Ultraviolet curable buffer coatings for optical glass fiber based on long chain oxyalkylene diamines
US4609718A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 1985 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G18/8175
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An ultraviolet curing liquid coating composition is provided which, when cured with ultraviolet light in the presence of an appropriate photoinitiator, provides a buffer coating for optical glass fiber having adequate strength at room or expected elevated temperature and stability at such elevated temperature, a high index of refraction above 1.48, and a low tensile modulus which remains low to resist microbending difficulties down to around -60.degree. C. This coating composition consists essentially of a linear acrylate-terminated polyurethane oligomer including urea groups introduced by the presence in the oligomer of the reaction product with isocyanate functionality of about 30% to about 90% by weight of the acrylate-terminated oligomer of a polyoxyalkylene diamine having a molecular weight in the range of from about 1000 to about 8000 in which the alkylene group contains from 2-4 carbon atoms.
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