## Abstract In previous articles, we reported the change in physical properties of hydrophobic polymers caused by absorption of a very small amount of water. This article describes the changes in physical properties of three polyesters owing to absorption of water. The tested polymers were poly(eth
Effect of weathering on physical properties of clearcoats
✍ Scribed by Glöckner, P. ;Ritter, H. ;Osterhold, M. ;Buhk, M. ;Schlesing, W.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 269
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-3146
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✦ Synopsis
Aim of the investigations was to explore the weatherability performance of selected polymer films. The results were correlated with each other, so that measurable changes can be attributed to chemical and/or physical effects. Therefore, polyols with different aromatic content were produced. The resins were crosslinked with melamine-formaldehyde resin (1K system) and polyisocyanurate (2K system), respectively. The analyses resulted after each 100 h accelerated weathering in a period of total 1000 h. Chemical degradation processes were analysed by means of FT-IR spectroscopy. For the physical investigations were used: dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), investigation of the surface topography, contact angle measurements to determine the surface tension, and gloss measurements. The mechanical investigations proved remarkably suited for tracing the changes in properties. Already after a short exposure time these methods yielded information about the weathering behaviour of the investigated clearcoat systems. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Ziel dieser Untersuchungen war es, das Bewitterungsverhalten ausgewa ¨hlter Polymerfilme mit chemischen und physikalischen Methoden zu untersuchen. Die erhaltenen Informationen wurden miteinander korreliert, so daß meßbare Vera ¨nderungen chemischen bzw. physikalischen Ursachen zugeschrieben werden ko ¨nnen. Hierzu wurden Polyole mit unterschiedlichem Aromatengehalt synthetisiert und die Bindemittel mit Melamin-Formaldehydharz (1K-System) bzw. Polyisocyanurat (2K-System) vernetzt. Die Analyse des bewitterungsinduzierten Polymerabbaus erfolgte nach jeweils 100 h beschleunigter Bewitterung in einem Zeitraum von insgesamt 1000 h. Die chemischen Degradationsprozesse wurden mittels FT-IR-Spektroskopie analysiert. Als physikalische Untersuchungen wurden eingesetzt: dynamisch-mechanische Analyse (DMA), Differential-Scanning-Calorimetry (DSC), Aufnahme von Oberfla ¨chentopographien, Messung des Kontaktwinkels zur Bestimmung der Oberfla ¨chenspannung und Glanzmessungen. Die mechanischen Untersuchungsmethoden erwiesen sich fu ¨r die Verfolgung der Eigenschaftsvera ¨nderungen als bemerkenswert geeignet. Schon nach sehr kurzer Exposition lieferten diese Methoden bei den untersuchten Klarlack-Systemen Aussagen u ¨ber deren Bewitterungsverhalten.
Weathering conditions
Accelerated, artificial weathering was performed according to the US standard SAE J 1960 by means of Atlas Weather-Ometersm Ci 65 and Ci 4000, respectively. Some essential parameters are given in Tab. 2.
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