Polyester/polyamide copolymer and preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of dispersing agents, and particularly relates to a polyester/polyamide copolymer, and a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
The ceramic ink-jet printing and digital glaze technology grinds inorganic ceramic pigment or inorganic glaze to nano level to prepare ink, and then prints the ink on the surface of the ceramic tile by an ink-jet printer to achieve the aim of decoration. In order to avoid blocking the nozzle during the jet printing process, the D90 ink is generally required to have a particle size of less than 0.9 μm, a narrow particle size distribution and no hard agglomeration. Ceramic pigments and glazes are mostly metal oxides, such as zirconia, titania, alumina, silica and the like, the surface polarity of the ceramic pigments and glazes is high, a large number of hydroxyl groups are easily formed, agglomeration is caused among particles through van der Waals force, hydrogen bonds or chemical bond action, and inorganic powder has high density, is easy to settle and agglomerate and is difficult to deagglomerate.
The hyper-dispersant has an anchoring group which is adsorbed with functional groups on the surface of the inorganic nano powder, and a solvation chain which has good compatibility with a solvent and can provide steric hindrance, plays roles of dispersing powder and preventing agglomeration, is widely applied to ceramic slurry and ceramic glaze formulations, and has great influence on slurry quality and product quality. WO2017140538 reports that a hyperdispersant is prepared by reacting polyethyleneimine with carboxyl-terminated polyester, and the polyester solvation chain of the hyperdispersant plays a role in steric hindrance, so that an oily pigment dispersant with good performance is obtained. However, when the polyester segment is short, the anti-settling effect is not good although the grinding efficiency is high; when the polyester chain segment is longer, the chain segment is easy to fold and coat the anchoring group, so that the grinding efficiency is reduced, and the anchoring chain segment is relatively reduced due to the increase of the polyester solvation chain, so that the dispersant is easy to desorb; in addition, when the molecular weight of the dispersant is large or the dosage is large, the viscosity of an ink system is increased, and the penetration and drying are slow, so that the phenomena of ink discharge, glaze discharge and the like occur in the printing process. The prior dispersing agent is difficult to simultaneously meet the grinding efficiency, the anti-settling effect and the printing performance of ceramic slurry and glaze.
Disclosure of Invention
The object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a polyester/polyamide type copolymer. The copolymer can be used as an inorganic powder solvent system dispersant, and simultaneously meets the requirements of grinding efficiency, anti-settling effect and printing performance of ceramic slurry and glaze.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a process for the preparation of said polyester/polyamide type copolymers.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the use of said polyester/polyamide type copolymers.
The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following technical solutions:
the polyester/polyamide copolymer is prepared by the following raw materials in parts by weight: 83-92 parts of carboxyl-containing polyester, 5-12 parts of amino-terminated polyamide and 3-5 parts of epoxy silane coupling agent;
the carboxyl-containing polyester is prepared from mono-hydroxy acid and benzoic acid or benzoic acid derivatives; the amino-terminated polyamide is prepared from a polyethylene polyamine monomer and a dibasic acid, and both ends of the amino-terminated polyamide contain primary amino;
the benzoic acid derivative is alkylbenzoic acid or alkoxy benzoic acid;
the molecular weight of the carboxyl-containing polyester is 1800-4000;
the ratio of the total moles of carboxyl groups of the carboxyl-containing polyester to the total moles of primary amino groups of the amino-terminated polyamide is 0.95 to 1.05.
Compared with carboxyl-containing polyester prepared by fatty acid, the carboxyl-containing polyester prepared by adopting benzoic acid or benzoic acid derivatives can provide larger steric hindrance effect due to the existence of benzene rings, so that the copolymer can be more favorable for preventing inorganic powder from mutually agglomerating, settling and caking under the same molecular chain length, and a better anti-settling effect is obtained; and because of the rigid structure of the benzene ring, the chain segment is not easy to fold, the coating on the anchoring group can be reduced, and the reduction of the grinding efficiency can not be caused.
The amide group of the polyamide chain segment in the copolymer has strong hydrogen bond interaction with the inorganic powder, thereby being beneficial to accelerating the adsorption of the polyamide chain segment on the surface of the inorganic powder and improving the grinding efficiency.
