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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1983
Milburn I Knudson, Jr, Gonzales, TX (US);
Frank W Jordan, Jr, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Southern Clay Products, Inc., Gonzales, TX (US);
Abstract
A thixotropic cross-linkable unsaturated polyester composition is provided. The composition comprises an aromatic unsaturated monomer having an amount of an organoclay dispersed therein. The organoclay comprises the reaction product of a smectite type clay and quaternary ammonium compounds. The latter are an admixture of (a) a dimethyl di(hydrogenated tallow) ammonium compound and (b) a dimethyl benzyl(hydrogenated tallow) ammonium compound. The organoclay has a quaternary ammonium compound to clay milliequivalent ratio, by weight, of at least 95, and more generally can be up to at least as high as 140, expressed on a 100% active clay basis. The cross-linkable unsaturated polyester further comprises a liquid unsaturated polyester mixed with the monomer. The amount of organoclay in the monomer and the amount of (a) and (b) are amounts sufficient to produce a cross-linkable polyester composition having a thixotropic index of at least about 2.5, and preferably of at least about 3.0. This invention also provides for the aromatic unsaturated monomer, and for processes for producing the crosslinkable polyester and the aromatic unsaturated monomer.