EP1124647B1 - Polymerisation in situ de polymeres fluores dans des substrats poreux - Google Patents

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EP1124647B1
EP1124647B1 EP99970953A EP99970953A EP1124647B1 EP 1124647 B1 EP1124647 B1 EP 1124647B1 EP 99970953 A EP99970953 A EP 99970953A EP 99970953 A EP99970953 A EP 99970953A EP 1124647 B1 EP1124647 B1 EP 1124647B1
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  • porous materials described may degrade and decay over time by staining, wetting, warping, tearing or wearing. It is desirable to treat porous materials to improve resistance to wear, tear, creep, decay, and degradation by wetting, staining and warping, and to improve durability while maintaining the appearance of the materials.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,962,171 discusses a protective coating composition.
  • the composition is used for painted and unpainted metal, plastic and wood surfaces.
  • the method comprises preparing a mixture of a solution of 20 parts of granular polytetrafluoroethylene in Freon®.
  • the composition is sprayed onto an acrylic painted surface, dried and wiped to form a transparent coating.
  • the use of granular fluoro-compounds is also discussed in Japanese Patent 05318413.
  • the invention involves a method whereby a raw wood material is impregnated with fluorinated microparticles having a diameter of 5 microns and a compound which changes to insoluble cured resin. The compound is cured to fix the microparticles with the resin.
  • the uses and advantages listed in the abstract include use as building materials, woody appearance, contamination resistance, and moisture and water resistance.
  • the invention does not teach polymerization of a fluoro-compound into the wood as the present invention does.
  • filled fluoropolymers are made by physically mixing the fluoropolymer with the filler or by coagulating an aqueous fluoropolymer emulsion on the filler, but such methods have their problems. Adhesion of fluoropolymer to filler can be quite poor, particularly if the fluoropolymer does not wet the filler and penetrate its pores and finer surface features. Fluoropolymer melts can be very stiff, making mixing/dispersion poor and nonuniform. Mechanical mixing can degrade some fillers, for example by breaking fine fibers. It is desirable to polymerize fluoromonomer onto the surface and into the pores of a substrate to achieve intimate fluoropolymer/substrate interpenetration and dispersion with minimal mechanical stress.
  • Disclosed in this invention is a process for preparing a fluoropolymer/substrate composition, comprising:
  • the present invention also discloses a method for in-situ fluoropolymer polymerization into porous substrates.
  • the method produces a fluoropolymer/substrate composition wherein the presence of fluoropolymer adds aesthetic quality to some substrates, enhances some of the porous substrates, or functions as a protective material for other porous substrates.
  • the method used leaves the initiator and the initiator carrier solvent in the substrate during polymerization and uses undiluted monomer or, in its preferred embodiment, gaseous monomer, to penetrate and block all pores to the greatest depth possible.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a method for treating the substrate such that the presence of the fluoropolymer/substrate composition decreases or eliminates penetration of agents that cause degradation so as to increase the substrate's resistance to wetting by oil and water, reduce warping and staining by oil, water, and other common materials, and to improve durability.
  • the fluoropolymer/substrate composition improves resistance to wear, tear, creep and decay.
  • Coating the surface and blocking the pores of a substrate with fluoropolymer prevents or slows degradation by wetting and penetration of the substrate by agents such as water, acids, bases, foodstuffs, and cosmetics, thereby preventing staining, warping, and unwanted chemical or physical property changes in the substrate.
  • the Ultrasuede® /PTFE composition of Example 15 below wets less readily than untreated Ultrasuede®.
  • Coating the surface and blocking the pores of a substrate with fluoropolymer can also slow mechanical degradation by such means as abrasion, creep, or tearing.
  • the polyimide/PTFE composition of Example 8A abraded 8X more slowly than untreated polyimide.
  • the substrate can then be considered as dispersed in the fluoropolymer for the purpose of modifying fluoropolymer properties.
