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Utilization of Vegetable Oils in Coating
Utilization of Vegetable Oils in Coating
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Abstract
Hintze-Brtining, H. 1993. Utilization of vegetable oils in coatings. Industr. Crops Products 1: 89-99.
Vegetable oils are common raw materials in the coating industry, especially for alkyd resins. These
are in common use, but in many industrial coating systems they became second choice because of
substitutes based on petrochemical raw materials and which provide an improved technological perform-
ance. In architectural coating systems alkyd resins still play an important role because of their benefits
such as the economical balance, an uncomplicated application and an outstanding appearance of the
films. Water-borne and high solids systems as well as alkyd/acrylic-hybrids will increase their market
share for ecological reasons. Apart from alkyd resins, oils are used as reactive diluents e.g. in printing
inks, and fatty acids are used as educts for a series of specialty products in the coating industry, e.g.,
electric insulation systems.
Vegetable oil; Fatty acid; Alkyd; Resin; High solid; Water reducible; Airdrying; Ageing; Coating
I Powder Coatings
0 0
1976 1988 1989 1990
Fig. .. Production statistic for coatings sytems in Germany (former West Germany).
Resin (ALKYD)
Pigmen
dditlves (Thixotropic Agents)
(Thickeners)
(Emulsifiers)
Solvent (Anti Sagging Agents)
(Siccatives)
(Reactive Diluents)
clerical book painting, it developed into a secu- and Holland. Synthetic resins have been
lar art by the influence of the “oriental lacquer development since 1885. In 1930 alkyd resins
art” (brought to Europe by Vasco da Gama, ca. were introduced into the coating industry. This
1599) and reached its climax in 1773 when type of resin is an oil- or fatty acid modified
Jean Felix Watin published his science of polycondensation product of polyols and poly-
“L’Art du peintre, doreur et vernisseur”. carboxylic acids. Due to their versatility, alkyd
The industrial application of coatings was resins may be regarded as a milestone in the
induced by the spreading of vehicle fabrication, industrial application of coatings. Between 1939
particularly coaches, around 1809 in England and 1950 nearly ah the important synthetic resins
x
HO
OH
HO OH
0
Pentaerythrltol Phthalic
Anhydride
OH
Pentaerythritol
fi OH
HO
Alkyd - Segment
Rl = Olelc Acid
such as ureas, acrylics, urethanes, melamines, higher temperatures, and whether it is applied
polyvinylics, unsaturated polyesters and epo- by brushing, rolling, spraying or with bars.
xies were developed. The market share for
alkyd-based coatings in the 1990s has there- Alkyd Resins
fore diminished to ca. 20% (Fig. 1).
The composition of a typical (pigmented) Alkyd resins can be regarded as oil- or fatty
coating is shown in Figure 2. The main portion acid modified condensation polymers as well as
is given by the resin, which is the film-forming oils which are modified by means of polyols and
agent, followed by the pigment and the solvent. polycarboxylic acids. The latter view is more
The latter may consist of a drying oil (e.g. linseed striking because it reflects the historical evolu-
or soybean oil) as reactive diluent, e.g. printing tion of alkyds which became efficient by the
inks, In addition, oils and/or fatty acids are often improved industrial synthesis of phthalic an-
basic raw materials for emulsifiers and addi- hydride (naphthalene oxidation with vana-
tives such as thixotropic agents, thickeners, dium oxide catalysts, BASF 1916) and polyols
siccatives and others. The most important like pentaerythritole (acetaldehyde and forma-
parts of a coating are the resin and its solvent. ldehyde and their precursors ethanol and
They determine whether the coating is water- methanol. Currently ca. 260 006 t/year penta-
borne, whether it is air-drying at ambient or erythritole worldwide, ca. 90% of US produc-
n
H H Co<*Y+ar H 0’
+ o-5” - H o-d . n
+ .o’
heat
Diallylic Moiety Oxygen Hydroperoxlde Alkoxlradlcal Hvdroxlradlcal
of Fatty Acid
V\ H3c--o
“19’“’ Hydroxifunctlonal
Alkyd LJ
A A
n,c,o_J$po,C",
+ K"-ALKYD Acid Catalyst
?? 14,qo_JN~Oo,c”. + won 1
Heat Methanol
0) Lo 0) Lo
&f &I, &i, An,
Fig. 4. Crosslinking of alkyd molecules by autoxidation (curing at ambient temperature) and by transetherification
with melamine resins (curing at elevated temperatures).
