23.7




27.1




25.4






Tensile Elongation, %




221




511




187




370






Tensile Strength, MPa




18.1




16.8




18.3




17.4






Young's Modulus, MPa




525




467




539




495






Hardness Shore D




63




63




64




61






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




159




511




99




118






−30° C., J/m




26.6




25.9




20.6




18.7






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




1020




934




1174




913






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1610




1603




1591




1618






−30° C., J/m




2655




1541




1517




1259






Total E, J




22.4




23.6




19.1




19.5






−30° C., J




20.8




5.45




6.24




4.88






















TABLE 21C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST
















S1




S2




S1




S2






(SAMPLE)




W/IPA




W/IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









PP


1






0.00




0.00




0.00







 1




 3




18




78




27






 2




63




63




94




48






 3




79




59




62




100 






 4




0.00




14




87




83






 5




100 




100 




100 




100 






 6




100 




100 




100 




100 






 7




100 




100 




99




100 






 8




100 




100 




97




100 






 9




100 




100 




100 




100 






10




100 




100 




100 




100 






11




67




67




94




88






12




62




62




10




22






13




100 




100 




100 




100 






14




100 




100 




100 




100 













1


Control.













EXAMPLE 22
















TABLE 22A












JEFFAMINE ®







Sample




TFO


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




Phenol











1




100% 





















2




90%




10%
















3




85%




15%
















4




80%




20%
















5




85.8%




10%




4%




0.2%






6




83.8%




10%




6%




0.2%






7




80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%






8




78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%






9




75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%






10 




73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%






11 




80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%






12 




78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%






13 




75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%






14 




73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%













1


STAMYLAN P












2


EPOLENE E-43




























TABLE 22B












1




2




3




4




5




6




7









Flexural Modulus,




1053




1123




1185




1259




1100




1025




1040






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




32.3




35.3




36.5




38.9




32.7




30.0




31.0






Tensile Elongation, %




453




173




141




36




168




30




22






Tensile Strength, MPa




21.2




22.7




23.1




23.7




21.5




19.9




20.3






Young's Modulus,




568




647




665




696




581




571




592






MPa






Notched Izod Impact




716




607




159




118




519




482




219






J/m






−30° C., J/m




77.4




43.5




34.7




23.5




37.0




47.8




33.5






Unnotched Izod




1075




1246




1078




1124




911




853




629






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1987




2002




2013




2052




1853




1614




1632






−30° C., J/m




3562




3721




2804




1154




1464




461




503






Total Energy, J




31.4




31.1




30.0




28.8




25.9




17.4




18.1






−30° C., J




45.2




42.7




17.2




3.6




5.3




0.9




1.0










8




9




10




11




12




13




14









Flexural Modulus,




995




1062




999




1107




1083




1131




1076






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




26.9




30.8




28.4




33.9




32.2




34.0




32.5






Tensile Elongation, %




14




15




11




218




483




80




230






Tensile Strength, MPa




18.3




19.9




18.5




21.4




20.1




21.7




20.8






Young's Modulus,




542




582




560




587




517




619




582






MPa






Notched Izod Impact,




238




109




104




495




563




145




157






J/m






−30° C., J/m




34.6




24.2




22.7




27.1




39.8




28.5




26.8






Unnotched Izod




514




464




336




1029




1008




1004




863






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1301




1003




1021




2017




2002




941




1878






−30° C., J/m




460




455





3633




1244




1140




1193






Total Energy, J




11.0




8.3




6.3




30.2




29.5




7.9




26.4






−30° C., J




0.7




0.7





26.8




3.6




3.2




3.5






















TABLE 22C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST















DISC SAMPLE




S1




S2




S1




S2






TAPE




3M


1






3M




NICHIBAN




NICHIBAN






SAMPLE




W/IPA




W/IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









1




 6%




 0%




 0%




 3%






2




 1%




 0%




14%




 1%






3




 1%




 0%




 7%




 2%






4




 0%




 6%




 1%




15%






5




45%




80%




83%




32%






6




96%




98%




96%




100% 






7




88%




96%




82%




92%






8




89%




78%




74%




96%






9




94%




87%




100% 




98%






10 




99%




100% 




100% 




100% 






11 




 3%




47%




20%




27%






12 




 7%




 1%




 2%




 3%






13 




38%




79%




35%




78%






14 




85%




65%




100% 




97%













1


Scotch Brand 2040





















TABLE 22C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST















DISC SAMPLE




S1




S2




S1




S2






SAMPLE




W/IPA




W/IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









 1




 4%




 1%




 5%




 0%






 2




 0%




 0%




 7%




 0%






 3




 4%




 0%




 4%




10%






 4




 9%




 1%




17%




1%






 5




26%




79%




57%




46%






 6




95%




90%




93%




92%






 7




95%




89%




94%




89%






 8




83%




84%




97%




97%






 9




85%




94%




98%




96%






10




96%




88%




99%




97%






11




83%




58%




90%




71%






12




 0%




 5%




 8%




20%






13




86%




95%




74%




92%






14




97%




86%




92%




98%






15


1






98%




98%




100% 




100% 













1


Reactive extrusion product of 73% STAMYLAN P, 20% EPOLENE E-43, 6% JEFFAMINE ® M-2070, and 0.2% Phenol.













