Glass transition temperature coating

Strict control of the fusion process is imperative. In addition to thickness, hardness, continuity and adhesion checks, correct cure may be assessed by differential scanning calorimetry techniques, which are designed to measure any difference in the glass transition temperature of a laboratory-cured powder and the cured coating taken from the factory-coated pipe. 

Next, the two temperature controllers were activated and the sandwich was taken up to 90°C (194°F) for one hour to evaporate the solvents from the liquid Nation 117 catalyst coating. The temperature was then raised to 130°C (266°F) over the next 30 minutes. This is the PEM glass transition temperature. 

Polymer Processing. Polymer films were cast in trimethylsilyl coated glass molds from membrane filtered 15% (w/v) methylene chloride or chloroform solutions. Transparent films were obtained which were dried to constant weight in high vacuum. Rectangular strips or round disks were cut from the films. For compression molding a Carver laboratory press equipped with thermostated, heated platens was used. Polymers were placed in a stainless steel mold and heated to 40 °C above their glass transition temperature. Then a load of 1-2 tons was applied for 5 min. 

Use of NAD microgels with a low glass transition temperature improved the mechanical performance, durability and resistance against blistering of coatings for household and industrial buildings [344,345]. 

In this paper the planarizing properties of some commercially available resins and monomers are evaluated. Other important properties such as etching resistance, film absorbance and glass transition temperature Tg are reported and discussed. Some of the materials that we evaluated are not marketed for use in the microelectronics industry. Consequently, they are not available as filtered spin coating solutions and may contain high levels of metal impurities that adversely affect device performance. 

Polyurethane-acrylic coatings with interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) were synthesized from a two-component polyurethane (PU) and an unsaturated urethane-modified acrylic copolymer. The two-component PU was prepared from hydroxyethylacrylate-butylmethacrylate copolymer with or without reacting with c-caprolactonc and cured with an aliphatic polyisocyanate. The unsaturated acrylic copolymer was made from the same hydroxy-functional acrylic copolymer modified with isocyanatoethyl methacrylate. IPNs were prepared simultaneously from the two-polymer systems at various ratios. The IPNs were characterized by their mechanical properties and glass transition temperatures. 

Based on the needs of certain application, the polymer should demonstrate versatile mechanical properties [e.g., stent coatings require polymers to be elastomeric and microsphere processing require them to have high glass transition temperature (7 )]. 

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