The epoxy silane coupling agent used in the invention is grafted on the polyamide chain segment through the reaction of the epoxy group and the secondary amino group in the polyethylene polyamine monomer, and the siloxane group can be hydrolyzed to perform coupling reaction with the inorganic powder and is tightly combined on the surface of the inorganic powder, thereby effectively preventing desorption.
Preferably, the mono-hydroxy acid is a mixture of one or more of lactic acid, hydroxycaproic acid, hydroxydecanoic acid, hydroxydodecanoic acid, and hydroxystearic acid.
Preferably, the alkyl benzoic acid is one or more of methyl benzoic acid, ethyl benzoic acid, n-butyl benzoic acid, tert-butyl benzoic acid, hexyl benzoic acid, octyl benzoic acid, decyl benzoic acid, dodecyl benzoic acid, hexadecyl benzoic acid and octadecyl benzoic acid.
Preferably, the alkoxy benzoic acid is one or more of methoxy benzoic acid, ethoxy benzoic acid, butoxy benzoic acid, hexyloxy benzoic acid, octyloxy benzoic acid, decyloxy benzoic acid, dodecyloxy benzoic acid, hexadecyloxy benzoic acid and octadecyloxy benzoic acid.
The polyethylene polyamine monomer generally contains two primary amino groups and at least one secondary amino group, and preferably, the polyethylene polyamine monomer is one or a mixture of two or more of diethylenetriamine, triethylene tetramine and tetraethylene pentamine.
Preferably, the dibasic acid is one or more of oxalic acid, succinic acid and adipic acid.
Preferably, the epoxy silane coupling agent is one or a mixture of two of gamma- (2, 3-epoxypropoxy) propyl trimethoxy silane and gamma- (2, 3-epoxypropoxy) propyl triethoxy silane.
The preparation method of the polyester/polyamide copolymer comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps:
s1, dissolving a polyethylene polyamine monomer in water, dropwise adding a dibasic acid aqueous solution under stirring in an inert atmosphere, heating to 130-140 ℃ after dropwise adding, carrying out heat preservation reaction, and evaporating water; then heating to 170-190 ℃ to enable the system to continue to react in a molten state to obtain amino-terminated polyamide;
s2, adding a mono-hydroxy acid, benzoic acid or a benzoic acid derivative into a reaction kettle, heating to 80-100 ℃ under an inert atmosphere, adding a catalyst when the materials are molten, heating to 160-180 ℃, and reacting to a theoretical acid value to obtain carboxyl-containing polyester;
s3, heating the carboxyl-containing polyester in the step S2 to 58-63 ℃ in an inert atmosphere, and adding the amino-terminated polyamide in the step S1 for reaction; heating to 110-125 ℃, and preserving heat for 2-3 h; then adding epoxy silane coupling agent into the reaction system to react to obtain the polyester/polyamide dispersing agent.
In the step S2, the catalyst is a common catalyst in the polyester synthesis process, and is preferably one or a mixture of more of tetrabutyl titanate, tetraisopropyl titanate, dibutyl tin laurate, p-toluenesulfonic acid and antimony acetate.
The invention adopts polyethylene polyamine monomer to react with dibasic acid to generate polyamide with amino at two ends, then the polyamide reacts with polyester with carboxyl at one end to generate polyester-polyamide-polyester triblock copolymer, and siloxane groups are grafted on the polyamide chain segment. Compared with polyester-polyethyleneimine diblock copolymer dispersing agents, the amide group of the copolymer has stronger hydrogen bond interaction with inorganic powder than an ethyleneimine group, so that the absorption of chain segments on the surface of the inorganic powder is accelerated, the grinding efficiency is improved, the introduced siloxane group can react with the inorganic powder to generate firm chemical bonds, the desorption is effectively prevented, and the dispersion stability is more excellent. The triblock structure of polyester-polyamide-polyester is beneficial to reducing the length of a polyester chain segment and reducing chain segment folding, and the introduced benzene ring structure can provide more excellent steric stabilization effect.
The invention also discloses application of the polyester/polyamide copolymer as an inorganic powder solvent system dispersing agent.
The inorganic powder solvent system comprises toner or glaze, a non-aqueous solvent and the like. Common inorganic powder solvent systems include ceramic inkjet, digital glaze, and the like.
