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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Lloyd Mahlon Robeson, Macungie, PA (US);
David Alan Dubowik, Kempton, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Hybrid polymeric compositions of epoxy resin and vinyl acetate polymer are combined in an aqueous emulsion also containing an emulsifying agent and isophoronediamine as a hardener for the epoxy resin. The emulsion is stable for long periods of time but can be cast and cured at room temperature, providing a one-pot system for the preparation of protective coatings, laminating adhesives, and the like. The vinyl acetate polymer must be emulsion polymerized independently of the epoxy resin and is preferably a copolymer of vinyl acetate with ethylene or n-butyl acrylate. The pot life of these hybrid polymer emulsions containing the epoxy hardening agent is at least one month and frequently as long as a year.