EXAMPLE 23

















TABLE 23A












JEFFAMINE ®




EP







Sample




PP


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




RUBBER


3






Phenol











 1




69.7%














30%




0.3%






 2




59.7%




10%









30%




0.3%






 3




56.7%




13%









30%




0.3%






 4




52.2%




17.5%









30%




0.3%






 5




57.7%




10%




2%




30%




0.3%






 6




55.7%




10%




4%




30%




0.3%






 7




53.7%




10%




6%




30%




0.3%






 8




54.7%




13%




2%




30%




0.3%






 9




52.7%




13%




4%




30%




0.3%






10




50.7%




13%




6%




30%




0.3%






11




50.2%




17.5%




2%




30%




0.3%






12




48.2%




17.5%




4%




30%




0.3%






13




46.2%




17.5%




6%




30%




0.3%






14




57.7%




10%




2%




30%




0.3%






15




55.7%




10%




4%




30%




0.3%






16




53.7%




10%




6%




30%




0.3%






17




54.7%




13%




2%




30%




0.3%






18




52.7%




13%




4%




30%




0.3%






19




50.7%




13%




6%




30%




0.3%






20




50.2%




17.5%




2%




30%




0.3%






21




48.2%




17.5%




4%




30%




0.3%






22




46.2%




17.5%




6%




30%




0.3%













1


AMOCO 1016












2


EPOLENE E-43












3


VISTALON 878





























TABLE 23B












1




2




3




4




5




6




7




8









Flexural




1064




1095




1166




1156




1062




843




741




959






Modulus, MPa






Stress at Yield,




28.5




29.7




32.5




31.3




27.4




22.8




20.1




25.7






MPa






Tensile




483




211




181




151




252




356




107




316






Elongation, %






Tensile




19.5




19.7




20.2




19.2




18.1




15.2




13.7




16.6






Strength, MPa






Young's




583




608




608




611




551




456




412




487






Modulus,






MPa






Hardness,




64




63




65




64




61




60




59




59






Shore D






Notched Izod




576




436




252




161




510




449




450




427






Impact, J/m






−30° C., J/m




58.4




28.0




22.2




26.0




33.0




54.3




54.9




31.4






Unnotched




979




957




976




867




955




847




815




819






Izod Impact,






J/m






Falling Dart






Impact






Max Load, J/m




1711




1760




1710




1607




1565




1431




1199




1514






−30° C., J/m




3096




3236




3245




3177




3014




1487




802




2962






Total Energy, J




25.5




29.2




22.5




20.6




27.3




18.1




14.2




20.0






−30° C., J




39.1




41.5




42.6




37.4




40.1




6.8




3.6




19.6






Ductile/5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5






−30° C./5




5




5




5




3




5




0




0




0










9




10




11




12




13




14




15




16









Flexural




798




746




863




792




709




991




964




907






Modulus, MPa






Stress at Yield,




22.2




20.3




23.9




21.8




19.5




26.8




25.4




23.6






MPa






Tensile




157




65




252




94




33




498




494




656






Elongation, %






Tensile




15.0




13.7




16.3




14.9




13.6




18.1




17.3




17.5






Strength, MPa






Young's




437




387




476




436




408




503




479




437






Modulus, MPa






Hardness,




61




59




61




60




60




62




59




58






Shore D






Notched Izod




439




384




258




271




205




530




575




586






Impact, J/m






−30° C., J/m




40.9




31.0




25.5




28.6




29.8




49.8




33.9




56.1






Unnotched




818




679




712




778




665




1146




1108




1012






Izod Impact,






J/m






Falling Dart






Impact






Max Load, J/m




1370




1224




1452




1258




1027




1649




1631




1554






−30° C., J/m




1224




718




1229




580




487




3098




3096




3060






Total Energy, J




16.1




14.6




18.6




13.9




11.9




24.0




23.6




23.8






−30° C., J




5.0




3.4




5.8




2.6




3.4




40.0




40.1




39.8






Ductile/5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5






−30° C./5




0




0




0




0




0




5




5




5





















17




18




19




20




21




22









Flexural Modulus, MPa




986




946




921




964




922




889






Stress at Yield, MPa




27.2




25.0




23.5




26.4




24.8




23.0






Tensile Elongation, %




511




578




605




87




109




202






Tensile Strength, MPa




1.67




16.0




15.7




17.7




16.7




16.2






Young's Modulus, MPa




456




439




404




518




477




475






Hardness, Shore D




62




60




58




62




62




54






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




463




549




594




209




357




551






−30° C., J/m




27.7




30.9




34.1




19.9




30.2




24.7






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




996




922




804




899




1011




774






Falling Dart






Impact






Max Load, J/m




1541




1602




1534




1484




1429




1418






−30° C., J/m




3199




3171




3131




2932




3215




3225






Total Energy, J




20.9




22.8




22.2




18.2




18.4




20.6






−30° C., J




41.6




41.9




41.4




24.4




40.6




41.8






Ductile/5




5




5




5




5




5




5






−30° C./5




5




5




5




1




5




5






















TABLE 23C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST
















S1




S2




S1




S2






(SAMPLE)