  • These compositions are commonly referred to as "filled fluoropolymers".
  • filled fluoropolymers For example, intimately interpenetrated porous polyimide or aramid particulates can be added to poly(tetrafluoroethylene) to potentially decrease PTFE creep.
  • the fluoromonomer is polymerized both on the surfaces and into the pores of a substrate to achieve intimate fluoropolymer/substrate interpenetration and dispersion.
  • the filled fluoropolymer is prepared with minimal mechanical stress. This process reduces degradation, and thereby, offers a solution to the problem of degradation that occurs with mechanical mixing.
  • porous substrate any solid material penetrated throughout with interconnecting pores of a size such as to allow absorption of liquid initiator solution and monomer.
  • the porous substrates can take any form including microscopic particulates, microscopic fibers, coarse particulates, pulp, fibrids, chunks, blocks, uncompressed, partially or fully compressed parts, sheets, films, membranes, and coatings.
  • Porous substrates are not meant to include materials such as cloth where the only mechanism of fluoropolymer entrainment is gross entrapment between separate fibers rather than subsurface penetration into a substrate's pores. This process works with for example p-aramid fibers, molded polyimide parts, porous polyurethane and leather.
  • the inventive process involves in situ polymerization of fluoromonomer into substrates.
  • Polymerization temperatures range from about 0°C to about 300°C, for non-wood substrates, preferably from about 0°C to about 100°C for all disclosed substrates, most preferably from about 5°C to about 30°C for all disclosed substrates.
  • polymerizations can be run at temperatures up to about 300°C.
  • Polymerization pressures may vary. For gaseous monomers, pressures are generally from about 7 psia to about 500 psia. In the case of liquid monomers, such as 4,5-difluoro-2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dioxole (PDD) or perfluoro (2-methylene-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane) (PMD), the reaction is generally carried out under atmospheric pressure unless copolymers with TFE or other gaseous monomers are desired. In the absence of a pure gaseous monomer phase, oxygen should be excluded and an inert atmosphere, such as nitrogen, provided.
  • PDD 4,5-difluoro-2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dioxole
  • PMD perfluoro (2-methylene-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane)
  • Gaseous monomers include tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), trifluoroethylene, vinylidene fluoride, chlorotrifluoroethylene, hexafluoroisobutylene and perfluoro methyl vinyl ether.
  • Liquid monomers include PDD, PMD and perfluoro propyl vinyl ether. These monomers may be homopolymerized or copolymerized to make compositions known to those skilled in the art.
  • Examples include tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer, tetrafluoroethylene/4,5-difluoro-2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dioxole copolymer, and tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro (2-methylene-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane) copolymer.
  • polymerization often deposits about 0.1 to 10 wt. % PTFE in the substrate at atmospheric pressure. Higher TFE pressures yield higher weight gains. When higher pressures are used, standard barricading must be employed to protect against TFE deflagration and runaway polymerization.
  • the process invention disclosed herein works for most organic initiators commonly used for fluoroolefin polymerizations, including, but not limited to, diacylperoxides, peroxides, azos and peroxydicarbonates.
  • the preferred initiator is DP.
  • DP has a half-life of about 4 hours at 20°C which means that DP lasts long enough for a polymerization run to be set up at room temperature without excessive initiator loss and yet DP still reacts fast enough at room temperature for polymerizations to run to completion fairly quickly.
  • Preferred run times are from about 4 to about 24 hours.
  • the initiator is first synthesized in any solvent that is compatible with fluoroolefin polymerization and the initiator solution then absorbed into the substrate.
  • Suitable solvents comprise chlorofluorocarbons such as Freon® 113 (CFCl 2 CF 2 Cl), hydrofluorocarbons, such as Vertrel® XF (HFC-43-10mee; 2,3-dihydroperfluoropentane) specialty fluid, perfluorocarbons, such as perfluorohexane, perfluoroethers, such as Fluorinert® FC-75 sold by 3M Company, perfluoroamines, such as Fluorinert® FC 40, and perfluorodialkylsulfides, such as CF 3 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 SCF 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 3 .
