IP Library Granted Patent US 9,074,083
Granted Patent B2
US 9,074,083 · App. 11/662,770 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Polyolefin resin composition for metal coating, and resin film and resin-coated metal material using the same

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Patent No.
US 9,074,083
App. No.
11/662,770
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a polyolefin resin composition for metal coating, which is excellent in separation resistance, weather resistance and corrosion resistance, can be industrially produced without difficulty even by an existing apparatus, and is assured of excellent scratch resistance without using a surface coating agent; a resin film using the composition; and a resin-coated metal material. The polyolefin resin composition for metal coating comprises at least (A) a polyolefin resin, (B) a layered inorganic material, (C) an olefin containing oligomer containing a functional group having polarity and (D) a rubber-like elastic material.

Claims (26)

1. A resin-coated metal material comprising a metal material at least partially coated with a sheet of a polyolefin resin composition, wherein said polyolefin resin composition comprises:

components (A), (B), (C), and (D)

wherein

(A) is a polyolefin resin,

(B) is an organified layered inorganic material,

(C) is an olefin-containing oligomer having a repeating unit of —CR 1 H—CR 2 R 3 —,

wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12 or hydrogen, and R 3 represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12, an aryl group or hydrogen, wherein said olefin-containing oligomer (C) contains a functional group having polarity in which elements differing in electronegativity by 0.39 (eV) 0.5 or more are bonded to the olefin-containing oligomer, and said olefin-containing oligomer (C) has a molecular weight of 1000 to 500,000,

(D) is a rubber-like elastic material having a repeating unit of —CR 1 H—CR 2 R 3 —,

wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12 or hydrogen, and R 3 represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 12, an aryl group or hydrogen, wherein the rubber-like elastic material has a Young's modulus of 10 −1 to 10 3 MPa,

wherein said layered inorganic material (B) and said rubber-like elastic material (D) are dispersed in said polyolefin resin (A),

wherein a dispersion diameter of the layered inorganic material (B) is from 50 to 300 nm, and an aspect ratio of a long side to a thickness of one crystalline inorganic material layer is from 100 to 500,

wherein a long diameter of said rubber-like elastic material (D) is 3 μm or less, the ratio between the long axis and the short axis of the dispersion diameter of the rubber-like elastic material (D) is from 1 to 20, the ratio (MFR(A)/MFR(D)) between a melt flow index (MFR(A)) of said polyolefin resin (A) and a melt flow index (MFR(D)) of said rubber-like elastic material (D) is from 0.1 to 10,

wherein a dispersion diameter of the olefin-containing oligomer (C) is from 1 to 100 nm and the ratio between the long axis and the short axis of the dispersion diameter of the olefin-containing oligomer (C) is 2 or less,

wherein a thickness of the resin sheet is from 0.5 μm to 50 mm, and the layered inorganic material (B) is oriented in the direction parallel to a sheet plane, and

wherein said resin composition has a formulation such that the polyolefin resin (A) is 20 mass % or more based upon the total mass of the resin composition, the layered inorganic material (B) is from 0.01 to 30 mass % based upon the total mass of the resin composition, the olefin-containing oligomer (C) containing a functional group having polarity is from 3 to 60 mass % based upon the total mass of the resin composition, and the rubber-like elastic material (D) is from 1 to 30 mass % based upon the total mass of the resin composition.

2. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 1 , wherein said metal material is a metal sheet.

3. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 1 , wherein said rubber-like elastic material (D) is an olefin-containing rubber-like elastic material.

4. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 1 , wherein said layered inorganic material (B) is a clay mineral.

5. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 4 , wherein said clay mineral is montmorillonite.

6. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 1 , wherein the functional group having polarity in component (C) is an acid anhydride, a hydroxyl, a carboxyl, an amide, an amino, a urethane, an ester, an imide, a maleimide, a halogen, an ether, a thiol group or an epoxy.

7. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 1 , wherein the organified layered inorganic material (B) comprising replacing a cation or an anion in an interlayer of the inorganic material with an organic cation or an organic anion.

8. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 7 , wherein the organic cation or organic anion is a cation or an anion containing an alkyl group having a carbon number of 2 to 30 or an aryl group.

9. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 1 , wherein the layered inorganic material has an ion-exchange capacity of 50 to 200 milli-equivalent/100 g.

10. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 1 , wherein said metal material is a stainless steel foil.

11. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 10 , wherein said stainless steel foil has a surface which has been subjected to a surface treatment and said resin coating is provided on the surface treatment of said stainless steel foil.

12. The resin-coated metal material according to claim 11 , wherein said surface treatment is a chromate treatment.

Assignments (7)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS CHANGE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 052184 FRAME: 0299. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNNMENT. Recorded Apr 8, 2020
From: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052341/0116 →
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Mar 17, 2020
From: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052184/0299 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 20, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049951/0499 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION; NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046683/0135 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 25, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029866/0762 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2007
From: IBARAGI, MASAHARU; KAJIRO, HIROSHI; OHISHI, HIROSHI; NIKI, KAZUSHIGE; NOHMI, YOSHIHIRO
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019071/0879 →