W/IPA




W/IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









PP


1






 0%





 0%







 1




94%




72%




35%




 1%






 2




74%




57%




73%




 45%






 3




10%




25%




26%




 36%






 4




80%




62%




16%




 24%






 5




94%




97%




54%




 94%






 6




99%




100% 




94%




 97%






 7




100% 




100% 




100% 




100%






 8




100% 




100% 




100% 




100%






 9




100% 




100% 




100% 




100%






10




100% 




100% 




100% 




100%






11




100% 




100% 




97%




100%






12




100% 




100% 




100% 




100%






13




97%




95%




98%




100%






14




94%




100% 




69%




 79%






15




65%




59%




 0%




  0%






16




39%




52%




 0%




 0%






17




100% 




100% 




67%




 71%






18




85%




88%




 8%




 2%






19




75%




43%




20%




 3%






20




100% 




100% 




99%




100%






21




100% 




100% 




93%




100%






22




83%




78%




 2%




 2%













1


Control













EXAMPLE 24


















TABLE 24A














JEFFAMINE ®








Sample




TPO


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




Phenol













 1




100%






















 2




 90%




10%

















 3




 85%




15%

















 4




 80%




20%

















 5




 85.8%




10%




4%




0.2%







 6




 83.8%




10%




6%




0.2%







 7




 80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%







 8




 78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%







 9




 75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%







10




 73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%







11




 80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%







12




 78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%







13




 75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%







14




 73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%















1


KELTAN TP 0552-2













2


2EPOLENE E-43




























TABLE 24B












1




2




3




4




5




6




7









Flexural Modulus,




915




971




1034




1076




799




724




780






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




23.1




25.5




27.6




28.4




21.5




18.4




21.1






Tensile Elongation, %




529




61




36




16




38




20




17






Tensile Strength, MPa




15.6




16.1




16.6




17.0




14.8




13.4




14.8






Young's Modulus,




504




534




570




588




459




432




461






MPa






Hardness, Shore D




61




61




63




64




58




56




58






Notched Izod Impact,




669




551




160




111




486




402




413






J/m






−30° C., J/m




700




101




71.3




56.7




96.4




75.6




70.6






Unnotched Izod




944




877




942




937




810




706




805






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1695




1732




1399




1747




1522




1178




1453






−30° C., J/m




2912




3013




3110




2932




1389




529




839






Total Energy, J




27.8




26.9




21.0




22.2




19.0




14.4




17.8






−30° C., J




40.5




40.6




29.9




18.6




5.4




4.2




4.3






Ductile/5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5