  • the preferred solvents for DP are Vertrel® XF and Freon® El(CF 3 CF 2 CF 2 OCFHCF 3 ).
  • the preferred initiator solution comprises a solution of DP in Vertrel® XF (CF 3 CFHCFHCF 2 CF 3 ). It is further preferred that the fluoromonomer is tetrafluoroethylene. TFE polymerizes to form PTFE.
  • the porous aramid or polyimide is immersed for about 1 minute in a 0.1 to 0.2 M solution of DP in CF 3 CFHCFHCF 2 CF 3 solvent.
  • the excess solvent is filtered off or is drained from the aramid or polyimide, and the still damp polymer placed in a container with 1 atmosphere pressure of tetrafluoroethylene gas until the substrate has gained preferably 5 to 20% of its weight by polymerization of the tetrafluoroethylene to poly(tetrafluoroethylene).
  • the preferred aramids are poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) (hereinafter “PPD-T”) fibers and poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide)(hereinafter “MPD-I”) in the form of fiber, particles, pulp or fibrids, that are dried or never-dried.
  • PPD-T poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide)
  • MPD-I poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide)
  • a “never-dried aramid” means an aramid coagulated from a solution by contact with a non-solvent (usually an aqueous bath of some sort, such as water or an aqueous solution). When contacted with the non-solvent, the polymer coagulates and most of the solvent is removed from the aramid.
  • the aramid has an open sponge-like structure, which usually contains about 150-200% by weight of the aramid of non-solvent (again, usually water). It is this open sponge-like structure, which has imbibed the non-solvent, which is referred to herein as "never-dried aramid".
  • PPD-T is meant the homopolymer resulting from mole-for-mole polymerization of p-phenylenediamine and terephthaloyl chloride and, also, copolymers resulting from incorporation of small amounts of other aromatic diamine with the p-phenylene diamine and of small amounts of other aromatic diacid chloride with the terephthaloyl chloride.
  • aromatic diamines examples include m-phenylene diamine, 4,4'-diphenyldiamine, 3,3'-diphenyldiamine, 3,4'-diphenyldiamine, 4,4'-oxydiphenyldiamine, 3,3'-oxydiphenyldiamine, 3,4'-oxydiphenyldiamine, 4,4'-sulfonyldiphenyldiamine, 3,3'-sulfonyldiphenyldiamine, 3,4'-sulfonyldiphenyldiamine, and the like.
  • aromatic diacid chlorides examples include 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid chloride, isophthaloyl chloride, 4,4'-oxydibenzoyl chloride, 3,3'-oxydibenzoyl chloride, 3,4'-oxydibenzoyl chloride, 4,4'-sulfonyldibenzoyl chloride, 3,3'-sulfonyldibenzoyl chloride, 3,4'-sulfonyldibenzoyl chloride, 4,4'-dibenzoyl chloride, 3,3'-dibenzoyl chloride, 3,4'-dibenzoyl chloride, and the like.
  • aromatic diamines and other aromatic diacid chlorides can be used in amounts up to as much as about 10 mole percent of the p-phenylene diamine or the terephthaloyl chloride, or perhaps slightly higher, provided only the other diamines and diacid chlorides have no reactive groups which interfere with the polymerization reaction.
  • MPD-I is meant the homopolymer resulting from mole-for-mole polymerization of m-phenylenediamine and isophthaloyl chloride and, also, copolymers resulting from incorporation of small amounts of other aromatic diamine with the m-phenylene diamine and of small amounts of other aromatic diacid chloride with the isophthaloyl chloride.
