The location of adsorbed water in pigmented epoxy-amine coatings

Pigmentation can exacerbate problematic water uptake into protective paints, leading to detrimental effects such delamination, swelling and plasticization. Potential underlying mechanisms include poor adhesion between the pigment and binder, the formation of hygroscopic interphase regions close to t...

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Published in:Progress in organic coatings 2022-12, Vol.173, p.107223, Article 107223
Main Authors: Morsch, Suzanne, Emad, Seyedgholamreza, Lyon, Stuart B., Gibbon, Simon R., Irwin, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adhesives
AFM-IR
Bisphenol A
Coated particles
Coatings
Enthalpy
Epoxy-amine
Mapping
Moisture effects
Paints
Polymers
Protective coatings
Residual stress
Stress
Thermal analysis
Thermal expansion
Water uptake
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Summary:Pigmentation can exacerbate problematic water uptake into protective paints, leading to detrimental effects such delamination, swelling and plasticization. Potential underlying mechanisms include poor adhesion between the pigment and binder, the formation of hygroscopic interphase regions close to the pigment particles, and internal stress. Here, we demonstrate the use of nanoscale chemical mapping using AFM-IR and nanothermal analysis to investigate the contribution of these mechanisms directly for model coatings based on diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) cross-linked with triethylenetetramine (TETA). Whilst moisture uptake increases in the presence of a microscale silica matting agent, no chemical interphase could be detected close to the wax-coated particles. Instead, nanothermal analysis reveals attenuated thermal expansion of the polymeric binder and raised Tg values, supporting favourable polymer-pigment interaction and an increase in internal stress in the polymeric network. This is confirmed by mapping water distributions directly using AFM-IR, where no accumulation at the intact pigment-polymer interface/interphase is detected. Finally, further evidence is provided by bulk thermal analysis, where increased plasticization and desorption enthalpies demonstrate that water sorption into the bulk polymer binder increases as a function of added pigment volume concentrations. [Display omitted] •Pigmentation of an epoxy-amine binder increases long-term water uptake.•AFM-IR mapping shows no water accumulates at polymer-silica pigment interfaces.•Increased water uptake into the binder is demonstrated using DSC.•Nanothermal analysis supports an internal stress driven mechanism.
ISSN:0300-9440
1873-331X
DOI:10.1016/j.porgcoat.2022.107223