−30° C./5




5




5




1




0




0




0




0










8




9




10




11




12




13




14









Flexural Modulus,




718




812




760




863




798




871




845






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




19.0




21.7




19.9




22.8




21.6




23.4




22.9






Tensile Elongation, %




12




11




11




82




478




65




92






Tensile Strength,




13.7




15.0




13.9




15.7




15.6




16.3




16.1






MPa






Young's Modulus,




441




487




462




473




463




486




478






MPa






Hardness, Shore D




56




59




58




62




59




61




61






Notched Izod Impact,




438




128




200




519




620




147




166






J/m






−30° C., J/m




42.3




38.4




29.1




61.7




44.1




50.8




37.7






Unnotched Izod




570




574




374




850




855




905




828






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1155




1284




924




1544




1579




1516




1544






−30° C., J/m




454




545




487




2989




2300




2287




1526






Total Energy, J




13.2




10.7




6.7




19.9




24.4




16.3




21.1






−30° C., J




3.4




2.9




3.6




22.3




12.0




10.8




10.4






Ductile/5




5




0




0




5




5




0




5






−30° C./5




0




0




0




0




0




0




0






















TABLE 24C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST
















S1




S2




S1




S2






(SAMPLE)




W/IPA




W/IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









PP


1






 0%





 0%







 1




 96%




 88%




 86%




 90%






 2




 72%




 75%




 53%




 24%






 3




 69%




 41%




 43%




 10%






 4




 41%




 15%




 40%




  3%






 5




100%




100%




100%




100%






 6




100%




100%




100%




100%






 7




100%




100%




100%




100%






 8




100%




100%




100%




100%






 9




100%




100%




100%




100%






10




100%




100%




 99%




100%






11




100%




100%




100%




100%






12




 98%




100%




 78%




 3%






13




100%




88%




100%




100%






14




100%




100%




100%




100%






15


2






100%




100%













1


Control












2


Reactive extrusion product of 73% STAMYLAN P, 20% EPOLENE E-43, 6% JEFFAMINE ® M-2070, and 0.2% Phenol.













EXAMPLE 25

















TABLE 25A









Sample




PP


1






MAL-PP


2






AMINE


3






EP RUBBER


4






Phenol











1




74.7%




 5%









20%




0.3%






2




69.7%




10%









20%




0.3%






3




59.7%




15%









25%




0.3%






4




70.7%




 5%




4%




20%




0.3%






5




68.7%




 5%




6%




20%




0.3%






6




66.7%




 5%




8%




20%




0.3%






7




65.7%




10%




4%




20%




0.3%






8




63.7%




10%




6%




20%




0.3%






9




61.7%




10%




8%




20%




0.3%






10 




55.7%




15%




4%




25%




0.3%






11 




53.7%




15%




6%




25%




0.3%






12 




51.7%




15%




8%




25%




0.3%













1


AMOCO 1016












2


EPOLENE E-43












3


A polyether monoamine containing 40 ethylene oxide units and 2.4 propylene oxide units, generally of the formula shown in the Glossary for JEFFAMINE ® M-2070












