Basf Corporation

Basf Lacke+farben Ag

Clint W Carpenter

Jeffrey S DePue

Lynne G Bemer

Thomas G Savino

Zenon P Czornij

Jon R Hall

Stuart K Scott

Timothy S December

Alan L Steinmetz

S Kendall Scott

William D Hardigan

Glenn E Martin

Jeanne M De Haan

The present invention is directed to a pigment dispersant composition for use with inorganic pigments in coating compositions. The dispersant composition includes a vinyl or acrylic copolymer and a transition metal or rare earth metal salt. The metal salt in combination with the copolymer is useful with inorganic pigment as it lowers the viscosity of the pigment dispersions, thus allowing a higher concentration of pigment in the dispersion and consequently providing dispersions with higher non-volatile content and higher pigment to binder ratios. The presence of the metal salts in the dispersant composition when used with surface coated metal flake pigment provides excellent corrosion reduction of the metal pigment, indicated by the reduction or elimination of hydrogen gassing by the pigment in a coating composition.

Waterborne basecoat with copolymer dispersant composition for inorganic

The present invention is a composition comprising an optically variable pigment modified with metal salt selected from the group consisting of salts of transition metals having atomic numbers 21-28; 39-42, 57 and 72-74; and salts of the lanthanide series of rare earth metals having atomic numbers of from 58 to 71. The invention also includes a method for forming the surface treated pigments and coating compositions containing the pigments.

Pacification of optically variable pigments for use in waterborne

The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of modified copolymers as a pigment dispersant for coating compositions comprising the steps of

Process for the preparation of a modified copolymer as a pigment

The present invention is a composition comprising an optically variable pigment modified with a silane functional compound and a copolymer which is a polymeric backbone having a reactive functionality thereon to react with the silane functional compound. The invention also includes a process for treating the optically variable pigment, and a coating composition containing the treated optically variable pigment.

Passification of optically variable pigment and waterborne coating

A compound that is useful as a dispersant for pigments in waterborne coating compositions, particularly in cathodic electrocoat compositions, is described. The compound comprises an acrylic backbone having a pigment-interactive substituent and a stabilizing substituent. The pigment-interactive substituent has at least one primary amino group. The stabilizing substituent comprises an alkoxy-terminated polyalkylene oxide structure. The dispersant is useful in preparing electrocoat coating compositions.

Pigment dispersants with primary amine functionality suitable for use in

The present invention is a composition comprising an optically variable pigment modified with metal salt selected from the group consisting of salts of transition metals having atomic numbers 21-28; 39-42; 57 and 72-74; and salts of the lanthanide series of rare earth metals having atomic numbers of from 58 to 71. The invention also includes a method for forming the surface treated pigments and coating compositions containing the pigments.

A compound is described that is useful for metal surface modification, particularly aluminum flake pigment surface modification. The compound is a nitro-substituted polymeric composition. The polymeric compound includes a pigment interactive nitro-containing substituent, a hydrophobic substituent and a terminal hydrophilic substituent. A method for surface modification of a metallic flake pigment with the compound and compositions containing the surface modified metallic flake pigment are also described.

Nitro-substituted polymeric corrosion inhibitors for aluminum flake

The present invention is directed to a pigment dispersant for use in coating compositions. The dispersant is the reaction product of a functionalized copolymer, a polyalkylene glycol monoalkyl compound to impart water soluble character to the copolymer, and a compound having a pigment interactive substituent including hydrazine derivatives and oxime containing compounds.

Polymeric pigment dispersants for use in coating compositions

The invention is an aluminum flake pigment particle, surface treated transition metal or rare earth metal salt. The treated pigment particle has been found to be highly useful in water-borne coating compositions having a basic pH. The treated pigment particles experience significantly less hydrogen gassing in a high pH environment, and in water-borne coating compositions than untreated aluminum flake pigment particles. The treated pigment particles are also useful when combined with a pigment dispersant composition to further inhibit corrosion and gassing when the pigments are used in a coating composition.

Aluminum flake pigment treated with metal salts and coatings containing

The invention is a slightly water-soluble, time release corrosion inhibitor compound for treating aluminum flake pigment. The corrosion inhibitor is the reaction product of a water-soluble metal salt including metals selected from the group consisting of yttrium and rare earth metals and an anionic metal salt including transition metal oxo-complexes and soluble salts of silicon and mixtures thereof. The corrosion inhibitor is useful for preventing hydrogen gassing of aluminum pigment particles. The compound is particularly useful for preventing gassing of bare and chromated aluminum pigment particles in aqueous compositions and in water-borne coating compositions having a basic pH. The pigment particles used in combination with the corrosion inhibitors of the present invention experience significantly less hydrogen gassing in a high pH aqueous environment and in water-borne coating compositions having high pH, than aluminum flake pigment particles and coatings without the corrosion inhibitor. The corrosion inhibitor is also effective when combined with a second corrosion inhibitor, such as a water-soluble salt of yttrium or rare earth metal in a coating composition.

Aluminum flake pigment treated with time release corrosion inhibiting

A compound is described that is useful as a dispersant for inorganic pigments and metallic flake pigments in waterborne coatings. The compound comprises a polymeric backbone having a pigment-interactive substituent and a stabilizing substituent. The pigment-interactive substituent has at least one functionality selected from the group consisting of ##STR1## wherein A.sub.1, A.sub.2, A.sub.3, and A.sub.4 are as defined herein. The stabilizing substituent includes the structure ##STR2## wherein D.sub.1, D.sub.2, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, m, and n are as defined herein.

Dispersants for pigments in waterborne coatings compositions

Compounds useful for improving the dispersibility of micaceous particulates in aqueous-based coating compositions comprise urethanes or ureas which are the reaction products of silylalkyl or silylaryl isocyanates with alcohols, amines, polyether alcohols or amine-terminated polyethers. The compounds may also be the reaction products of silylalkyl- or silylarylamines with half-blocked diisocyanates which are themselves the reaction products of a diisocyanate with an alcohol, amine, polyether alcohol or amine-terminated polyether. Micaceous particulates which have been surface modified by reaction with these compounds, as well as coating compositions comprising such surface-modified micaceous particulates, and coated substrates are also disclosed.

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Royal Oak, MI, United States of America

Clint W Carpenter