Preparation method for emulsifier, emulsifier, aqueous epoxy resin dispersion and formulation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12378475-B2
Application number	US-201817414255-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2018
Priority date	Dec 29, 2018
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

A preparation method for an emulsifier, an emulsifier, an aqueous epoxy resin dispersion, and a formulation method. The preparation method for an emulsifier comprises reacting aminosulfonic acid and/or a sulfamate as a first reaction raw material with an epoxy resin in the presence of water, so as to obtain an ionic active emulsifier. The ionic active emulsifier molecule comprises at least one epoxy group from an epoxy resin and at least one sulfonic acid or sulfonate group from the first reaction raw material. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion prepared by using the emulsifier has the characteristics of good stability and good corrosion resistance after curing, and can be used in the fields of coatings, adhesives, etc.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aqueous epoxy resin dispersion, comprising an ionic active emulsifier prepared by reacting sulfamic acid and/or sulfamate as a first reaction raw material with an epoxy resin to obtain the ionic active emulsifier, wherein the molecule of the ionic active emulsifier comprises at least one epoxy group from the epoxy resin and at least one sulfonic acid or sulfonate group from the first reaction raw material, and at least one non-ionic active emulsifier, wherein the total content of sulfonic acid groups and sulfonate groups of the ionic active emulsifier is 1.46 wt % to 50 wt % of the total solid mass in the aqueous epoxy resin dispersion; wherein the non-ionic active emulsifier is prepared by a method consisting essentially of: mixing a polyether-anhydride reactant whose molecule comprises at least one carboxyl group with an epoxy resin whose molecule comprises at least two epoxy groups, and carrying out a ring-opening reaction using the carboxyl group(s) of the polyether-anhydride reactant and the epoxy groups of the epoxy resin to obtain the non-ionic active emulsifier, wherein the molar ratio of the total amount of epoxy groups of the epoxy resin to the total amount of carboxyl group(s) of the polyether-anhydride reactant is at least 1:1.

2. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the non-ionic active emulsifier is 0.1 wt % to 90 wt % of the total solid mass in the aqueous epoxy resin dispersion.

3. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the non-ionic active emulsifier is prepared by:
mixing polyetheramine with an epoxy resin, and carrying out a ring-opening reaction using amino groups of the polyetheramine and epoxy groups of the epoxy resin to obtain the non-ionic active emulsifier, wherein the molecule of the non-ionic active emulsifier comprises at least one epoxy group from the epoxy resin.

4. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 3 , wherein during preparation, the molar ratio of the total amount of epoxy groups of the epoxy resin to the total amount of active hydrogens comprised in the amino groups of the polyetheramine is at least 2:1.

5. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 3 , wherein the reaction condition of the ring-opening reaction is that the reaction is carried out for 1 hour to 5 hours at 40° C. to 140° C.

6. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the reaction condition of the ring-opening reaction is that the reaction is carried out for 1 hour to 5 hours under the action of a catalyst at 40° C. to 140° C.; the catalyst is triphenylphosphine or boron trifluoride diethyl ether.

7. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the polyether-anhydride reactant is obtained by subjecting a polyether polyol and an anhydride from a polycarboxylic acid whose molecule comprises 2 to 4 carboxyl groups to an esterification reaction, wherein the molar ratio of the total amount of anhydride groups of the anhydride to the total amount of hydroxyl groups of the polyether polyol is 1 to 1.2.

8. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 7 , wherein the reaction temperature of the esterification reaction is 40° C. to 150° C.

9. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 6 , wherein the amount of the catalyst is 0.05 wt % to 2 wt % of the total solid mass in the reaction system.

10. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein the molecule of the non-ionic active emulsifier comprises at least 10 ethoxy segments and at least one epoxy group.

11. The aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 1 , wherein in the molecule of the non-ionic active emulsifier, the content of ethoxy units bonded to polyether chains is 40 wt % to 95 wt %.

12. A formulation method of the aqueous epoxy resin dispersion according to claim 1 , comprising:
adding a material comprising the ionic active emulsifier and the optional non-ionic active emulsifier in proportion required for formulating the aqueous epoxy resin dispersion to an epoxy resin, and adding water to disperse the material to form an epoxy resin aqueous dispersion; or
adding remaining materials in proportion required for formulating the aqueous epoxy resin dispersion to a system comprising the ionic active emulsifier and the optional non-ionic active emulsifier, and dispersing the remaining materials and the system to form an aqueous epoxy resin dispersion; wherein at least one of the ionic active emulsifier and the optional non-ionic active emulsifier is prepared in the system.

Assignees

• Wanhua Chemical Group Co Ltd
• Wanhua Chemical Ningbo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ji Xueshun
• Li Weifei
• Qu Rui
• Deng Junying
• Wang Xiao
• Sun Jiakuan

Classifications

• C08L2201/54

  Aqueous solutions or dispersions · CPC title

• C08L63/00

  Compositions of epoxy resins; Compositions of derivatives of epoxy resins · CPC title

• C08G59/20

  characterised by the epoxy compounds used · CPC title

• C08G59/1483

  containing sulfur · CPC title

• C08G59/1477

  containing nitrogen · CPC title