4


VISTALON 878


































TABLE 25B











1




2




3




4




5




6




7




8




9




10




11




12




































Flexural Modulus, MPa




1233




1218




1134




1197




1098




994




1161




1029




970




976




922




910






Stress at Yield, MPa




35.1




35.2




31.7




33.0




30.9




28.6




32.1




29.2




28.5




26.8




25.6




25.3






Tensile Elongation, %




189




182




148




159




262




116




374




240




118




376




474




185






Tensile Stength, MPa




23.7




23.6




21.3




22.0




20.3




18.4




20.5




18.9




18.3




17.7




16.0




17.0






Young's Modulus, MPa




642




648




612




618




580




527




570




552




521




505




469




486






Hardness, Shore D




64




65




63




65




63




62




64




61




60




61




60




60






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




128




82




100




282




451




470




366




383




315




391




425




341






−30° C., J/m




15.2




16.2




17.2




16.0




15.6




23.1




17.9




16.8




19.2




20.2




19.8




17.6






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




1056




1237




1144




1091




969




981




893




781




854




857




799




827






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1915




1848




1728




1788




1753




1408




1787




1449




1046




1546




1252




995






−30° C., J/m




3480




3496




3325




2495




2191




479




3079




588




542




1668




676




492






Total Energy, J




27.0




25.2




22.2




22.9




22.5




14.2




23.5




14.8




10.2




18.4




13.2




10.0






−30° C., J




43.5




40.0




42.2




20.4




9.6




2.0




20.8




2.6




2.6




7.0




2.6




2.2






Ductile/5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5






−30° C./5




5




4




5




2




0




0




0




0




0




0




0




0






















TABLE 25C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST
















DISC











SAMPLE




S1





S2




S1




S2






TAPE




3M


1







3M




NICHIBAN




NICHIBAN






SAMPLE




W/O IPA





W/O IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









PP


2






 0%






 1%







1




 8%




 4%




 1%




 12%




 49%






2




 1%




 2%




 4%




 39%




 43%






3




87%




90%




 91%




 97%




100%






4




49%




53%




 57%




 87%




 95%






5




98%




98%




 97%




100%




100%






6




99%




100% 




100%




100%




100%






7




100% 




100% 




 99%




100%




100%






8




98%




99%




100%




100%




100%






9




100% 




100% 




100%




100%




100%






10 




100% 





100%




100%




100%






11 




100% 





100%




100%




100%






12 




100% 





100%




100%




100%













1


Scotch Brand 2040












2


Control













EXAMPLE 26


















TABLE 26A














JEFFAMINE ®








Sample




TPO


1






MAL-PP


2






M-2070




Phenol













 1




100%






















 2




 90%




10%

















 3




 85%




15%

















 4




 80%




20%

















 5




 85.8%




10%




4%




0.2%







 6




 83.8%




10%




6%




0.2%







 7




 80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%







 8




 78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%







 9




 75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%







10




 73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%







11




 80.8%




15%




4%




0.2%







12




 78.8%




15%




6%




0.2%







13




 75.8%




20%




4%




0.2%







14




 73.8%




20%




6%




0.2%















1


KELTAN TP 2632













2


EPOLENE E-43




























TABLE 26B












1




2




3




4




5




6




7









Flexural Modulus,




1648




1838




1863




1895




1537




1314




1415






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




26.9




32.7




33.9




34.2




27.5




23.8




25.7






Tensile Elongation, %




