Moisture-curable, polyether urethanes and their use in sealant, adhesive and coating compositions

1. An adhesive, sealant or coating composition comprising:

a) 20 to 80% by weight, based on the weight of a), b), and c) of a polyether urethane containing two or more reactive silane groups and one or more polyether segments

b) 20 to 80% by weight, based on the weight of a), b), and c) of a polyether urethane containing one reactive silane group and one or more polyether segments, and

c) 1 to 60% by weight, based on the weight of a), b), and c) of a pigment having a BET surface area of from 15 to 75 m 2 /g and an oil absorption of from 40 to 110 cc/100 g;

wherein the sum of a), b), and c) does not exceed 100% by weight.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the pigment has an average particle size of from 30 to 90 nm.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the pigment is selected from the group consisting of carbon black, titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, aluminum trihydroxide, mica, calcium metasilicate, and mixtures thereof.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the pigment comprises carbon black.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyether urethane of a) includes polyether segments having a combined number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 20,000 and the reactive silane groups are incorporated as the reaction product of an isocyanate group with a compound corresponding to the formula

wherein

X represents identical or different organic groups which are inert to isocyanate groups below 100° C., provided that at least two of these groups are alkoxy or acyloxy groups,

Y represents a linear or branched alkylene groups containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms and

R 1 represents an organic group which is inert to isocyanate groups at a temperature of 100° C. or less or a group corresponding to the formula

—Y—Si—(X) 3 .

6. The composition of claim 5 , wherein

X represents identical or different alkoxy groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and

Y represents a linear radical containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a branched radical containing 5 to 6 carbon atoms and

R 1 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aromatic group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the isocyanate group is from a polyisocyanate containing from 2 to 6 isocyanate groups.

8. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the polyisocyanate has a structure according to the formula:

OCN—R 7 —NCO

wherein R 7 is selected from C 2 to C 24 linear, branched, and cyclic alkylene, arylene, and aralkylene, which may optionally contain one or more isocyanate groups.

9. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the polyisocyanate is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-tetramethylene diisocyanate, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate, 1,12-dodecamethylene diisocyanate, cyclohexane-1,3- and -1,4-diisocyanate, 1-isocyanato-2-isocyanatomethyl cyclopentane, 1-isocyanato-3-isocyanatomethyl-3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohexane, bis-(4-isocyanatocyclohexyl)-methane, 2,4′-dicyclohexyl-methane diisocyanate, 1,3- and 1,4-bis-(isocyanatomethyl)-cyclohexane, bis-(4-isocyanato-3-methyl-cyclohexyl)-methane, α,α,α′,α′-tetramethyl-1,3-diisocyanate, α,α,α′,α′-1,4-xylylene diisocyanate, 1-isocyanato-1-methyl-4(3)-isocyanatomethyl cyclohexane, 2,4-hexahydrotoluylene diisocyanate, 2,6-hexahydrotoluylene diisocyanate, 1,3-phenylene diisocyanate, 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate, 2,4-toluylene diisocyanate, 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate, 2,4-diphenyl-methane diisocyanate, 4,4′-diphenyl-methane diisocyanate, 1,5-diisocyanato naphthalene and mixtures thereof.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the reactive silane groups of component b) are incorporated as the reaction product of an isocyanate group and a compound corresponding to the formula

wherein

R 2 and R 5 are identical or different and represent organic groups which are inert to isocyanate groups at a temperature of 100° C. or less and

R 3 and R 4 are identical or different and represent hydrogen or organic groups which are inert towards isocyanate groups at a temperature of 100° C. or less.

11. The composition of claim 10 wherein the reactive silane groups of component b) are incorporated as the reaction product of an isocyanate group and a compound corresponding to the formula

wherein

R 2 and R 5 are identical or different and represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and

R 3 and R 4 represent hydrogen.

12. The polyether urethane of claim 1 wherein the reactive silane groups of component b) are incorporated as the reaction product of an isocyanate group and a compound corresponding to the formula

wherein

X represents identical or different organic groups which are inert to isocyanate groups below 100° C., provided that at least two of these groups are alkoxy or acyloxy groups,

Y represents a linear or branched alkylene group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms and

R 1 represents an organic group which is inert to isocyanate groups at a temperature of 100° C. or less or a group corresponding to the formula:

—Y—Si—(X) 3   (II).

13. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of leveling agents, wetting agents, flow control agents, antiskinning agents, antifoaming agents, fillers, adhesion promoters, viscosity regulators, plasticizers, dyes, UV absorbers, thermal stabilizers, antioxidants, and mixtures thereof.

14. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive, sealant or coating composition is moisture-curable.

15. The composition of claim 1 , wherein after the composition is cured, the cured composition exhibits an elongation of greater than 200%.

16. The composition of claim 1 , wherein after the composition is cured, the cured composition exhibits a tensile strength greater than 500 psi.

17. The composition of claim 1 , wherein after the composition is cured, the cured composition exhibits a 100% Modulus of greater than 200 psi.

18. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the pigment has an average particle size of from 35 to 90 nm.

19. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the pigment comprises carbon black.

20. The composition of claim 18 , wherein the pigment comprises carbon black.