Coating of glass fibres
US4173486A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 1977 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2964
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of coating glass fibres to protect them from deterioration in an alkaline environment such as a Portland cement matrix, in which the glass fibres are coated with a composition containing a water-soluble film-forming material having free aliphatic hydroxyl groups in the molecule, a water-soluble ester formed by reaction of a tri-hydroxy- or di-hydroxy-substituted aromatic carboxylic acid with an alcohol having at least two hydroxyl groups in the molecule, and a cross-linking agent, the composition is cured and dried at elevated temperature so as to cross-link hydroxyl groups of the film-forming material and thereby form a thermoset film coating on the glass fibres which also retains the ester. The ester acts as a protective material to protect the glass fibres from alkaline attack.
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