tion, is used as alkyd raw material (Indus- most important composition area for coating
trielle Organische Chemie, 1988). The chemis- applications. Curing of the applied coating oc-
try of alkyd synthesis and an idealized struc- curs by crosslinking of alkyd-chains by air-dry-
ture of an alkyd chain segment is shown in ing (autoxidation of fatty acid moieties (Han-
Figure 3. Oils are modified with polyols by cock and Leeves, 1989a-c; Marshall et al.,
transesterification followed by polycondensa- 1987; Vaes, 1988)) and/or by reactions of re-
tion with phthalic anhydride. With fatty acids sidual OH-groups with crosslinkers, e.g.
polyesterification yields the alkyd in a one-step melamines (Fig. 4). The latter mechanism is
synthesis. In practice, both routes may be com- restricted to forced drying conditions (80-
bined which extends the facilities to select from 200°C) and can be combined with the autoxida-
a broad fatty .acid portfolio under economical tion by an appropriate choice of fatty acids. The
and technological aspects. The choice of fatty most important fatty acids and their sources
acids and thereby the degree: of:olefinic unsat- are listed in Table 1. For high air-drying rates
uration (expressed as Jodine value) as well as linoleic acid in combination with conjugated
the amount of fatty acid, used in the alkyd linoleic unsaturation is preferred. Linolenic
synthesis (expressed as oil length = % triglyc- acid and eleostearic acid, which are known to
eride) mainly determine the physical and exhibit excellent autoxidation rates, suffer
chemical features of the alkyd. This is il- from other disadvantages which will be dis-
lustrated in Figure 5, which also shows the cussed later.
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common range
physical
drying
% oil incorporated in a
polyester backbone
Fig. 5. Common range of alkyd features determining the physical (weight % triglyceride) and chemical (Jodine value)
properties of the coating.
TABLE 1
Fatty acid Main source (oil) Structural features Susceptibility to Main field of application
The universal use of alkyds is also proven by al., 1987; Schneider et al., 1970; Seymour et al.,
a broad compatibility with other resins and by 1990). However there are some drawbacks of
the possibilities to modify the OH- and the alkyd-based coatings which are related to in-
olefinic functionality, e.g. styrenated or herent qualities of the fatty acid unsaturation.
urethane-alkyds (Earhart, 1969, Moustafa et The autoxidation is a rather slow curing mech-
Fl Glass Transition Temperature
Autoxidation
25 -
I Mechanical Impact
1
I .
0 I
0 5 Lifetime wears]
Acrylic Dispersion
__.__..__.._Alkyd Coating
Fig. 6. Comparison of the ageing of cured films based on alkyd resins (post-curing) and on acrylic dispersions (erosion).
anism compared with other crosslinking reac- and Fiiner, 1962; Link, 1986; Parmentier, 1988).
tions, e.g. the 2 K urethane formation. In- Environmental demands further oppress the
dustrial coating systems which have to be use of conventional alkyds (which are normally
cured at ambient temperatures must fit the diluted by 3040% mineral spirits or alkylaro-
production cycles to ensure profitability (e.g. matic solvents) in non-industrial applications.
window frame production, car refinishing).
