Optical fiber coated with an organopolysiloxane curable with actinic rays
US4733942A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31612
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The coated optical fiber of the invention is prepared by providing a coating layer of an ultraviolet-curable organopolysiloxane or a composition comprising the same and irradiating the coating layer with ultraviolet. Specifically, each of the terminal silicon atoms of the organopolysiloxane, which preferably has a linear molecular structure, has two or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups bonded thereto through an oxygen atom, such as CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHCOOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, [CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(CH.sub.3)COOCH.sub.2 ].sub.3 C--CH.sub.2 --and (CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHCOOCH.sub.2).sub.2 C(C.sub.2 H.sub.5)CH.sub.2 --. By virtue of this unique molecular structure of the organopolysiloxane, the coating layer is rapidly cured by ultraviolet irradiation to give a cured coating layer exhibiting very low water absorption and small temperature dependency of the Young's modulus at low temperatures.
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