93




6




4




2




9




9




6






Tensile Strength, MPa




15.9




18.7




19.0




18.9




17.0




15.4




15.9






Young's Modulus,




876




1007




1065




1080




881




779




802






MPa






Hardness, Shore D




63




64




64




64




62




57




60






Notched Izod Impact,




518




56




98




23




126




204




63






J/m






−30° C., J/m




146




36




24




14




27




32




19






Unnotched Izod




1147




923




691




327




920




508




417






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1496




1644




1628




1222




1408




1044




916






−30° C., J/m




2499




2662




2371




799




1040




597




566






Total Energy, J




22.0




21.1




20.1




9.72




16.7




10.1




8.45






−30° C., J




34.7




21.6




13.1




5.14




3.61




3.15




2.96






Ductile/5




5




5




5




0




3




5




0






−30° C./5




5




0




0




0




0




0




0










8




9




10




11




12




13




14









Flexural Modulus,




1285




1439




1261




1356




1173




1479




1323






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




22.8




25.8




22.6




27.6




26.1




28.7




27.0






Tensile Elongation, %




6




4




5




8




10




4




6






Tensile Strength, MPa




15.0




16.4




14.9




17.7




17.4




17.4




17.0






Young's Modulus,




767




887




777




738




663




862




743






MPa






Hardness, Shore D




59




60




60




62




60




61




59






Notched Izod Impact,




58




27




31




55




92




32




40






J/m






−30° C., J/m




16




13




12




22




22




15




18






Unnotched Izod




313




334




222




691




812




632




771






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




719




492




334




1548




1555




929




1207






−30° C., J/m




518




487




472




1923




1161




616




812






Total Energy, J




5.92




4.02




2.71




18.9




19.0




7.08




10.8






−30° C., J




3.07




2.63




2.82




7.76




5.34




3.85




4.02






Ductile/5




0




0




0




4




5




0




0






−30° C./5




0




0




0




0




0




0




0






















TABLE 26C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST















DISC SAMPLE




S1




S2




S1




S2






TAPE




3M


1






3M




NICHIBAN




NICHIBAN






SAMPLE




W/IPA




W/IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









PP


2






 0%





 0%







1




 77%




 84%




65%




92%






2




 32%




 0%




22%




 5%






3




 1%




 4%




 8%




 8%






4




 0%




 0%




 7%




13%






5




100%




100%




99%




96%






6




100%




100%




100% 




100% 






7




100%




100%




95%




82%






8




100%




100%




88%




100% 






9




 99%




 98%




100% 




100% 






10 




100%




100%




100% 




100% 






11 




100%




 96%




100% 




93%






12 




 74%




 19%




57%




77%






13 




 83%




 62%




100% 




64%






14 




 91%




 84%




91%




93%













1


Scotch Brand 2040












2


Control













EXAMPLE 27

















TABLE 27A









Sample




TPO


1






MAL-PP


2






AMINE


3






Phenol




PP


4













1




99.7%














0.3%







2




84.7%














0.3%




15%






3




79.7%














0.3%




20%






4




89.7%




10%









0.3%






5




84.7%




15%









0.3%






6




79.7%




20%









0.3%






7




85.7%




10%




4%




0.3%






8




83.7%




10%




6%




0.3%






9




80.7%




15%




4%




0.3%






10 




78.7%




15%




6%




0.3%






11 




75.7%




20%




4%




0.3%






12 




73.7%




20%




6%




0.3%






13 




71.7%




20%




8%




0.3%













1


HIMONT CA53A












2


EPOLENE E-43












3


A polyether monoamine containing 40 ethylene oxide units and 2.4 propylene oxide units, generally of the formula shown in the Glossary for JEFFAMINE ® M-2070, and which is referred to as “XTJ-418” within Huntsman Corporation.