An inorganic powder solvent system containing 4.3 to 6 mass% of the polyester/polyamide type copolymer.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the novel polyester/polyamide copolymer provided by the invention comprises a polyamide chain segment and a polyester chain segment with a benzene ring, wherein an amide group of the polyamide chain segment has a good anchoring effect on inorganic powder, and a grafted siloxane group reacts with the inorganic powder to form a firm chemical bond, so that the dispersion stability and the grinding efficiency are improved; the polyester chain segment is used as a solvating chain, has a steric hindrance effect, can further increase the steric hindrance by introducing a benzene ring, has more excellent agglomeration prevention and sedimentation prevention effects, and can be used as a dispersing agent of an inorganic powder solvent system. When the dispersant is applied to an inorganic powder solvent system, the dispersant has excellent dispersion stability, can improve the printing performance of ceramic ink jet and glaze spraying, and avoids the phenomenon of glaze discharging.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further explained with reference to specific examples, which are not intended to limit the present invention in any way. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and any other changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications which do not depart from the spirit and principle of the present invention should be construed as equivalents and are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention. Unless otherwise indicated, the reagents and methods referred to in the examples are those commonly used in the art.
Preparation of polyester/polyamide type copolymer
The formulations of the carboxyl group-containing polyester and the amino group-terminated polyamide used in the examples and comparative examples are shown in tables 1 to 2, respectively. Table 3 shows the amounts of the raw materials used in the examples and comparative examples.
The polyester/polyamide type copolymers in the examples and comparative examples were prepared according to the following method:
s1, dissolving a polyethylene polyamine monomer in water, introducing nitrogen, slowly dropwise adding a dibasic acid aqueous solution under stirring, after dropwise adding, heating to 130-140 ℃, carrying out heat preservation reaction, and gradually evaporating water in a system; then heating to 170-190 ℃, continuously reacting the system in a molten state, and vacuumizing to remove water at the later stage of the reaction to obtain amino-terminated polyamide; the addition amount of the polyethylene polyamine monomer and the dibasic acid is preferably 2:1 in molar ratio;
s2, adding hydroxy acid, benzoic acid or a benzoic acid derivative into a reaction kettle, introducing nitrogen, heating to 80-100 ℃, adding a catalyst when the materials are molten, heating to 160-180 ℃, reacting to a theoretical acid value, and vacuumizing to remove water at the later stage of the reaction to obtain carboxyl-containing polyester;
s3, heating the carboxyl-containing polyester in the step S2 to 58-63 ℃ under nitrogen, adding the amino-terminated polyamide in the step S1, reacting for 0.5h, heating to 110-125 ℃, and preserving heat for 2-3 h; and then slowly adding an epoxy silane coupling agent into the reaction system to react for 1-1.5 h to obtain the polyester/polyamide dispersing agent.
TABLE 1 formulation of carboxyl group-containing polyesters in examples and comparative examples (unit: g)
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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Example 4
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Lactic acid
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—
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93.12
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—
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—
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—
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—
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5-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
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—
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—
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—
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96.10
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—
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96.60
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11-Hydroxydodecanoic acid
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—
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—
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85.70
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—
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—
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—
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12-Hydroxystearic acid
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88.10
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—
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—
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—
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87.28
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—
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Benzoic acid
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6.00
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—
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—
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—
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6.78
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—
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4-Hexanoic acid
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—
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8.55
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—
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—
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—
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—
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4-dodecyl benzoic acid
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—
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—
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8.42
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—
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—
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—
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4-Octadecyloxybenzoic acid
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—
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—
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—
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8.98
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—
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8.54
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Tetrabutyl titanate
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0.3
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0.3
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0.3
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0.4
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0.3
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0.4
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Theoretical molecular weight of carboxyl group-containing polyester
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1800
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2000
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3000
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4000
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1600
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4200 |
TABLE 2 formulation (unit: g) of amino-terminated polyamides in the examples and comparative examples
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Example 3
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Example 4
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Diethylenetriamine
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5.17
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—
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—
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3.70
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5.35
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3.67
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Triethylene tetramine
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—
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—
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6.57
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—
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—
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—
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Tetraethylenepentamine
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—
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9.00
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Oxalic acid
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—
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—
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—
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2.19
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—
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2.22
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Succinic acid
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—
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—
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3.59
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—
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—
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—
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Adipic acid
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3.73
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3.91
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—
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—
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3.52
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— |
TABLE 3 example and comparative example formulation (unit: g) of polyester/polyamide type copolymer
In addition, a copolymer of comparative example 3 was prepared in the same manner as in example 4 using 92g of the carboxyl group-containing polyester of example 4 and 5g of the amino-terminated polyamide of example 4, without adding an epoxy silane coupling agent.