  • aromatic diamines examples include p-phenylene diamine, 4,4'-diphenyldiamine, 3,3'-diphenyldiamine, 3,4'-diphenyldiamine, 4,4'-oxydiphenyldiamine, 3,3'-oxydiphenyldiamine, 3,4'-oxydiphenyldiamine, 4,4'-sulfonyldiphenyldiamine, 3,3'-sulfonyldiphenyldiamine, 3,4'-sulfonyldiphenyldiamine, and the like.
  • aromatic diacid chlorides examples include 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid chloride, terephthaloyl chloride, 4,4'-oxydibenzoyl chloride, 3,3'-oxydibenzoyl chloride, 3,4'-oxydibenzoyl chloride, 4,4'-sulfonyldibenzoyl chloride, 3,3'-sulfonyldibenzoyl chloride, 3,4'-sulfonyldibenzoyl chloride, 4,4'-dibenzoyl chloride, 3,3'-dibenzoyl chloride, 3,4'-dibenzoyl chloride, and the like.
  • aromatic diamines and other aromatic diacid chlorides can be used in amounts up to as much as about 10 mole percent of the m-phenylene diamine or the isophthaloyl chloride, or perhaps slightly higher, provided only the other diamines and diacid chlorides have no reactive groups which interfere with the polymerization reaction.
  • Substrates specifically exemplified for the present invention include molded polyimide parts, porous polyimide powder (or polyimide particulate), porous para-aramids such as poly(para-phenylene terephthalamide) [PPD-T] in the forms of powder, pulp and/or fiber, and porous meta-aramids, such as poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) [MPD-I] in the forms of powder, fibers or fibrids, porous polyurethane, and leather (pigskin and cowskin).
  • porous polyimide powder or polyimide particulate
  • porous para-aramids such as poly(para-phenylene terephthalamide) [PPD-T] in the forms of powder, pulp and/or fiber
  • porous meta-aramids such as poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) [MPD-I] in the forms of powder, fibers or fibrids, porous polyurethane, and leather (pigskin and cowskin).
  • a saw was used to cut samples of cedar, cherry, oak, pine, poplar, redwood, and walnut into cubes which measured roughly 0.75 inches on a side.
  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • weight gains from TFE polymerized into the wood as PTFE ranged from 14 to 95% as shown in Chart 1 below, wherein the woods are listed in order of decreasing sample weight and density. Most often, the less dense the starting wood, the greater the weight of PTFE deposited into the wood.
  • TABLE 1 PTFE Weight Gains for Different Woods Averaged over 3 Cubes Wood Type Grams TFE Loaded to Autoclave Average Cube Wt. Before Average Cube Wt. After Average Wt.
  • the cubes were soaked a second time for 15 minutes in -15°C 0.16 M DP solution. The average weight of the cubes was 5.7628 g.
  • the cubes were reloaded into the 400 ml autoclave with 25 g of TFE. The autoclave was heated for 4 hours at 40°C. The cubes were recovered, lightly sanded, and dried under pump vacuum overnight. The average weight was brought to 6.383 g.
  • the cubes were soaked a third time in DP, reacted with 25 g TFE in a 400 ml autoclave tube, recovered, lightly sanded, and dried for 3 days at room temperature under pump vacuum.
  • the average weight was brought to 6.4953 g, which was a 71.2% weight gain compared to the start.
  • Chart 3 compares the 600-hour water absorption results for the poplar cubes prepared in part C of this Example to the poplar cubes of part B of this Example. While the poplar cube exposed to three polymerization cycles contained almost twice as much PTFE as the cube exposed to a single polymerization cycle, no difference was detected in the amount of water absorbed after 600 hours.
  • TFE polymerizes in wood at least inches below the wood surface and that, while deposition along the grain may be mildly favored, penetration occurs in other directions as well.
  • the first block measuring 10.8 cm X 2.6 cm X 1.8 cm was cut so that the grain of the wood ran in the 10.8 cm direction. It is referred to hereinafter as the "lengthwise" block.
