Chloroprene graft copolymer latex, method for producing same, bonding agent and adhesive

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11028212-B2
Application number	US-201716324204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	Aug 10, 2016
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex containing no organic solvent and exhibiting high adhesive strength even for soft polyvinyl chloride. A method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex includes a chloroprene polymerization step of giving a chloroprene polymer latex and a graft copolymerization step of giving a chloroprene graft copolymer latex. The chloroprene polymerization step is a step of subjecting at least chloroprene (A-1) of chloroprene (A-1) and a monomer (A-2) copolymerizable with chloroprene (A-1) to emulsion radical polymerization. The graft copolymerization step is a step of adding, to the chloroprene polymer latex, a (meth)acrylate (B) and an organic peroxide (C) having an octanol/water partition coefficient of −2.0 or more and 3.0 or less to subject the chloroprene polymer to graft copolymerization with the (meth)acrylate (B) at a temperature of 10° C. or more and 40° C. or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex, the method comprising:
a chloroprene polymerization step of subjecting monomer material consisting of (i) chloroprene (A-1) or (ii) chloroprene (A-1) and a monomer (A-2) copolymerizable with chloroprene (A-1) to emulsion radical polymerization to give a chloroprene polymer, and yielding a chloroprene polymer latex in which particles of the chloroprene polymer are dispersed in water; and
a graft copolymerization step of adding, to the chloroprene polymer latex, a (meth)acrylate (B) represented by general formula: CH 2 ═CR—CO—OR′ (in the general formula, R is a methyl group or a hydrogen atom; and R′ is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 4 or more and 12 or less), adding, as a polymerization initiator, an organic peroxide (C) having an octanol/water partition coefficient of −2.0 or more and 3.0 or less to subject the chloroprene polymer to graft copolymerization with the (meth)acrylate (B) at a temperature of 10° C. or more and 40° C. or less to give a chloroprene graft copolymer, and yielding a chloroprene graft copolymer latex in which particles of the chloroprene graft copolymer are dispersed in water;
wherein the chloroprene polymer latex contains no organic solvent, and
wherein the monomer (A-2) is selected from the group consisting of 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene, 1-chloro-1,3-butadiene, butadiene, isoprene, styrene, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, itaconic acid, 2-ethylmethacrylic acid and 2-butylacrylic acid.

2. The method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex according to claim 1 , wherein in the graft copolymerization step, the (meth)acrylate (B) is added in an amount of 1 part by mass or more and 90 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the chloroprene polymer.

3. The method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex according to claim 2 , wherein in the chloroprene graft copolymer latex, a tetrahydrofuran insoluble matter content is not less than 6% by mass and less than 70% by mass of the chloroprene graft copolymer.

4. The method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex according to claim 2 , wherein in the chloroprene polymerization step, at least one of an anionic emulsifier and a nonionic emulsifier is used to perform the emulsion radical polymerization.

5. The method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex according to claim 1 , wherein in the chloroprene graft copolymer latex, a tetrahydrofuran insoluble matter content is not less than 6% by mass and less than 70% by mass of the chloroprene graft copolymer.

6. The method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex according to claim 5 , wherein in the chloroprene polymerization step, at least one of an anionic emulsifier and a nonionic emulsifier is used to perform the emulsion radical polymerization.

7. The method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex according to claim 1 , wherein in the chloroprene polymerization step, at least one of an anionic emulsifier and a nonionic emulsifier is used to perform the emulsion radical polymerization.

8. The method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex according to claim 1 , wherein a polymerization terminator is added to stop the polymerization reaction after completion of the chloroprene polymerization step.

Assignees

• Showa Denko Kk

Inventors

• Sekioka Naoki
• OHGUMA Yuya
• Kamijo Masanao
• Takenoshita Yoichiro

Classifications

• C09J111/02

  Latex · CPC title

• C08L51/04

  grafted on to rubbers · CPC title

• C08F279/02 Primary

  on to polymers of conjugated dienes · CPC title

• C09J151/04

  grafted on to rubbers · CPC title

• C09J151/003

  grafted on to macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds (C09J151/04, C09J151/06 take precedence) · CPC title