4


AMOCO 1016




























TABLE 27B












1




2




3




4




5




6




7









Flexural Modulus,




510




646




705




588




664




734




546






MPa






Stress at Yield, MPa




15.8




19.8




21.4




18.7




20.6




22.7




17.2






Tensile Elongation, %




666




666




666




666




666




484




531






Tensile Strength, MPa




14.6




17.0




18.1




14.6




14.6




15.5




12.3






Young's Modulus,




284




368




394




340




375




414




310






MPa






Hardness, Shore D




58




60




60




59




61




62




57






Notched Izod Impact,




589




582




597




529




398




94




499






J/m






−30° C., J/m




65




47




38




38




37




37




40






Unnotched Izod




722




867




841




727




882




958




704






Impact, J/m






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1428




1589




1632




1486




1513




1529




1334






−30° C., J/m




3007




3335




3506




3290




3278




2610




889






Total Energy, J




20.6




22.6




23.4




20.9




20.6




21.1




16.0






−30° C., J




39.4




39.3




44.6




43.0




38.5




18.0




3.7






Ductile/5




5




5




5




5




5




5




5






−30° C./5




5




4




5




5




4




0




0





















8




9




10




11




12




13









Flexural Modulus, MPa




502




529




618




603




591




653






Stress at Yield, MPa




16.4




16.9




18.6




18.8




18.5




19.6






Tensile Elongation, %




208




245




170




138




37




43






Tensile Strength, MPa




11.7




12.2




13.0




13.5




13.5




13.8






Young's Modulus, MPa




299




309




355




348




354




381






Hardness, Shore D




52




58




57




52




57




59






Notched Izod Impact, J/m




443




437




445




310




162




90






−30° C., J/m




46




35




36




28




25




22






Unnotched Izod Impact, J/m




601




642




834




871




732




789






Falling Dart Impact






Max Load, J/m




1180




1255




1207




1263




1205




908






−30° C., J/m




760




2344




1505




1018




911




688






Total Energy, J




12.9




14.1




14.2




14.4




13.2




7.0






−30° C., J




3.2




12




6.3




3.3




3.1




3.1






Ductile/5




5




5




5




5




5




0






−30° C./5




0




0




0




0




0




0






















TABLE 27C











CROSS-HATCH ADHESION TEST















DISC SAMPLE




S1




S2




S1




S2






TAPE




3M


1






3M




NICHIBAN




NICHIBAN






SAMPLE




W/O IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA




W/O IPA









PP


2






 5%





 2%







1




 29%




 67%




 74%




 92%






2




 66%




 76%




 81%




 84%






3




 61%




 73%




 78%




 61%






4




100%




 98%




100%




 98%






5




 96%




100%




100%




 99%






6




 85%




 94%




 91%




 96%






7




100%




100%




100%




100%






8




100%




100%




100%




100%






9




100%




100%




100%




100%






10 




100%




100%




100%




100%






11 




100%




100%




100%




100%






12 




100%




100%




100%




100%






13 




100%




100%




100%




100%













1


Scotch Brand 2040












2


Control













Examples 18-27 demonstrate that TPO modified with the reaction product of maleated PP and polyether amines of this invention provides a composition that is directly paintable. This paintability is surprising and unexpected in that the TPO's used to make automotive body parts, such as bumper fascias, are not directly readily paintable to a commercially acceptable level. Heretofore, in order to render automotive TPO based molded body parts paintable, the parts were treated with an adhesion promoter comprised of low molecular weight chlorinated polyethylene and a solvent, which results in a toxic waste stream that must be properly disposed of, and which adds to the cost of the parts. Alternatively, the parts could be heat treated using plasma irradiation, or otherwise partially burning the surface of the parts. This procedure is also expensive and may be, moreover, prone to variability in result owing to batch to batch variances from procedure and errors by the operator.




Compositions prepared in accordance with the practice of the present invention generally may be directly painted, with or without a primer, such that the paint adhesion is greater than about 75 percent based on the testing procedure described above for Examples 18-27, preferably greater than about 85 percent, more preferably greater than about 90 percent, and most preferably greater than about 95 percent.




Compositions prepared in accordance with the present invention may be used to prepare molded articles of manufacture using conventional, well known, molding techniques under standard conditions. For instance, standard injection molding techniques can be employed. Certain compositions (blends) of the present invention have surprisingly been found to have improved flowability characteristics during injection molding of TPO-based compositions such that less pressure may be used when injecting the melted compositions into a mold, as compared to compositions in which polyetheramine is absent. The desired shape of the molded article may vary depending on end use of the article. For instance, rubber containing compositions of the present invention may be injection molded to manufacture automotive body parts such as bumper fascias.




EXAMPLE 28




A polyol was prepared by ethoxylation of methanol (ethylene oxide/methanol mole ratio of about 43:1), followed by propoxylation with approximately three moles of propylene oxide to yield a polyol that analyzed as 0.474 meq/g total acetylatables (2110 g/equivalent). To a tubular reactor containing 594 g of an amination catalyst, there was simultaneously fed 1.0 lb/hr of the polyol, 1.25 lb/hr of ammonia, 42 lb/hr (STP) hydrogen. The reactor was maintained at 208° C. and 2000 psig. The effluent was collected and stripped of ammonia, water and light materials and analyzed as follows: 0.473 meq/g total acetylatables, 0.454 meq/g total amine, and 0.450 meq/g primary amine. The polyether monoamine so formed contained about 43 ethylene oxide units and had an equivalent weight of about 2110. This polyether monoamine is referred to herein as “XTJ-418.”




