Polyamide compositions having high adhesion to metal and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023391953-A1
Application number	US-202218227532-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 26, 2022
Priority date	Jan 29, 2021
Publication date	Dec 7, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A composition including from: a) 35% to 100% by weight of at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ wherein MXD is meta-xylylenediamine and Z is a C6 to C12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, the semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or the polyamide of formula MXDZ having a total acidity between from 70 to 180 μeq/g and a total basicity of less than 100 μeq/g; b) 0 to 25% by weight of polyolefins; c) 0 to 60% by weight, of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; e) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one flame retardant; the sum a)+b)+c)+d)+e) being equal to 100%, the semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or the polyamide of formula MXDZ having a melt flow index (MFI) between from 4 to 50 g/10 min.

First claim

1 . The use of a composition comprising from:
a) 35% to 100% by weight of at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ wherein MXD is meta-xylylenediamine and Z is a C6 to C12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, said semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or said polyamide of formula MXDZ having a total acidity between from 70 to 180 μeq/g and a total basicity of less than 100 μeq/g, a semicrystalline polyamide denoting a polyamide which has a glass transition temperature in DSC according to standard ISO 11357-2:2013 and also a melting temperature (Tm) in DSC according to standard ISO 11357-3:2013, and a enthalpy of crystallization during the cooling step at a rate of 20K/min in DSC measured according to standard ISO 11357-3 of 2013 of greater than 30 J/g, and said semicrystalline polyamide having an average number of carbon atoms relative to the nitrogen atom of greater than or equal to 6; b) 0 to 25% by weight of polyolefins; c) 0 to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; e) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one flame retardant; the sum a)+b)+c)+d)+e) being equal to 100%, said semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or said polyamide of formula MXDZ having a melt flow index (MFI) between from 4 to 50 g/10 min, as measured according to standard ISO 1133:2011 under a load of 2.16 kg at 210° C., to increase the adhesion of said composition to a metal part after the deposition thereof by injection molding on said metal part, relative to the adhesion obtained after injection molding on said part with a composition comprising a semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or a polyamide of formula MXDZ having at least one of the three properties, chosen from the MFI, total acidity and total basicity, which is different.

2 . The use as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said metal part is chosen from magnesium, aluminum, alloys thereof, alloys of stainless steel and other iron-based alloys.

3 . The use as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said metal part is chemically or physically pretreated before injection molding of said composition.

4 . The use as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said metal part is made of aluminum, said aluminum part being physically or chemically pretreated.

5 . The use as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said composition consists of:
a) 35% to 100% by weight of said at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ; c) 0 to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; e) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one flame retardant; the sum a)+c)+d)+e) being equal to 100%.

6 . The use as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the adhesion of said composition to said metal part is greater than 10 MPa, as measured according to standard ISO 19095-2015.

7 . The use as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said metal part is made of stainless steel, said stainless steel part being physically or chemically pretreated.

8 . The use as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said composition consists of:
a) 35% to 65% by weight of at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ; b) 0 to 25% of polyolefins by weight of polyolefins; c) 25% to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; e) 10% to 30% by weight of at least one flame retardant; the sum a)+b)+c)+d)+e) being equal to 100%.

9 . The use as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said composition consists of:
a) 35% to 65% by weight of at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ; b) 10% to 25% polyolefins; c) 25% to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; the sum a)+b)+c)+d) being equal to 100%.

10 . The use as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the composition has a dielectric constant, Dk, of less than or equal to 4.0, as measured according to ASTM D-2520-13, at a frequency of at least 1 GHz, at 23° C., under 50% RH.

11 . The use as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the composition has a Df<0.015 at a frequency of at least 1 GHz, at 23° C., under 50% RH, measured according to ASTM D-2520-13.

12 . A composition as defined in claim 1 , comprising:
a) 35% to 75% by weight of said at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ having a total acidity between from 70 to 180 μeq/g and a total basicity of less than 100 μeq/g, b) 0 to 25% by weight of polyolefins; c) 25% to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; e) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one flame retardant; the sum a)+b)+c)+d)+e) being equal to 100%, said semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or said polyamide of formula MXDZ having a melt flow index (MFI) between from 4 to 50 g/10 min, as measured according to standard ISO 1133:2011 under a load of 2.16 kg at 210° C.

13 . The composition as claimed in claim 12 , wherein it consists of:
a) 35% to 75% by weight by weight of at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ having a total acidity between from 70 to 180 μeq/g and a total basicity of less than 100 μeq/g, c) 25% to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; e) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one flame retardant; the sum a)+c)+d)+e) being equal to 100%.

14 . The composition as claimed in claim 12 , wherein it consists of:
a) 35% to 75% by weight of at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ having a total acidity between from 70 to 180 μeq/g and a total basicity of less than 100 μeq/g; b) 0 to 25% of polyolefins; c) 25% to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; the sum a)+b)+c)+d) being equal to 100%.

15 . The composition as claimed in claim 12 , wherein it consists of:
a) 35% to 65% by weight of at least one semicrystalline aliphatic polyamide and/or one polyamide of formula MXDZ having a total acidity between from 70 to 180 μeq/g and a total basicity of less than 100 μeq/g; b) 10% to 25% polyolefins; c) 25% to 60% by weight of glass fibers; d) 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive; the sum a)+b)+c)+d) being equal to 100%.

16 . A process for preparing an article for electrical and electronic applications comprising a step of injection molding, on a metal part, of a composition as defined in claim 1 , to obtain a metal part coated on one of its surfaces with said composition.

17 . The process as claimed in claim 16 , wherein said metal part is chosen from magnesium, aluminum, alloys thereof, alloys of stainless steel and other iron-based alloys.

18 . The process as claimed in claim 17 , wherein said metal part is chemically or physically pretreated before injection molding of said composition.

19 . The process as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said metal part is made of aluminum, said aluminum part being physically or chemically pretreated.

20 . The process as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said metal part is made of stainless steel, said stainless steel part being physically or chemically pretreated.

21 . The process as claimed in claim 19 , wherein it further comprises a subsequent step of annealing in order to obtain a coated and annealed metal part.

22 . The process as claimed in claim 21 , wherein it further comprises, after the annealing, a subsequent step of anodization in order to obtain a coated, anneale

Assignees

• Arkema France

Inventors

• Pace Clémence
• Guillaume Vincent
• Sabard Mathieu

Classifications

• C08G69/08 Primary

  derived from amino-carboxylic acids · CPC title

• C08G69/26

  derived from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids · CPC title

• C08G69/36 Primary

  derived from amino acids, polyamines and polycarboxylic acids · CPC title

• C08K7/14 Primary

  Glass · CPC title

• C08L23/12

  Polypropene · CPC title