Coating compositions, elastic barrier coatings formed therefrom, and methods of applying such coatings
A coating composition includes an aqueous carrier medium, at least a first polymer, and polymeric core-shell particles dispersed in the aqueous carrier medium. The first polymer includes: (i) a barrier segment having aromatic groups and urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof; and (ii) an elastomeric segment having a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C. The barrier segment can make up at least 30% of the first polymer, based on the total solids weight of the first polymer.
1. A coating composition for forming an elastic barrier coating, the coating composition comprising:
an aqueous carrier medium;
at least a first polymer comprising: (i) a barrier segment comprising aromatic groups and urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof, having a glass transition temperature of greater than 0° C.; and (ii) an elastomeric segment that is different from (i) having a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C., wherein the barrier segment comprises at least 30 weight % of the polymer based on the total solids weight of the polymer; and
polymeric core-shell particles dispersed in the aqueous carrier medium.
2. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric segment comprises ester linkages, ether linkages, sulfide linkages, natural rubber, synthetic rubber, or combinations thereof.
3. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric segment has a glass transition temperature of less than −20° C.
4. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the backbone of the shell of the core-shell particles comprises a polymeric material having urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof.
5. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the shell of the core-shell particles comprises a polymeric material having keto functional groups, aldo functional groups, carboxylic acid functional groups, or a combination thereof.
6. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the polymeric shell is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric core.
7. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the core of the core-shell particles comprises a (meth)acrylate polymer, a vinyl polymer, or a combination thereof.
8. The coating composition of claim 1 , further comprising a crosslinker reactive with at least one of the first polymer and the core-shell particles.
9. The coating composition of claim 8 , wherein the crosslinker comprises a polyhydrazide, a carbodiimide, or a combination thereof.
10. The coating composition of claim 8 , wherein the coating composition comprises at least two different crosslinkers, and wherein at least one of the crosslinkers is reactive with the first polymer.
11. The coating composition of claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional polymer that is different from the first polymer.
12. The coating composition of claim 11 , wherein the additional polymer comprises a polyester, a polyether, a polysulfide, natural rubber, synthetic rubber, copolymers thereof, or a combination thereof.
13. The coating composition of claim 1 , further comprising a platy inorganic filler.
14. A substrate at least partially coated with a coating formed from the coating composition of claim 1 .
15. A method of applying a coating comprising:
(a) applying the coating composition according to claim 1 to a first substrate;
(b) removing substantially all water of the coating composition to evaporate and form an elastic barrier film;
(c) removing the elastic barrier film from the first substrate; and
(d) applying the elastic barrier film to a second substrate.
16. A multi-layer coating comprising:
a first coating layer formed from a first coating composition comprising:
(1) the coating composition according to claim 1 ; and optionally
(2) a polysulfide and a second polymer having an oxygen permeance of 40 or less cc·mm/m 2 ·day·atm at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity;
and
a second coating layer comprising an oxygen permeance number at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity that is lower than an oxygen permeance at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity of the first coating layer,
wherein the first coating layer is applied over at least a portion of a substrate and the second coating layer is applied over at least a portion of the first coating layer, or the second coating layer is applied over at least a portion of a substrate and the first coating layer is applied over at least a portion of the second coating layer.
17. The multi-layer coating of claim 16 , wherein the first coating composition further comprises a crosslinker reactive with at least one of the first polymer and the core-shell particles.
18. A coating composition for forming an elastic barrier coating, the coating composition comprising:
(a) an aqueous carrier medium;
(b) at least a first polymer comprising: (i) a barrier segment comprising aromatic groups and urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof; and (ii) an elastomeric segment comprising ester linkages, ether linkages, or a combination thereof, wherein the barrier segment comprises at least 30 weight % of the polymer based on the total solids weight of the polymer;
(c) polymeric core-shell particles dispersed in the aqueous medium comprising a polymeric core at least partially encapsulated by a polymeric shell, wherein the polymeric core comprises a (meth)acrylate polymer and the polymeric shell comprises (i) urethane and urea linkages and (ii) keto functional groups, aldo functional groups, carboxylic acid functional groups, or a combination thereof, and wherein at least a portion of the polymeric shell is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric core; and
(d) a crosslinker reactive with at least one of the first polymer and the core-shell particles.
19. A coating composition for forming an elastic barrier coating, the coating composition comprising:
an aqueous carrier medium;
at least a first polymer comprising: (i) a barrier segment comprising aromatic groups and urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof; and (ii) an elastomeric segment that is different from (i) having a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C., wherein the barrier segment comprises at least 30 weight % of the polymer based on the total solids weight of the polymer;
polymeric core-shell particles dispersed in the aqueous carrier medium; and further comprising at least one additional polymer that is different from the first polymer and comprises a polyester, a polyether, a polysulfide, natural rubber, synthetic rubber, copolymers thereof, or a combination thereof.