TWO-COMPONENT THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION OF SILYLATED POLYMAR
A thermally-conductive two-component composition comprises a composition (A) comprising a silylated polymer, and a composition (B) comprising at least 1% by weight of a filler (C) relative to the total weight of the composition (B), where the filler (C) provides at least 0.0025% by weight of moisture relative to the total weight of composition (B). Composition (A) and/or composition (B) also comprise at least one thermally-conductive filler, a rheological agent (r1) chosen from amide waxes and/or a rheological agent (r2). The rheological agent (r2) is in the form of a suspension of solid particles of a bis-urea (a) in a continuous phase of a plasticizer (b). The filler (C) has a specific moisture content and facilitates crosslinking, without addition of free water, of a two-component composition, which comprises a composition (A) comprising a silylated polymer, and a composition (B) comprising said filler (C).
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14 . A thermally-conductive two-component composition comprising:
a composition (A) comprising a silylated polymer, and
a composition (B) comprising at least 1% by weight of a filler (C) relative to the total weight of the composition (B), the filler (C) providing at least 0.0025% by weight of moisture relative to the total weight of composition (B),
wherein composition (A) and/or composition (B) also comprise at least one thermally-conductive filler, and
composition (A) and/or composition (B), also comprise:
a rheological agent (r1) chosen from amide waxes and/or
rheological agent (r2) comprising:
from 1% to 40% by weight of a bis-urea (a) obtained by reaction of a primary aliphatic amine with a diisocyanate with a molar mass of less than 500 g/mol, relative to the total weight of the rheological agent (r2), and
from 60% to 99% by weight of a plasticizer (b) chosen from alkyl phthalates, pentaerythritol tetravalerate, alkylsulfonic acid esters of phenol, diisononyl 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylate, 3,3′-[methylenebis(oxymethylene)]bis[heptane], dioctyl carbonate and mixtures thereof, relative to the total weight of the rheological agent (r2),
said rheological agent (r2) being in the form of a suspension of solid particles of the bis-urea (a) in a continuous phase of the plasticizer (b).
15 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which the silylated polymer comprises at least one alkoxysilane group of formula (I):
in which:
—Si(R 4 ) p (OR 5 ) 3-p
(I)
R 4 represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and, when p is equal to 2, the radicals R 4 are identical or different,
R 5 represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and, when p is equal to 0 or 1, the radicals R 5 are identical or different, two groups OR 5 possibly being engaged in the same ring, and
p is an integer equal to 0, 1 or 2.
16 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which the silylated polymer is of formula (II), (III) or (IV):
in which:
R 4 , R 5 and p have the same meaning as in formula (I) described above,
P represents a saturated or unsaturated polymer radical, bearing a linear or branched open chain, or comprising one or more optionally aromatic rings, optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms, such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and/or silicon,
R 1 represents a saturated or unsaturated divalent hydrocarbon-based radical comprising from 5 to 15 carbon atoms, with a linear or branched open chain, or comprising one or more optionally aromatic rings,
R 3 represents a linear or branched divalent alkylene radical comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
X represents a divalent radical chosen from —NH—, —NR 7 — or —S—,
R 7 represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and which may also comprise one or more heteroatoms,
f is an integer ranging from 1 to 6.
17 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 16 , in which the silylated polymer is of formula (II′), (II″), (III′) or (IV′):
in which:
R 1 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , X, R 7 and p have the same meaning as in formulae (II), (III) and (IV),
R 2 represents a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon-based radical optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms, such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, silicon,
n is an integer, wherein n is such that the number-average molecular mass of the silylated polymer is between 500 g/mol and 70000 g/mol.
18 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which the rheological agent (r2) is such that the bis-urea (a) is obtained by reacting an n-alkylamine (a1) comprising from 1 to 22 carbon atoms with a diisocyanate (a2) of formula (V):
in which R 6 is chosen from one of the following divalent radicals, of which the formulae below reveal the two free valencies:
i) the divalent radical derived from isophorone:
ii) the divalent radical 4,4′-methylenebis(cyclohexyl):
iii) the divalent radical derived from toluene 2,4-diisocyanate (or 2,4-TDI) or from toluene 2,6-diisocyanate (or 2,6-TDI) of respective formulae:
iv) the divalent radical derived from diphenylmethylene 4,2′-diisocyanate (or 4,2′-MDI) or from diphenylmethylene 4,4′-diisocyanate (or 4,4′-MDI), of respective formulae:
v) the hexamethylene radical: —(CH 2 ) 6 —,
vi) the m-xylylene radical:
and
vii) the hexahydro-m-xylylene radical:
19 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which the filler (C) is chosen from clays, talc, kaolins, gypsum, carbonate fillers, zeolites, expandable graphite and mixtures thereof.
20 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which the filler (C) is precipitated calcium carbonate coated with fatty acids and/or a type A synthetic zeolite with a pore diameter of 3 Å.
21 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which the at least one thermally-conductive filler is chosen from aluminosilicates, alumina, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, magnesium oxide and mixtures thereof.
22 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which each of the compositions (A) and (B) comprises at least one thermally-conductive filler.
23 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which composition (A) and/or composition (B) also comprises a flame retardant.
24 . The thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 , in which the volume ratio of composition (A) to composition (B) is between 0.25 and 4.
25 . A battery comprising the thermally-conductive two-component composition as claimed in claim 14 .
26 . A method of crosslinking, without addition of free water, a two-component composition, the method comprising providing a two-component composition comprising a composition (A) comprising a silylated polymer, and a composition (B) comprising a filler (C), wherein the filler (C) has a moisture content of between 0.05% and 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the filler (C).