Aqueous coating binders for corrosion protection, wood and concrete

1. Aqueous coating binder mixtures comprising mass fractions of from 70% to 98% of chain-extended epoxy amine adducts A having an amine number of from 40 mg/g to 150 mg/g, and a hydroxyl number of from 30 mg/g to 150 mg/g, and from 2% to 30% of carboxy functional polyesters B, which carboxy functional polyesters B are condensation products of hydroxy functional components B1 and acid functional components B2 which acid functional components B2 comprise at least one aliphatic acid B21 and at least one aromatic acid B22, at least 80% of the mass of which is constituted by a trifunctional or polyfunctional acid, and which carboxy functional polyesters B contain a limited amount of aromatic constituents in mass fractions of from 1% up to 12.5% and have an acid number of from 4 mg/g to 50 mg/g, the aqueous coating binder mixtures being obtained by admixing the polyester B to the chain-extended epoxy-amine adduct A, and dispersing the mixture of A and B in water.

2. The aqueous coating binder mixtures of claim 1 wherein the epoxy amine adducts A are obtained by reacting an epoxy resin A1 having at least one epoxide group per molecule with an aliphatic amine A2 having at least one primary or secondary amino group per molecule to form an epoxy amine adduct A12, neutralising at least partly this epoxy amine adduct A12 by addition of acid, transferring the neutralised epoxy amine adduct A12n into an aqueous phase under stifling, heating the aqueous mixture and adding thereto a further epoxy resin A3 having at least two epoxide groups per molecule, the quantity of A3 being chosen such that the number of reactive hydroxyl and amino groups in A12 is equal to, or greater than, the number of epoxide groups in A3.

3. The aqueous coating binder mixtures of claim 2 wherein a fatty acid A4 is reacted with the epoxy resins A1 and the amines A2, before further reaction with the epoxy resin A3.

4. The aqueous coating binder mixtures of claim 1 wherein the carboxy functional polyester B having an acid number of from 4 mg/g to 50 mg/g is obtained by cocondensation of hydroxy functional components B1 selected from the group consisting of linear, branched, and cyclic aliphatic compounds having at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, and acid functional components B2 having carboxylic acid groups, which comprise at least one aliphatic acid B21 and at least one aromatic acid B22, and wherein the mass fraction of aromatic acids B22 in the sum of the masses of the hydroxy functional components B1 and the acid functional components B2 is from 2% up to 10%.

5. A process to make the aqueous coating binder mixtures of claim 1 , which process comprises:

reacting an epoxy resin A1 having at least one epoxide group per molecule with an aliphatic amine A2 having at least one primary or secondary amino group per molecule to form an epoxy amine adduct A12, neutralising at least partly this epoxy amine adduct A12 by addition of acid, transferring the neutralised epoxy amine adduct A12n into an aqueous phase under stirring, heating the aqueous mixture and adding thereto a further epoxy resin A3 having at least two epoxide groups per molecule, the quantity of A3 being chosen such that the number of reactive hydroxyl and amino groups in A12 is equal to, or greater than, the number of epoxide groups in A3,

preparing a carboxy functional polyester B having an acid number of from 4 mg/g to 50 mg/g by cocondensation of hydroxy functional components B1 selected from the group consisting of linear, branched, and cyclic aliphatic compounds having at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, and acid functional components B2 having carboxylic acid groups, which comprise at least one aliphatic acid B21 and at least one aromatic acid B22, at least 80% of the mass of which is constituted by a trifunctional or polyfunctional acid, and wherein the mass fraction of aromatic acids B22 in the sum of the masses of the hydroxy functional components B1 and the acid functional components B2 is from 1% up to 12.5%,

admixing the carboxy functional polyester B to the chain-extended epoxy amine adduct A, and

dispersing said mixture of A and B in water.

6. The process of claim 5 wherein a fatty acid A4 is reacted with the epoxy resins A1 and the amines A2, before further reaction with the epoxy resin A3.

7. The process of claim 6 wherein in a first step, a fatty acid A4 is reacted with the epoxy resins A1, before further reaction with the amines A2 and the epoxy resin A3.

8. The process of claim 6 wherein a fatty acid A4 is reacted with the epoxy resins A1 and the amines A2 in a concurrent reaction.

9. A method of use of the aqueous coating binder mixtures of claim 1 , comprising admixing to the binder mixture at least one of a defoamer, a thickener, a dispersing agent, a filler, and a pigment, to form a coating composition, and applying the coating composition to a substrate selected from the group consisting of a base metal, wood, cardboard, plaster, and concrete.