  • a second block measuring 11.0 cm X 2.7 cm X 1.8 cm was cut so that the grain of the wood ran in the 2.7 cm direction. It is referred to as the "crossgrain” block. It is supposed that if TFE can penetrate wood substrates only along the direction of the grain of the wood, then TFE must travel 5.4 cm to get to the center of the lengthwise block but only 1.35 cm to get to the center of the crossgrain block.
  • the two blocks could thus differ greatly in PTFE weight gain and how any PTFE is distributed spatially.
  • Each block was weighed and then soaked for 1 hour at -15°C in 0.16 M DP in Freon® E1. The blocks were briefly air dried and then transferred to separate 400 ml stainless steel autoclaves. Each tube was charged with 50 g of TFE and heated for four hours at 40°C. The blocks were recovered, lightly sanded to remove loose PTFE from the surface, dried for at least 4 days under pump vacuum, and reweighed.
  • the lengthwise block increased in weight from 17.9 g to 30.3 g for a 69% weight gain.
  • the crossgrain block increased in weight from 16.0 g to 28.7 g for a 79% weight gain.
  • the volume of PTFE picked up per ml of wood was 0.103 ml of PTFE for the crossgrain sample and 0.108 ml for the lengthwise sample. These results are likely the same within experimental error and are not much different from the 0.13 ml of PTFE per ml of wood reported above for the much smaller redwood cubes in Example 1. This experiment provided the first indication that grain direction did not dominate deposition, that PTFE deposition is not limited primarily to the wood surface, and that sample size did not dramatically affect results up to dimensions of several inches.
  • Untreated wood contains no fluorine while PTFE is 76% by weight fluorine.
  • concentration of PTFE in a treated wood sample is proportional to the wood's fluorine content.
  • the crossgrain sample (block 10 of Figure 1) was sawed in half creating two new blocks (blocks 12 and 13 of Figure 1), each measuring roughly 5.5 cm X 2.7 cm X 1.8 cm.
  • the cut wood sample exposed the interior of the original block as two new faces.
  • One of the two new block faces was scanned across its full width with the beam of an electron microscope set to a 50 micron spot size (scans #2 - #7).
  • the electron microscope was operated in energy dispersive mode so as to give an output signal proportional to the fluorine content of the wood. In this way microscopic variations in relative fluorine concentration (y axis) could be plotted across the full width of the wood block (x axis).
  • Scan #3 was in the direction of the wood grain (the 2.7 cm dimension) while scan #6 was perpendicular to the grain (the 1.8 cm direction).
  • the scans showed choppy alternation between areas of high and low fluorine concentration which was attributed to random areas of cellulose, void and PTFE that were crossed by the beam during the scan. While high fluorine concentrations were observed throughout the bulk of the wood, fluorine concentrations were noticeably higher toward the surface of the wood in scans #3 and #6.
  • the redwood "lengthwise block” was cut into three pieces.
  • a piece measuring ⁇ 5.4 cm X 2.6 cm X 0.9 cm and weighing about 4.5 g was digested chemically by heating it to reflux with 10 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid. Additional sulfuric acid was added to reduce the wood to an oily black residue. The carbon responsible for the black color was then burned away by the gradual addition of concentrated nitric acid. The residue was diluted with water, filtered, and dried. A white fibrous PTFE deposit was recovered. The residue accounted for 35.6% of starting sample weight, which was similar to the fluorine levels measured by combustion analysis. At 100X to 20,000X magnification, electron microscopy detected rod shaped structures 20 ⁇ -60 ⁇ across and of indefinite length.
  • the rods showed a spongy fine structure. Such spongy morphology is often seen when TFE is polymerized in the gas phase. Perhaps the void spaces in wood function as microscopic gas phase polymerization reactors for TFE. In this invention, the polymerization appears to have filled the pores in the wood substrates with spongy PTFE deposits rather than having deposited the PTFE as a conformal coating on the walls of the pores.
