Adhesives for elastomers
View Patent ↗There is provided an adhesive composition comprising (i) at least one film forming polymer, (ii) at least one crosslinker selected from the group consisting of polynitroso compounds, polynitroso precursors, and mixtures thereof, and (iii) at least one oxidizer, wherein the molar ratio of oxidizer to crosslinker is from 0.3 to 2.0. Also provided is a method of bonding substrates together using such a composition, and an article made using such a method.
1. A waterborne adhesive composition comprising
(i) at least one film forming polymer,
(ii) at least one crosslinker selected from the group consisting of polynitroso compounds, and
(iii) at least one oxidizer, wherein the molar ratio of oxidizer to crosslinker is from 0.3 to 2.0,
wherein said oxidizer comprises manganese dioxide
wherein said film forming polymer is selected from halogenated polyolefins, halosulfonated polyolefins, and mixtures thereof.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition does not contain any significant amount of any polyisocyanate.
3. The adhesive composition of claim 1 , wherein said crosslinker comprises polymeric dinitrosobenzene.
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises no significant amount of any polynitroso precursor.
5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein said composition comprises no polynitroso precursor.
6. The composition of claim 3 , wherein said composition comprises no significant amount of any polynitroso precursor.
7. The composition of claim 6 , wherein said composition comprises no polynitroso precursor.
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the amount of said crosslinker is 0.5 PHR or more, wherein said amount in PHR is calculated as 100 times the ratio of the dry weight of said crosslinker to the sum of the dry weights of all film-forming polymers in said composition.
9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the amount of said crosslinker is 1 PHR or more, wherein said amount in PHR is calculated as 100 times the ratio of the dry weight of said crosslinker to the sum of the dry weights of all film-forming polymers in said composition.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the amount of said crosslinker is 1.5 PHR or more, wherein said amount in PHR is calculated as 100 times the ratio of the dry weight of said crosslinker to the sum of the dry weights of all film-forming polymers in said composition.
11. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the amount of said crosslinker is 0.5 PHR or more, wherein said amount in PHR is calculated as 100 times the ratio of the dry weight of said crosslinker to the sum of the dry weights of all film-forming polymers in said composition.
12. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the amount of said crosslinker is 1 PHR or more, wherein said amount in PHR is calculated as 100 times the ratio of the dry weight of said crosslinker to the sum of the dry weights of all film-forming polymers in said composition.
13. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the amount of said crosslinker is 1.5 PHR or more, wherein said amount in PHR is calculated as 100 times the ratio of the dry weight of said crosslinker to the sum of the dry weights of all film-forming polymers in said composition.
14. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said halogenated polyolefins comprise chlorinated polyethylene or brominated polydichlorobutadiene or a mixture thereof, and wherein said halosulfonated polyolefins comprise chlorosulfonated polyethylene.
15. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said at least one film forming polymer is a mixture of one or more halogenated polyolefins and one or more halosulfonated polyolefins.
16. The composition of claim 15 , wherein said halogenated polyolefins comprise chlorinated polyethylene or brominated polydichlorobutadiene or a mixture thereof, and wherein said halosulfonated polyolefins comprise chlorosulfonated polyethylene.