Performance testing
According to the raw materials and the proportion of the formula 1 in the table 4, the ceramic ink-jet is prepared by using brown red toner, and the ceramic ink-jet is ground for 8 hours by a sand mill. Determination of ink-jet D Using Mastersizer 2000 laser particle size Analyzer90And (4) the particle size. Preparing digital glaze according to the raw materials and the proportion of the formula 2 in the table 4, and measuring the digital glaze D90Grinding time for particle size less than 0.9 μm.
The specific assay methods for the other test items listed in table 5 are as follows: viscosity: measuring the viscosity of the dispersion at 40 ℃ by using a rotary viscometer; centrifugal precipitation rate: centrifuging for 5min under the condition of 3000r/min, and measuring the mass ratio of the precipitate; hard precipitation rate: packaging 100g of the dispersion system in a 100ml bottle, placing the bottle in an oven at 60 ℃ for a week, shaking the bottle up and down for 10 minutes, pouring out the content, and reversing the bottle for 3min to determine the mass ratio of the residual substances in the bottle; and (3) glaze discharging: and sequentially spraying ceramic ink jet and digital glaze prepared according to the formula in the table 4 on the ceramic blank coated with the ground glaze, and observing the spreading condition of the digital glaze on the surface of the ceramic ink jet.
TABLE 4 application formulation
TABLE 5 ceramic inkjet and digital glaze Performance test results
As can be seen from Table 5, the dispersants of examples 1 to 4, the components of the carboxyl group-containing polyester segmentThe molecular weight is 1800-4000, and the prepared ceramic ink-jet D90The grain sizes are all less than 0.9 mu m, the centrifugal precipitation rate is less than 2.6 percent, the hard precipitation rate is less than 0.9 percent, and the anti-precipitation effect is good; prepared digital glaze D90The grinding time is less than 10h when the particle size is less than 0.9 mu m, the centrifugal precipitation rate is less than 3.1 percent, the hard precipitation rate is less than 1.6 percent, the grinding efficiency is high, and the dispersion stability is good. The digital glaze is spread evenly on the ceramic ink-jet surface without glaze discharging phenomenon.
As can be seen from comparative example 1 and example 1, when the molecular weight of the carboxyl-containing polyester segment in the dispersant is less than 1800, the centrifugal precipitation rate and the hard precipitation rate of the inkjet and digital glaze are significantly increased, and the anti-settling property is deteriorated; as can be seen from comparative example 2 and example 4, when the molecular weight of the carboxyl group-containing polyester segment in the dispersant is more than 4000, the inkjet particle diameter becomes large and D is large although the centrifugal precipitation rate and the hard precipitation rate of the inkjet and digital glaze are reduced90The grain diameter is more than 0.9 μm, the grinding time is longer, the grinding efficiency is poor, and the glaze discharging phenomenon occurs when the digital glaze is jet-printed on the ceramic ink-jet surface because the dispersant has larger molecular weight and the drying speed is slower. Therefore, the molecular weight of the carboxyl-containing polyester segment is in a proper range, so that the anti-settling effect of the ink-jet and digital glaze is good, and the grinding efficiency is high.
As can be seen from comparative example 3 and example 4, the hard precipitation rate of inkjet and digital glazes was significantly increased when siloxane groups were not introduced into the dispersant, indicating that the dispersant was easily desorbed during aging without chemical bonds formed by siloxane coupling to cause the toner or glaze to settle.
The applicant declares that the above detailed description is a preferred embodiment described for the convenience of understanding the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, i.e. it does not mean that the present invention must be implemented by means of the above embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that any modification of the present invention, equivalent substitutions of selected materials and additions of auxiliary components, selection of specific modes and the like, which are within the scope and disclosure of the present invention, are contemplated by the present invention.