E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Ding Y Chung

Tapan K Debroy

Allisa Gam

Sioe-Heng A Tjoe

Peter William Uhlianuk

Robert A Tessmer

Craig R Deschner

Kenneth S Kirshenbaum

Robert J Sikora

Donald Albert Paquet, Jr

John Joseph Vincent

/ Tapan Debroy

Lee A Turnquist

An aqueous coating composition having a pH of 6.0&#x2013;10.0 comprises 30% to 70% by weight of film-forming binder and correspondingly 70% to 30% by weight of an aqueous liquid carrier for the binder; wherein the binder comprises

Aqueous coating composition having improved acid etch and mar resistance

This invention is directed to an improved aqueous cathodic electrocoating composition and a method for the electrodeposition of this composition; the composition comprises a cathodic electrodepositable composition comprising a binder of (a) a cathodically electrodepositable film forming resin and (b) a polyisocyanate crosslinking agent blocked with a compound that is non-hazardous and non-air polluting, such as, an alkoxy alkanol or an alkyl alcohol; wherein the improvement comprises the use of 0.1-5.0% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a water miscible amine acid zwitterion additive which is the reaction product of an amine acid and an alkylglycidy ether.

Amine acid zwitterion additive for a cathodic electrocoating composition

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition that contains an anticrater agent which is a reaction product of polyoxyalkylene diamine and glycidoxy alkyl alkoxy silane which is hydrolyzed and has a number average molecular weight of about 700-5,000; electrodeposited finishes are formed that have a significant reduction in craters and are smooth and even finishes.

Anticrater agent compositions for use in cathodic electrocoating

An improved aqueous cathodic electrocoating composition having a binder of an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the incorporation of an anticrater agent which is a polyoxyalkylene diamine having a number average molecular weight of about 700-5,000 by reacting it with the epoxy resin of the epoxy-amine adduct; wherein the amine to epoxy equivalence ratio of amine groups of the polyoxyalkylene diamine to epoxy groups of the epoxy resin of the epoxy amine adduct is within the range of 0.01-0.90 to 1 and the resulting epoxy amine adduct has a number average molecular weight of about 1,500-20,000; where the above molecular weights are determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) using polystyrene as the standard.

Internal anticratering agent for cathodic electrocoating compositions

Cathodic electrocoating compositions containing an anticrater agent

An improved aqueous cathodic electrocoating composition having a binder of an epoxy-amine adduct which is of an epoxy resin that has been reacted with an amine, and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the use of a water soluble electrically conductive polymeric additive of a polyepoxy hydroxy ether resin reacted with a ketimine and optionally up to 60% of the epoxy end groups of the resin reacted with another amine and the resin has an epoxy equivalent weight of about 500-900, a weight average molecular weight of about 1,000-5,000 and an electrical conductivity of about 4,000-8,000 microsiemens to provide an electrocoating composition having improved throw power.

Polymeric additive for cathodic electrocoating compositions for improved

An improved aqueous cathodic electrocoating composition having a binder of an epoxy resin-amine adduct which is an epoxy resin that has been reacted with an amine, and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the use of a multihydric phenol i.e., a phenol having more than two reactive hydroxyl groups along with a dihydric phenol to form the epoxy resin used in the electrocoating composition to provide a composition having improved throw power.

Cathodic electrocoating compositions having improved throw power,

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition having a binder of an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the use of zinc hydroxyphosphite pigment as a corrosion inhibitive pigment and an as a curing catalyst which provides an excellent cure under overbake and underbake conditions and forms a coating with excellent chip resistance and the throwing power of the electrocoating composition is significantly improved.

Cathodic electrodeposition coatings containing zinc hydroxyphosphite

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition that contains an anticrater agent which is a reaction product of poly epoxy hydroxy ether resin, polyoxyalkylene diamine and an amino, glycidyl or isocyanate functional alkyl alkoxy silane having a number average molecular weight of about 1,000-6,000; electrodeposited finishes are formed that have a significant reduction in craters and are smooth and even finishes.

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition having a binder of an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the use of an effective amount of an additive of an alkyl thioester or a polymeric product of an epoxy resin, polyalkylene glycol and a sugar to form an electrocoating composition that has significantly improved throwing power and provides a coating that has the necessary properties such as chip, solvent and corrosion resistance.

Cathodic electrodeposition coatings having an additive for improved

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition having a binder of an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the use of an effective amount of a blend of a zinc containing compound and a lead pigment to form an electrocoating composition that has significantly improved throwing power and provides a coating that has the necessary properties such as chip, solvent and corrosion resistance.

Cathodic electrodeposition coatings having improved throwing power

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition having a binder of an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; wherein the improvement is the use of an antioxidant additive which is a combination of a phenolic antioxidant and a sulfur-containing antioxidant. The additive reduces overbake yellowing of the composition and the intercoat delamination of the composition and the topcoat upon exterior exposure.

Cathodic electrodeposition coatings containing an antioxidant additive

An electrocoating composition containing an epoxy amine adduct which is the reaction product of a polyepoxide resin and an amine, an acrylic amine resin and a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent;

Low temperature coring cathodic electrocoating composition

An electrodepositable cationic electrocoating bath containing a nonaqueous pigment paste containing organic solvent. The use of an organic solvent in the place of an aqueous solvent minimizes or eliminates foaming in the process of making the pigment paste.

Nonaqueous cathodic electrocoat pigment paste

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition that contains a catalyst for a curing the components of the electocoating composition of a blocked polyisocyanate and an epoxy amine adduct, wherein the catalyst is alkyl tin diacetyl acetonate, preferably, dibutol tin diacetyl acetonate.

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Ding Y Chung