Coating agent, and coating layer and film using same
View Patent ↗To provide a coating agent capable of forming a coating layer or film excellent in moisture permeability, flexibility and tensile strength. A coating agent comprising an isocyanate group-containing prepolymer obtainable by reacting a polyol mixture (A) and a polyisocyanate compound (B), wherein the polyol mixture (A) is a mixture of at least two polyoxyalkylene polyols which are different in the number of hydroxy groups or the hydroxy value, and said mixture has an average number of hydroxy groups being from 2.2 to 2.6, a molecular weight per hydroxy group being from 1,500 to 10,000 and an oxyethylene group content being at least 60 mass %.
1. A coating agent comprising an isocyanate group-containing prepolymer obtained by reacting a polyol mixture (A) and a polyisocyanate compound (B),
wherein
the polyisocyanate compound (B) is an aromatic diisocyanate, and
the polyol mixture (A) comprises:
a polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) which has a number of hydroxy groups being at least 3, and an oxyethylene group content being at least 60 mass %; and
a polyoxyalkylene diol (b) which has a number of hydroxy groups being 2, and an oxyethylene group content being at least 60 mass %,
wherein the polyol mixture (A) has an average number of hydroxy groups being from 2.2 to 2.6, and an oxyethylene group content being at least 60 mass %,
wherein a value obtained by dividing a molecular weight of the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) calculated from a hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g) of the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) by the number of hydroxyl groups in the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) is from 1,500 to 10,000,
wherein a value obtained by dividing a molecular weight of the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) calculated from a hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g) of the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) by the number of hydroxyl groups in the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) is from 1,500 to 10,000, and
wherein a value obtained by dividing a molecular weight of the polyol mixture (A) calculated from a hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g) of the polyol mixture (A) by the average number of hydroxyl groups in the polyol mixture (A) is from 1,500 to 10,000.
2. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein the polyol mixture (A) has an oxyethylene group content being from 70 to 95 mass %, and the value obtained by dividing the molecular weight of the polyol mixture (A) calculated from the hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g) of the polyol mixture (A) by the average number of the hydroxyl groups in the polyol mixture (A) is from 1,500 to 5,000.
3. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the number of moles of isocyanate groups in the polyisocyanate compound (B) to the number of moles of hydroxy groups in the polyol mixture (A), is from 3.0 to 4.5.
4. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) is a polyoxyalkylene polyol having a number of hydroxy groups being 3 or 4, an oxyethylene group content being at least 70 mass % and the value obtained by dividing the molecular weight of the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) calculated from the hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g) of the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) by the number of hydroxyl groups in the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) is from 1,500 to 5,000.
5. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein the polyoxyalkylene polyol (a) is a polyoxyalkylene polyol having an oxypropylene group content being at least 5 mass %, which is obtained by ring-opening addition polymerization of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide to an initiator.
6. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) has an oxyethylene group content being at least 70 mass % the value obtained by dividing the molecular weight of the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) calculated from the hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g) of the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) by the number of hydroxyl groups in the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) is from 1,500 to 5,000.
7. The coating agent according to claim 6 , wherein the polyoxyalkylene diol (b) is a polyoxyalkylene diol having an oxypropylene group content being at least 5 mass %, which is obtained by ring-opening addition polymerization of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide to an initiator.
8. The coating agent according to claim 1 , further comprising a curing agent.
9. The coating agent according to claim 8 , wherein the curing agent is a diol or a diamine.
10. A coating layer or film made of a cured product of the isocyanate group-containing prepolymer in a coating layer obtained by applying the coating agent as defined in claim 1 .
11. The coating layer or film according to claim 10 , wherein the isocyanate group-containing prepolymer is cured by moisture in air or a gasified curing agent.
12. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein the value obtained by dividing the molecular weight of the polyol mixture (A) calculated from the hydroxyl value (mgKOH/g) of the polyol mixture (A) by the average number of hydroxyl groups in the polyol mixture (A) is from 1,996 to 10,000.
13. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein when a cured film of the coating agent having a thickness of 0.05 mm is made, a moisture permeability of the coating film is 35,000 g/m 2 ·24 h or more when measured in accordance with JIS Z-0208.
14. The coating agent according to claim 1 , wherein when a cured film of the coating agent having a thickness of 0.05 mm is made, a moisture permeability of the coating film is 45,000 g/m 2 ·24 h or more when measured in accordance with JIS Z-0208.