Fast drying systems (2 K isocyanate/polyol-re-
action; acrylic dispersions: fast physical dry- Architectural Coatings
ing) have increasingly displaced alkyds. Coat-
ing systems which are cured by stoving, e.g. Despite the aforementioned drawbacks, some
vehicle OEM coatings, have been the subject of alkyd-based coatings play an important role in
increasing demands concerning the durability architectural applications. These are water-
of the cured films: weatherability, UV-re- borne and higher solids coatings (Ackerman,
sistance. The lifetime of an alkyd-based film is 1991; Chandra, 1990; Larson and Emmons,
restricted by the residual olefinic unsaturation 1983; Kangas and Jones, 1987; Chen and
which leads to further crosslinking. This re- Jones, 1988).
sults in an increasing brittleness of the film
(increasing glass transition temperature)
which promotes crack formation and delami- High Solids Coatings
nation of the film. In Figure 6 this is shown
compared with a film based on an acrylic dis- High solids coatings are defined as lacquers or
persion (Holsworth et al.; Newton, 1986; varnishes with an amount of less than 15% by
Schmid, 1987, 1988, 1990). In non-industrial weight of volatile compounds (normally sol-
applications (painters, do-it-yourself) other au- vents) (Mulvey and Dannemann, 1989; Ro-
toxidation byproducts adversely affect the ac- lando, 1989;, High Solids Alkyds, 1987). Con-
ceptance of alkyd coatings. These are alde- ventional solvent-borne coatings normally
hydes which are formed by oxidation of the contain 30-60 wt % of volatile materials. The
olefinic bounds and which are responsible for technological challenge is to combine this
the strong smell of cured films and for the higher solids content with a viscosity which
yellowing of white films in the dark (Henglein allows brushability, a drying rate that is not
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0 20 40 60 60 100
, 6 Intensity (=Abundance)
I
14
12
10
6 -n Conventional
4
2
0
2 3 4 5 6 7
significantly slower than in conventional coat- of higher molecular weights. Figure 9 also
ings and an appearance of the cured film which shows two factors which rule the number of
fits the conventional standard. The application structural units (correlating with the molecu-
viscosity of ca. 160 mPa s depends on the solids lar weight) in a polycondensation polymer: the
content and of the molecular weight of the degree of educt conversion and the diol/diacid
alkyd (Fig. 7). Therefore, higher solids coatings ratio (Flory, 1936, 1941; Jonason, 1960; Pat-
can only be realized with alkyds of lower ton, 1966). Reduction of the educt conversion
molecular weights. This can be visualized by a would be detrimental to the coating perform-
comparison of the molecular weight distribu- ance. In consequence all known higher solids
tion of a higher solids versus a conventional alkyds are designed as molecules with a high
alkyd (Fig. 8). The higher solids alkyd has a functionality in fatty acids to achieve a high
narrower distribution curve without the area crosslink density per alkyd molecule. This is
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20;. _.
,5___.
Dlol/Dlacld = 1
,*___
5_.__. _. _.
*I-/ ) ,I,,\1
0 02 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 1 1,l 1,21,91,41,51,61,71,81,9 2
(1 - AN/[COOH]) Dlol / Dlacld
Fig. 9. Number of structuralunits of an alkyd as a function of the polyol/diacidratio and of the degree of educt conversion.
realized by high polyol/polyacid ratios and priate fatty acid composition is decisive for the
educts with high functionalities, e.g. dipen- performance of the higher solids coating, espe-
taerythritole (Fig. 10). The choice of the appro- cially the drying rate.
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Maleated Linseed 011 for Watsrsoluble Resins P‘olyethyleneglycol Chalns for Alkyd - Emulsions
fi fCH&,-CO-GLYCEROL ,eo
dW +
-
v_
CH&TO-GLYCEROL
+ NH, -
W8tW
+ NH;
Oh
ALKYD
Fig. 11. Sunthetic approaches to water-reducible reins: (a) gl*afting of maleic anhydride on fatty acid unsaturation; (b)
._
formation of a chromane ring by addition of a resole to a fatty acid.
q + +J + nu-”
‘R ‘n
YethactylicEster MathacrylIcAcid Unseed FattyAcid
=
OF0
l-(1 l-
Fig. 12. Synthetic approaches to water-soluble alkyds: (a) arafting of methacrylic acid on fatty acid unsaturation; (b)
neutralization of incomplete esterified trimellitic anhydrid~.
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