  • the TFE must travel 6.05 cm to get to the center of the lengthwise block but only 1.25 cm to get to the center of the crossgrain block.
  • the two blocks could thus differ greatly in PTFE weight gain and how any PTFE is distributed spatially.
  • Each block was weighed and then soaked for 1 hour at -15°C in 0.16 M DP in Freon® E1.
  • the blocks were briefly air dried and then transferred to separate 400 ml stainless steel autoclaves.
  • Each tube was charged with 25 g of TFE and heated for four hours at 40°C.
  • the blocks were recovered, lightly sanded to remove loose PTFE from the surface, dried for at least 4 days under pump vacuum, and reweighed.
  • the lengthwise block increased in weight from 44.36 to 47.98 g for an 8.1 % weight gain.
  • the crossgrain block increased in weight from 42.54 g to 49.81 g, or a 17.1 % weight gain.
  • the crossgrain sample picked up 0.05 ml of PTFE/ml of oak and the lengthwise sample picked up 0.03 ml of PTFE/ml of oak. This compares to 0.048 ml of PTFE per ml of oak in the case of the 0.75" oak cubes of Example 1.
  • the ⁇ 2X greater deposition of PTFE in the crossgrain block suggested a mild preference for penetration in the direction along the wood's conductive tissues by which food and nutrients travel.
  • Scans #19, #20, and #21 shown in Figure 3 were in the direction of the wood grain (the 2.5 cm dimension) while scans #22, #23 and #24 were perpendicular to the grain (the 1.9 cm direction). All six scans showed choppy alternation between areas of high and low fluorine concentration which was attributed to the random crossing of areas of cellulose, void, and PTFE by the electron microscope beam. High PTFE concentrations occurred throughout the wood and were not clustered near the surface.
  • a 3.8 cm X 8.6 cm rectangle was cut from each of the six types of wood in a package of Band-it® Real Wood Variety Veneer (Cloverdale Company, Inc., P. O. Box 400, Cloverdale, VA 24077). While the exact identities of the woods were unknown, their visual appearance suggested common woods such as walnut, pine, maple, and redwood. All six rectangles were notched so as to enable later identification and weighed and then soaked for one hour at -15°C in 0.175 M DP in Freon® E1. The strips were briefly air dried and loaded into a pre-chilled 400 ml autoclave along with 50 g tetrafluoroethylene gas.
  • a 30 mm X 40 mm rectangle was cut from each of the six types of wood in a package of Band-it® Real Wood Variety Veneer (Cloverdale Company, Inc., P. O. Box 400, Cloverdale, VA 24077). While the exact identities of the woods were unknown, their visual appearance suggested common woods such as walnut, pine, maple, and redwood. All six rectangles were notched so as to enable later identification and weighed.
  • the strips were soaked for one hour at -15°C in 0.165 M DP in CF 3 CFHCFHCF 2 CF 3 , briefly air dried, loaded into a 20.3 cm X 25.4 cm zip lock polyethylene bag (Brandywine Bag Co., part number 301630) equipped with a polypropylene gas inlet valve, and the bag was clamped shut.
  • the bag was taped to a rectangular wire frame attached in turn to an ordinary laboratory stirrer motor.
  • the bag was evacuated/purged three with N 2 and two times with TFE and then inflated loosely with TFE gas.
  • the bag and its contents were slowly tumbled using the stirrer motor mounted in a horizontal position.
  • the wood strips were unchanged in visual appearance.
  • the strips were devolatilized for 72 hours under pump vacuum and reweighed.
  • the strips had a weight gains of 0.9 wt % to 7 wt % as shown in Chart 5, column 2.
  • Drops of water were placed on the wood and advancing contact angles measured about 10 minutes later. Advancing contact angles were uniformly high, 120° to 127° (Chart 5, column 3), indicative of PTFE at the surface.
