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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1999
George J. Heeks, Rochester, NY (US);
David J. Gervasi, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Arnold W. Henry, Pittsford, NY (US);
Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a composition comprising a crosslinked product of a liquid composition which comprises (a) a fluorosilicone, (b) a crosslinking agent and (c) a thermal stabilizing agent comprising a reaction product of (i) a cyclic unsaturated-alkyl-group-substituted polyorganosiloxane, (ii) a linear unsaturated-alkyl-group-substituted polyorganosiloxane, and (iii) a metal acetylacetonate or metal oxalate compound. The crosslinked fluorosilicones can be employed as intermediate or outer layers of electrostatographic fuser members, electrostatographic intermediate transfer belt materials and the like. They are useful in applications wherein materials possessing desirable release characteristics, surface energies, electrical characteristics, oil resistance properties, or solvent resistance properties exhibited by fluorosilicone elastomers are desirable. They are also useful in applications wherein fluorosilicones are exposed to high temperatures, since the stabilizing components reduce the generation of toxic effluents such as trifluoropropionaldehyde and formaldehyde, which can form when methyl-methyl crosslinking of the polymer occurs, and increase temperature stability.