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21.01.2010

CARBONIC ACID-ACTIVATION OF POLYCHLOROPRENE DISPERSIONS

Imagine if water sticks




Water-borne contact adhesives are nothing new, but they have not been known to combine high initial adhesiveness, easy repositioning and application flexibility.

Innovations in adhesive technologies over the past 30 years have led to a significant increase in the use of aqueous polychloroprene dispersions in the furniture and foam industries and, to a limited extent, in the construction and automotive sectors. A key driver for this development has been the reduction of volatile components in these dispersions to levels below 50 ppm.

One disadvantage today, however, is that typical formulations have to be either activated before application by means of a rather complex procedure or formulated as 1K systems – with limited storage, temperature, shear and transport stability.

But now Bayer MaterialScience discovered that carbonic acid is a userfriendly activation method for water-borne polychloroprene dispersions. This enables high wet adhesion properties to be combined with the simple and reliable handling of 1K adhesives while still benefiting from the pre-activation storage and transport stability that are typical for 2K adhesives.

Exploiting the huge potential

The outstanding wet-in-wet adhesive potential of water-borne polychloroprene adhesives is are known from the 2K spray-mix process. However, this process is more complex and error-prone than 1K formulations and results in additional water and ion input into the adhesive joint. Studies showed that carbonic acid applied in the form of CO2 gas was the ideal solution. Formulations activated by carbonic acid can be applied in the same way as 1K adhesives. The wet adhesion properties are as good or even better than common 2K formulations and furthermore, carbonic acid has a positive influence on the open time of the adhesive formulation.

Activation takes place throughout the whole dispersion without locally elevated concentrations – an improvement on 2K formulations – so a more uniform wetting on different substrates is achieved and wet adhesion is significantly higher.
A water-borne polychloroprene adhesive
spray bonds foam and wood

Carbonic acid activation can also be set at a higher level than in conventional 1K formulations without impairing the usability of the adhesive system, e.g. through premature coagulation.

The benefits of carbonic acid-activated adhesives based on new products from the Dispercoll® C range combined with the products’ labelling-free status opens up new fields of application. And there will be no doubts about water sticking well and fast.

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