Crosslinkable composition, a method of making the same and a crosslinked composition produced therefrom
A crosslinkable composition comprising: (i) one or more polycarbamates; (ii) one or more polyaldehydes; (iii) one or more polyols; and (iv) an acid catalyst is provided. Further provided are a method for making the crosslinkable composition, a crosslinked composition made therefrom, a coating comprising the crosslinked composition and articles comprising a substrate and the coating.
1. A crosslinkable composition comprising: (i) one or more polycarbamates; (ii) one or more polyaldehydes; (iii) one or more polyols; and (iv) an acid catalyst;
wherein the one or more polyols are selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, linear aliphatic polycarbonate polyesters, linear aliphatic polycarbonate diol, and linear aliphatic polyester polyols.
2. The crosslinkable composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a polyisocyanate.
3. The crosslinkable composition according to claim 1 , wherein component (iii) is a linear aliphatic polycarbonate polyester having a weight average molecular weight from 800 to 1200 daltons.
4. The crosslinkable composition according to claim 1 , wherein component (iii) is a linear aliphatic polycarbonate diol having a weight average molecular weight from 450 to 850 daltons.
5. A crosslinked composition produced by curing the crosslinkable composition according to claim 1 , wherein the curing occurs at a temperature from 0 to 80° C.
6. A coating composition comprising the crosslinked composition according to claim 5 .
7. An article comprising a substrate and a coating composition according to claim 6 .
8. The article according to claim 7 , wherein the substrate is one or more selected from the group consisting of woods, composites, concretes, metals, and plastics.
9. A method of making a crosslinkable composition comprising: selecting (i) one or more polycarbamates; selecting (ii) one or more polyaldehydes; selecting (iii) one or more polyols; and mixing components (i)-(iii) in any order; wherein the one or more polyols are selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, linear aliphatic polycarbonate polyesters, linear aliphatic polycarbonate diol, and linear aliphatic polyester polyols.
10. The method of making a crosslinkable composition according to claim 9 wherein components (ii) and (iii) are mixed together prior to addition to component (i).
11. The coating composition according to claim 6 , wherein the coating composition exhibits an improvement in direct impact resistance of at least 50% over the impact resistance of a comparative coating having the same composition with the exception that the comparative coating is produced from a crosslinkable composition which is produced from a crosslinkable composition with no polyol.
12. The coating composition according to claim 6 , wherein the coating composition exhibits an improvement in MEK resistance of at least 50% over the impact resistance of a comparative coating having the same composition with the exception that the comparative coating is produced from a crosslinkable composition which is produced from a crosslinkable composition with no polyol.