Waterborne two-component polyurethane coating composition and the latest development direction

Water-based two-part polyurethane coating with water as the dispersion medium, minimizing VOCs emissions, while maintaining the solvent-based two-part polyurethane coating excellent construction process, decorative appearance, physical and aesthetic properties and chemical resistance performance, has become the current paint research hot spot and development direction.
water-based two-component polyurethane coating components
two-component cross-linked water-based polyurethane coating, that is, the coating is divided into two components: one is water-based polyol components;
water-based polyols
according to the colloidal structure of water-based polymers, it can be divided into two categories: one is water-dispersed polyols, the other is emulsion-based polyols

. The preparation of water-based polyurethane polyols can be prepared by traditional water-based polyurethane dispersions, but there should be more hydroxyl in the hydrophosphate group of polymers to meet the reaction requirements of two-part coatings in chemical structure. Common methods are prejudge and acetone.
two-part water-based polyurethane coating and two-group solvent-based polyurethane coating, its polyols have good dispersion, can promote the unmodified, water-repugnant polycyanate curing agent in water stable dispersion. According to the preparation method, the water-based polyol system can be divided into emulsion-type polyols and dispersive polyols.
emulsion-type polyol
the earliest polyol used is emulsion-type polyol, which is a multi-structure acrylic polyol latex obtained through emulsion polymerization. The advantage of its dual-part system is that the relative molecular mass of the polymer is large, the coating film is drying fast at room temperature, and the defect is that it is less dispersed to the unmodified polychyanate curing agent, resulting in a poor appearance of the coating film, and a short application period.
Dissisting polyols
In order to improve the water dispersion of polyol systems to polycyanate curing agents, improve the performance of two-group water-based polyurethane coatings, dispersive polyols can be used, also known as second-generation hydroxyhydroxy resins, there is more research in this area. The polyol resin is first synthesized in an organic solvent, and its molecular structure contains hydroelectonic ionized groups or hydro-hydro-ionized chain segments, and then the resin or solution is dispersed in water to obtain dispersed polyols. It is characterized by low relative molecular mass, small dispersion particle size (Dn s 10 to 200 nm), superior dispersion of curing agents, good appearance of the coating film, excellent comprehensive performance. Depending on the chemical structure, it can be divided into acrylic polyol dispersion, polyurethane polyol dispersion and polyester polyol dispersion.
acrylic polyol dispersion
compared with acrylic polyol latex, acrylic polyol dispersion has a lower relative molecular mass (Mw - 2,000 to 10,000), higher hydroxyl energy, smaller particle size, good dispersion of curing agents, high film crosslinking, with excellent comprehensive properties, but slower film drying speed.
polyurethane polyol dispersant,
polyurethane dispersant itself is a class of high-performance adhesives. It is used to make a two-component water-based coating, the coating film appearance is good, with excellent mechanical properties, chemical resistance and wear resistance. And according to the actual needs, by adjusting the concentration of amino acid to determine the film performance. Most polyurethane dispersions use adipose isocyanate, its color preservation and weather resistance is better than aromatic isocyanate, and the reaction activity with water is also much smaller than aromatic isocyanate. 1, 6 - Heterocyanate (HDI), isofone diocyanate (IPDI) and hydrogenated diphenyl methane diocyanate (H12MDI) are the three most used classes of fatty isocyanates by researchers.
polyester polyol dispersion
polyester polyol dispersion preparation of two-part coating has good fluidity, strong wetting of pigments, coating coating gloss and high advantages. However, the biggest defect of coating film made with such dispersions is poor hydrolysis resistance. This is because the ester bonds of polyester polyols are prone to hydrolysis, which can cause the polymer chain to break, which in turn affects the coating properties. Consideration may be given to twiging acrylic polymers to polyester molecular chains and preparing polyester-acrylic compound polyol dispersions to improve the hydrolytic resistance of polyester chains. The two-component coating of the polyol composite system combines the soft chain segment of polyester with the hard chain segment of acrylic resin, which is conducive to the improvement of film hardness and flexibility.
Water-based two-component polyurethane coatings the latest development direction
nano-hybridization technology
nanoparticles (such as graphene, silver, phosphorus, sodium, silicon, zinc, titanium, etc.) into the water-based two-component polyurethane coating system, can significantly enhance the coating of certain functions, such as heat resistance, corrosion resistance, bacteria resistance, combustion resistance, chemical resistance, corrosion resistance, mechanical strength and so on.
Resin overspending technology
overspending resin presents a three-dimensional molecular structure, compared with the traditional linear structure resin, with super-high-level energy, molecular structure compact, less chain winding and so on, its very high reactivity and good fluidization is very suitable for low temperature baking or normal temperature self-drying water-based two-group polyurethane coating system.
resin hybridization technology
resin hybridization technology is to hybridize different types of resins to produce new resins with the advantages of raw resins to meet a wider range of application needs.
Water-based two-component polyurethane coatings with environmental protection and high-performance characteristics, as the most important environmentally friendly coatings, in the past ten years, whether it is the raw materials update and formulation involved, or the production and construction of coatings, have made great progress, has been widely recognized by the market, environmental protection coatings development trend.
Because of the complex design of water-based coating formula, water-based coating construction is difficult, water-based market size is not yet mature, industry standards have yet to be standardized and other objective reasons, decided that water-based two-group polyurethane coatings still have a long way to go.
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