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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1982
David L Garrett, Jr, Southfield, MI (US);
Joseph C Cassatta, Taylor, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A low dosage electron beam radiation polymerizable protective and decorative coating composition or paint with improved weatherability, coated articles bearing such a protective coating and processes for preparing such articles. The radiation polymerizable coating composition comprises an organic resin/monomer mixture of: (A) between about 97 and about 3 weight percent alpha-beta olefinically unsaturated organic resin containing between about 0.5 and about 5 vinyl unsaturation units per 1000 molecular weight of said resin; and (B) between about 3 and about 97 weight percent vinyl monomers polymerizable with said resin upon exposure to radiation, characterized in that said vinyl monomers include N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone in an amount of between about 3 and about 20 weight percent based on the total weight of (A) and (B); and (C) about 0.5 to about 5.0 parts each per 100 parts of the total of said organic resin and said monomer of: