Irene Gorman, Michael Henningsen, Frank Hettche, Matthaeus Kopczynski, Alexander Panchenko, Marc Hofmann, Chin Li, Raj Sundar, BASF SE, BASF Coatings GmbH, BASF Corp.05.04.18
Abstract
Epoxy-based industrial maintenance coatings offer excellent chemical and mechanical performance. However, the amine type hardeners often employed can easily react with atmospheric carbon dioxide and moisture to form carbamate salts. These carbamate salts accumulate on the surface and cause blush and intercoat adhesion issues. Adducts based on methylcyclohexyl diamine (MCDA, Baxxodur® EC 210), a cycloaliphatic diamine curative for epoxy resin systems, displayed enhanced carbamate stability compared to adducts based on both isophorone diamine (IPDA) and m-xylylene diamine (MXDA). This behaviour was further validated in coating tests, where coating formulations based on MCDA exhibited superior gloss. The cure behavior, mechanical properties, and thermal properties of MCDA, IPDA, and MXDA cured systems were also assessed using various analytical techniques such as differential scanning calorimetry and rheology. Overall, MCDA was proven to be an attractive building block for epoxy diamine, industrial coating systems.
Introduction
The aim of industrial m
Epoxy-based industrial maintenance coatings offer excellent chemical and mechanical performance. However, the amine type hardeners often employed can easily react with atmospheric carbon dioxide and moisture to form carbamate salts. These carbamate salts accumulate on the surface and cause blush and intercoat adhesion issues. Adducts based on methylcyclohexyl diamine (MCDA, Baxxodur® EC 210), a cycloaliphatic diamine curative for epoxy resin systems, displayed enhanced carbamate stability compared to adducts based on both isophorone diamine (IPDA) and m-xylylene diamine (MXDA). This behaviour was further validated in coating tests, where coating formulations based on MCDA exhibited superior gloss. The cure behavior, mechanical properties, and thermal properties of MCDA, IPDA, and MXDA cured systems were also assessed using various analytical techniques such as differential scanning calorimetry and rheology. Overall, MCDA was proven to be an attractive building block for epoxy diamine, industrial coating systems.
Introduction
The aim of industrial m
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