AQUEOUS COATING BINDERS FOR CORROSION PROTECTION, WOOD AND CONCRETE

1 . Aqueous binders comprising mass fractions of from 70% to 98% of a chain-extended epoxy amine adduct A and from 2% to 30% of a crosslinker C selected from the group consisting of aminoplast resins, phenol resols, triazine tris-alkyl carbamates, and mixtures of such crosslinking agents.

2 . Aqueous binder mixtures comprising mass fractions of from 50% to 96% of a chain-extended epoxy amine adduct A, from 2% to 30% of a carboxy functional polyester B that contains a limited amount of aromatic constituents in a mass fraction of up to 15% and has an acid number of from 4 mg/g to 50 mg/g, and from 2% to 30% of a crosslinker C selected from the group consisting of aminoplast resins, phenol resols, triazine tris-alkyl carbamates, and mixtures of such crosslinking agents, with the proviso that the sum of the mass fractions of components A, B and C is always 100%.

3 . A process for the preparation of the binder mixtures of claim 1 which comprises the following steps:

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,

admixing the said crosslinking agent C to the chain-extended epoxy amine adduct A, and

dispersing the said mixture of A and C in water.

4 . The process of claim 3 wherein a fatty acid A4 is reacted with the epoxy resins A1 and the amines A2, before further reaction with the epoxy resin A3.

5 . The process of claim 3 wherein a fatty acid A4 is reacted with the epoxy resins A1 and the amines A2, before further reaction with the epoxy resin A3.

6 . A process for the preparation of the binder mixtures of claim 2 which comprises the following steps:

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, 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 up to 15%,

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, admixing the polyester B of the first step, 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, where “reactive hydroxyl and amino groups” refers to at least one of amino groups and hydroxyl groups that react with an oxiran (=epoxy) group under ring-opening and formation of an addition compound, and

preparing an aqueous dispersion,

where the crosslinking agent C is added to the mixture of the epoxy amine adduct A and the polyester B, before dispersing in water, to the water charge used for dispersion, or to the dispersion of the mixture of A and B in water.

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 binder mixtures of claim 1 , comprising admixing to the said 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 said coating composition to a substrate selected from the group consisting of a base metal, wood, cardboard, plaster, and concrete to form a coated substrate.

10 . The method of claim 9 , additionally comprising subjecting the coated substrate to forced drying at a temperature of from 60° C. to 140° C.

11 . A method of use of the binder mixtures of claim 2 , comprising admixing to the said 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 said coating composition to a substrate selected from the group consisting of a base metal, wood, cardboard, plaster, and concrete to form a coated substrate.

12 . The method of claim 11 , additionally comprising subjecting the coated substrate to forced drying at a temperature of from 60° C. to 140° C.