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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1981
Susan E Hayes, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Waterford, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for stabilizing silanol hydrolysates of organosilanes in an acid medium is described. The method comprises adding a neutralizing agent containing a chelatable metal ion to the silanol hydrolysate in an acid medium to reduce the acidity of the medium; removing solids from the medium; and adding a chelating agent to form a chelate with metal in the medium. In a preferred embodiment, methyltrimethoxysilane is hydrolyzed with an excess of slightly acidic water; calcium carbonate neutralizing agent is added thereto to reduce the acidity of the medium; excess calcium carbonate and other solids in the medium are removed by filtration; and acetylacetone is added as a chelating agent to form a chelate or to interact with the calcium from the calcium carbonate neutralizing agent in the medium. The process of this invention stops haze formation in the products formed by the process of the invention and substantially extends the shelf life of silanol hydrolysates of organolsilanes.