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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J DeVoe, St. Paul, MN (US);
Katherine A Brown-Wensley, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
George V Tiers, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ; C08F / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
522 99 ; 522100 ; 522103 ; 522182 ; 526 93 ; 526103 ; 526280 ; 526284 ; 526256 ; 526259 ; 526268 ; 526279 ; 528 15 ; 528 25 ; 528 27 ; 528 28 ; 528 32 ;
Abstract
A curable composition, the cure of which can be monitored optically, comprises at least one of a hydride curable silicone, an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and a cationically polymerizable monomer, and as cure monitor dibenzofulvene or derivative thereof. The cure monitor is a latent fluorophore which reacts under the cure conditions to form a UV-detectable fluorophore. The invention also provides a method for measuring degree of cure of a polymeric material which can be a coating or an article.