Journal
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2021.106443
Keywords
Self-stratifying powder coatings; Phase separation; Silicone resin; Epoxy resin; IR spectroscopy; Corrosion and weather protection
Funding
- [19321 BG]
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A melt-based self-stratifying coating system using silicone/epoxy blends was shown to be an effective and environmentally friendly procedure for industrial applications. By adjusting the mass ratio of silicone/epoxy resins and manufacturing processes, different stratification structures can be achieved, leading to varying adhesion and protective properties.
A melt-based self-stratifying coating based on silicone/epoxy blend systems is reported as an easy-to-use, ecofriendly, and industrial favorable procedure. The powder forms of the silicone and epoxy resins were mixed either by dry-blending or co-melt-mixing processing method, and blends were electrostatically applied onto steel sheets and cured. Self-stratification of cured coatings with a thickness of 100 +/- 30 pm occurred and was investigated by an adopted ATR-FTIR method and consolidated SEM-EDX and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Fundamental studies on influencing parameters on phase separation and stratification in coatings such as surface tension, the mass ratio of silicone/epoxy resins, crosslinking reaction, and manufacturing processes were performed and discussed in detail. It is corroborated that the dry-blending of methyl substituent silicone resin with the high and medium molecular weight epoxy resins at a 1/3 mass ratio (silicone/epoxy) leads to a complete stratification structure (Type I), having the silicone phase located on the top of the coating and the epoxy phase towards the steel surface, resulting in good adhesion. 3/1 mass ratio of the silicone/epoxy blends led to the dispersion of epoxy droplets into the silicone matrix (Type IV) and 1/1 mass ratio, showed lateral phase separation morphology. The co-melt-mixing process was yielded the formation of a thin homogenous layer of silicone phase on the top surface of the coating and a mixture of large and small drops of silicone dispersed into the epoxy matrix (Type I-Type III). Finally, the protective properties of the silicone/epoxy self-stratifying coatings with different stratification structures were evaluated.
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