Compositions comprising propylene-olefin-copolymer waxes and carbon black
View Patent ↗The invention relates to compositions comprising certain propylene-olefin-copolymer waxes and carbon black (CB), the compositions being in the form of masterbatches, compounds or conductive polymers, and their use for producing conductive polymers and articles made of conductive polymers.
1. A composition Z comprising a component A and a component B, wherein
the component A is a propylene-olefin-copolymer wax, and
the component B is a carbon black,
wherein the propylene-olefin-copolymer wax is made of the monomers propylene and of from 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one compound of formula (II),
R a is selected from the group consisting of H and unbranched or branched C 2-18 -alkyl;
wherein, the composition Z includes at least one wax other than the propylene-olefin-copolymer wax as component D,
wherein the composition Z includes a component F, wherein the component F is at least one metal stearate, and wherein the composition Z comprises of from 25 to 90% by weight of component A, and from 10 to 40% by weight of component B; the % by weight being in each case based on the weight of the total composition Z.
2. A composition Z according to claim 1 , wherein R a is H.
3. A composition Z according to claim 1 , wherein the composition Z contains further substances selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and graphite.
4. A composition Z according to claim 1 , wherein the composition Z contains no graphite and no carbon nanotubes.
5. A composition Z according to claim 1 , wherein the composition Z contains an organic polymer as further component P.
6. A composition Z according to claim 5 , wherein the component P is selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polycondensates, styrene polymers, polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyacrylates, polyacrylate copolymers, polyacetals, polyadducts, polyolefins, polyolefin copolymers and mixtures of thereof.
7. A composition Z according to claim 5 , wherein the composition Z comprises
of from 5 to 99.9% by weight of component P,
of from 0.1 to 95% by weight of the sum of component A and component B, with the;
with the % by weight being based in each case on the total weight of the composition Z.
8. A process for producing a composition Z comprising components A, B, D and F, wherein the component A is a propylene-olefin-copolymer wax, and
the component B is a carbon black,
wherein the propylene-olefin-copolymer wax is made of the monomers propylene and of from 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one compound of formula (II),
R a is selected from the group consisting of H and unbranched or branched C 2-18 -alkyl;
composition Z includes at least one wax other than the propylene-olefin-copolymer wax as component D,
wherein the composition Z includes a component F, wherein the component F is at least one metal stearate, and wherein the composition Z comprises of from 25 to 90% by weight of component A, and from 10 to 40% by weight of component B: the % by weight being in each case based on the weight of the total composition Z,
comprising the step of physically mixing the component A, the component B, the component D and the component F.
9. A conductive polymer CP comprising a composition Z includes components A, B, D and F, wherein the component A is a propylene-olefin-copolymer wax, and
the component B is a carbon black,
wherein the propylene-olefin-copolymer wax is made of the monomers propylene and of from 0.1 to 50% by weight of at least one compound of formula (II),
R a is selected from the group consisting of H and unbranched or branched C 2-18 -alkyl;
wherein, the composition Z includes at least one wax other than the propyiene-olefin-copolymer wax as component D,
wherein the composition Z includes a component F, wherein the component F is at least one metal stearate, and wherein the composition Z comprises of from 25 to 90% by weight of component A, and from 10 to 40% by weight of component B; the % by weight being in each case based on the weight of the total composition Z.
10. The conductive polymer CP as claimed in claim 9 wherein the conductive polymer CP is used in gas and energy storage materials, in conductor tracks, in electrode materials, as emitter in displays, in composite materials for improving the electrical or thermal conductivity or for conductive coatings.