Reducing blister formation in polyurethane cementitious hybrid systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10858289-B2
Application number	US-201716307883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2017
Priority date	Jul 7, 2016
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A multi-component composition, in particular a three-component composition, especially for manufacture of a polyurethane cementitious hybrid flooring, including or made of: a polyol component (A) including at least one polyol and water; a hardener component (B) including at least one polyisocyanate compound; a solid component (C) including at least one hydraulic binder; and wherein at least one of the components of the multi component composition includes at least one comb polymer having a main chain including acid groups, and side chains being attached on the main chain.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A multi-component composition for manufacture of a polyurethane cementitious hybrid coating or flooring, comprising:
a) a polyol component (A) comprising at least one polyol and water;
b) a hardener component (B) comprising at least one polyisocyanate compound; and
c) a solid component (C) comprising at least one hydraulic binder and at least one comb polymer having: (i) a main chain comprising acid groups, and (ii) side chains being attached to the main chain, wherein:
the at least one comb polymer is in a solid state in the solid component (C), and
the at least one comb polymer is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 2 wt.-% with respect to a total weight of the composition.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein an overall weight ratio of the at least one hydraulic binder and the at least one comb polymer in the multi-component composition is between 10-1,000.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one comb polymer comprises the following structural subunits:
a) a mole fractions of a structural subunit S1 of the formula (I)

b) b mole fractions of a structural subunit S2 of the formula (II)

c) optionally c mole fractions of a structural subunit S3 of the formula (III)

d) optionally d mole fractions of a structural subunit S4 of the formula (IV)

where
R 1 , in each case independently of any other, is —COOM, —SO 2 —OM, —O—PO(OM) 2 , or —PO(OM) 2 ,
R 2 , R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , R 9 , R 10 , R 13 , and R 14 , in each case independently of one another, are H or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms,
R 4 , R 7 , R 11 , and R 15 , in each case independently of one another, are H, —COOM, or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms,
M, independently of any other, is H + , an alkali metal ion, an alkaline earth metal ion, a di- or trivalent metal ion, an ammonium ion, or an organic ammonium group,
m is 0, 1, or 2,
p is 0 or 1,
R 8 and R 12 , in each case independently of one another, are a C 1 to C 20 alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkylaryl group, or are a group of the formula -[AO] n —R a , where
A is C 2 to C 4 alkylene,
R a is H, a C 1 to C 20 alkyl, cyclohexyl, or alkylaryl group, and
n is 2-250,

R 16 , independently of any other, is NH 2 , —NR b R c , or —OR d NR e R f where
R b and R c , independently of one another, are a C 1 to C 20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylaryl, or aryl group, or are a hydroxyalkyl group or are an acetoxyethyl (CH 3 —CO—O—CH 2 —CH 2 —) or a hydroxyisopropyl (HO—CH(CH 3 )—CH 2 —) or an acetoxyisopropyl (CH 3 —CO—O—CH(CH 3 )—CH 2 —) group; or
R b and R c together form a ring of which the nitrogen is a part, in order to construct a morpholine or imidazoline ring;
R d is a C 2 -C 4 alkylene group,
R e and R f each independently of one another are a C 1 to C 20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylaryl, or aryl group, or a hydroxyalkyl group, and

where a, b, c and d are mole fractions of the respective structural subunits S1, S2, S3, and S4, where a/b/c/d=(0.1-0.9)/(0.1-0.9)/(0-0.8)/(0-0.8), and with the proviso that a+b+c+d is 1.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyol component (A) comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: polyhydroxy-functional natural oils or fats, polyols obtained by chemical modification of a natural oils or fats, C2 to C12 alkyl diols, glycerol, sugars, and oligomers thereof.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyol component (A) comprises ethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, castor oil, and/or a chemical modification of castor oil.

6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the hardener component (B) comprises methylene diphenyl diisocyanate and/or polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate.

7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein
the polyol component (A) is formulated such that a water content is in a range of from 10 to 40% by weight, and an amount of the at least one polyol is in a range of from 35 to 55% by weight, based on a total content of component (A);
the solid component (C) is formulated such that an amount of the hydraulic binder is in a range of from 10 to 40% by weight, based on a total weight of component (C).

8. The composition according to claim 1 , which is free of lime.

9. A method for preparing a flooring, screed and/or coating, comprising mixing the components of the composition according to claim 1 , and applying the composition to a substrate.

10. A cured body, obtainable by the method according to claim 9 .

11. A method comprising mixing at least one coating, mortar and/or screed composition based on polyurethane and hydraulic binders with at least one comb polymer having: (i) a main chain comprising acid groups, and (ii) side chains being attached to the main chain so as to reduce blister formation in the at least one coating, mortar and/or screed composition based on polyurethane and hydraulic binders.

12. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one comb polymer is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 2 wt.-% with respect to a total weight of the solid component (C).

13. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one polyol includes a first polyol and a second polyol, the first polyol being different from the second polyol.

14. The composition according to claim 13 , wherein:
the first polyol has an average molecular weight of 250 g/mol or more, and
the second polyol has a molecular weight of less than 250 g/mol.

15. The composition according to claim 14 , wherein:
an amount of the first polyol is in a range of from 33 to 45% by weight based on a total content of the polyol component (A), and
an amount of the second polyol is in a range of from 2 to 10% by weight based on the total content of the polyol component (A).

16. The composition according to claim 15 , wherein:
the first polyol is a polyhydroxy-functional fat and/or oil, and
the second polyol is a di- or polyhydric alcohol.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein:
the at least one coating, mortar and/or screed composition based on polyurethane and hydraulic binders includes:
a) a polyol component (A) comprising at least one polyol and water;
b) a hardener component (B) comprising at least one polyisocyanate compound; and
c) a solid component (C) comprising at least one hydraulic binder,

the at least one comb polymer is present in an amount of from 0.001 to 2 wt.-% with respect to a total weight of the at least one coating, mortar and/or screed composition based on polyurethane and hydraulic binders, and
the mixing includes mixing the at least one comb polymer in a solid state with the solid component (C).

Assignees

• Sika Tech Ag

Inventors

• Gimeno Santos Patricia
• Kaddatz Carola
• Grötzinger Jochen

Classifications

• C04B2111/60

  Flooring materials · CPC title

• C04B24/282

  Polyurethanes; Polyisocyanates · CPC title

• C04B24/2658

  containing polyether side chains · CPC title

• C04B24/165

  containing polyether side chains · CPC title

• C08K5/0016

  Plasticisers · CPC title