Metal powder-containing compositions

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Inventors

Kageyama, Yoshiteru

Application #

823789

Filed

Jan-29-1986

Published

Jul-14-1987

Current US Class

252/510
252/511
252/512
252/513
252/519.33

International Classes

H01B 001/06

Field of Search

252/512 252/513 252/511 252/510 252/518 252/519

Assignee

Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited (Tokyo, JP)

Examiners

Barr; Josephine L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland & Maier

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Abstract
A metal powder-containing polymer composition selected from the group consisting of [A] polymer compositions each containing a metal powder having an amino compound and a silane coupling agent compound deposited thereon; and [B] compositions each consisting essentially of: (a) powder of a metal having an amino compound or a mixture of an amino compound and a silane coupling agent compound deposited thereon and (b) a thermoplastic resin comprising a carboxyl group-containing thermoplastic resin. The amine compound is exemplified by diamine compounds; the silane coupling agent by aminosilane compounds and vinyl silane compounds; and the polymer by a blend of a maleic anhydride-graftpolymerized polypropylene and polyester, polyamide or polypropylene.
 
Claims
What is claimed is:

1. A metal powder-containing polymer composition consisting essentially of:

(a) powder of a metal having an amino compound or a mixture of an amino compound and a silane coupling agent compound thereon, the mean particle size of the metal powder being in the range of 0.01 to 100 microns, and

(b) a thermoplastic resin comprising a carboxyl group-containing thermoplastic resin, the carboxyl group content of the carboxyl group-containing thermoplastic resin being 0.01 to 15% by weight of the resin.

2. The composition according to claim 1, in which the carboxyl group-containing thermoplastic resin is a copolymer of a monobasic unsaturated carboxylic acid having not more than 10 carbon atoms and at least one double bond.



Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Art

This invention relates to a polymer composition containing modified metal powder. More particularly, it relates to an improvement in anti-oxidizing stability of a metal powder-blended polymer.

A metal powder-blended polymer is provided with the properties peculiar to the metal such as electroconductive or magnetic properties and thus can be applied to a variety of uses utilizing these properties.

2. Prior Art

Conventional metal powder-blended polymer compositions, especially polymer compositions blended with iron or iron alloy powder, are readily oxidized and often rust when practically used because a metal powder is generally more chemically active than metal articles. Such rusting lowers the electroconductive and magnetic properties of a metal, and even a small degree of rusting sometimes lowers the commercial values of products because of poor appearances.

To deal with such problems, methods for improving the anti-oxidizing stability have been proposed. Examples of such methods are a method of covering the surfaces of metal powder with an organic rust-resisting agent (e.g., Publn. Nos. of Unexamined Pat. Applications 63494/76, 8798/78 and 77270/79), a method of using alloy powder (Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 7153/71 Specification), a method of oxidizing and covering the surfaces with dense metal oxide layers (e.g., Publn. No. of Unexamined Patent Application 147502/83), and a method of chromate treatment.
 
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