EXAMPLE 29




Blends containing the polyether monoamine of Example 28 were prepared having the components and properties as denoted in Tables 29A and 29B. In Table 29A, compositions containing polypropylene, maleated PP (HIMONT CA53A) and amines were employed. In Table 29B, TPO-based compositions are used. In the Tables 29A-29B, the JEFFAMINE M-2070 designates a polyether monoamine containing 10 propylene oxide units and 32 ethylene oxide units. The data points for JEFFAMINE M-2070 are intended to be for comparative purposes, as contrasted with the data for XTJ-418.












TABLE 29A









PP-BASED COMPOSITIONS


































Maleated-PP (%)




20




20




20




20




20




20




30




30




30




30




30






XTJ-418 (%)




4





6





8





4





6





8






JEFFAMINE





4





6





8





4





6






M-2070 (%)






Paint Adhesion (%)




14




42




56




53




80




40




65




50




52




43




92






















TABLE 29B









TPO-BASED COMPOSITIONS



































Maleated-PP (%)




10




10




15




15




15




20




20




20




20




20




20




20






XTJ-418 (%)




4




6




4





6





4





6





8






JEFFAMINE M-2070







4





6





4





6





8






(%)






Paint Adhesion (%)




100




100




100




90




100




89




100




70




100




90




100




96














Example 29 demonstrates the superior paint adhesion achieved using the polyether monoamine of Example 28. It should be appreciated that XTJ-418 results in adhesion of up to 80% in Table 29A, whereas the adhesion for JEFFAMINE M-2070 did not produce adhesion above 53%. Furthermore, it should be appreciated that in the automotive industry, adhesion of less than 100% is considered unacceptable for commercial purposes.




GLOSSARY




JEFFAMINE M-1000











JEFFAMINE M-2070 and JEFFAMINE M-2005











where R═H or CH


3


, m is from about 3 to 32, and n is from about 10 to 32.




JEFFAMINE D-2000, JEFFAMINE D-4000 and JEFFAMINE D-400











where x is about 33 for D-2000, x is about 68 for D-4000 and x is about 5.6 for D-400.




JEFFAMINE ED-600. JEFFAMINE ED-900. JEFFAMINE ED-2001. JEFFAMINE ED-4000, and JEFFAMINE ED-6000











where b is about 8.5 and a+c is about 2.5 for ED-600, b is about 15.5 and a+c is about 2.5 for ED-900, b is about 40.5 and a+c is about 2.5 for ED-20-1, b is about 86.0 and a+c is about 2.5 for ED-4000, and b is about 132.0 and a+c is about 3.0 for ED-6000.




JEFFAMINE T-3000 and JEFFAMINE T-5000











where x+y+z=50 for T-3000 and x+y+z=83 for T-5000.




JEFFAMINE ET-3000











where x+y+z=57 and a+b+c=4.



Claims
  • 1. A polyether monoamine which contains from about 36 to about 44 ethylene oxide units and from about 1 to about 6 propylene oxide units.
  • 2. The polyether monoamine of claim 1 wherein the polyether monoamine has a molecular weight of about 2000 to about 2200.
  • 3. The polyether monoamine of claim 1 wherein the polyether monoamine contains about 40 to about 43 ethylene oxide units and from about 2.4 to about 3 propylene oxide units.
  • 4. The polyether monoamine of claim 1, wherein the polyether monoamine is of the formula: wherein m is about 36 to about 44, and wherein n is about 1 to about 6.
  • 5. The polyether monoamine of claim 4, wherein m is about 40 to about 43 and n is from about 2.4 to about 6.
  • 6. The polyether monoamine of claim 4, having a molecular weight of about 2000 to about 2200.
  • 7. The polyether monoamine of claim 5, having a molecular weight of about 2000 to about 2200.
Parent Case Info

This application is a divisional application of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/368,042, filed Aug. 3, 1999, U.S. Pat. No. 6,214,914, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/676,947, filed Jul. 8, 1996, U.S. Pat. No. 5,959,032 which is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 08/499,521 filed Jul. 7, 1995, U.S. Pat. No. 5,783,630, which is a continuation-in-part of co-pending Ser. No. 08/222,508 filed Apr. 4, 1994, abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/090,675, filed Jul. 13, 1993, abandoned.

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