  • the behavior of the untreated control samples containing no polymerized PTFE was markedly different. While reasonably high contact angles of 90 to 122° were observed for the untreated control wood samples initially (Chart 5, column 5), these contact angles could be observed only briefly because the water droplets started to spread out over the surface after only about 15 seconds to 2 minutes (Chart 5, column 6).
  • the PTFE treated and the control samples were next submerged in water at room temperature and then air dried to observe what effect the PTFE treatment had on warpage.
  • TFE polymerized into the wood makes the wood harder to wet by oil and water, less subject to staining by oil and water, and less subject to warpage when wetted and then dried.
  • a jar was chilled to about -15°C and 25 ml of PMD and 2 ml of ⁇ 0.16 M DP in CF 3 CF 2 CFHCFHCF 3 solvent were added.
  • a cube of redwood ⁇ 1.9 cm on a side weighing 2.46 g was immersed in the solution contained in the jar for about 1 hour at -15°C.
  • the redwood cube was removed, allowed to drain and then transferred to a 20.32 cm X 25.4 cm zip lock polyethylene bag (Brandywine Bag Co., part number 301630) equipped with a polypropylene gas inlet valve. The bag was clamped shut, inflated and evacuated 3 times with nitrogen, and allowed to sit over the weekend.
  • the cube was removed and a few pieces of white polymer rubbed off its surface with a spatula. After devolatilizing for 9 days under pump vacuum at room temperature, the cube weighed 4.45 g for a 81% weight gain. One side of the cube was lightly sanded revealing an attractive brown surface slightly darker in appearance. A drop of water placed on the surface remained there for about two hours until it evaporated. A drop of water placed on an untreated redwood cube wet the surface within a minute and took about 30 minutes to soak into the cube, having spread out into a visibly large wet area on the cube.
  • a cube of redwood, ⁇ 1.9 cm on a side and weighing 2.27 g was immersed in the PMD/DP solution left over from part A of this Example for 1 hour at -15°C.
  • the redwood cube was removed, allowed to drain and then transferred to a 20.32 cm X 25.4 cm zip lock polyethylene bag (Brandywine Bag Co., part number 301630) equipped with a polypropylene gas inlet valve.
  • the bag was clamped shut, inflated and evacuated three times with nitrogen, inflated and evacuated three times with TFE, loosely inflated with TFE, and allowed to sit over a three days.
  • the cube was removed along with 2.9 g of PTFE.
  • Lumber is most often cut with the wood grain running lengthwise. For monomer and initiator to thoroughly penetrate a long board, much of this penetration must either occur perpendicular to the wood grain or else monomer and initiator must be able to enter at the ends and travel rapidly down the wood grain. The experiments below show that significant penetration and PTFE deposition occurs perpendicular to the wood grain.
  • Block A measuring ⁇ 7.0 X 2.6 X 1.9 cm and weighing 16.1 g
  • Block B measuring ⁇ 7.4 X 2.6 X 1.9 cm and weighing 17.2 g.
  • Epoxy-Patch® cement Hydrophilic Adhesives, The Dexter Corporation, Seabrook, NH
  • 2.6 X 1.9 cm patches of aluminum foil Reynolds Wrap®, Reynolds Metal Company, Richmond, Virginia
  • Blocks A and B were immersed for 1 hour at -15°C in ⁇ 0.16 M DP in CF 3 CF 2 CF 2 OCFHCF 3 solvent.
  • the blocks were removed, briefly drained, chilled on dry ice, and loaded into a chilled (less than -20°C) 400 ml autoclave.
  • the autoclave was evacuated and loaded with 50 g of TFE. After four hours at 40°C, the wood blocks were recovered, trace loose PTFE wiped off the surface with a tissue, and the blocks were dried under pump vacuum for 3 days.
  • Polyimide resin powder used in the following Examples 1, 2 and 3 was prepared from pyromellitic dianhydride and 4,4'-oxydianiline, according to the procedures of U.S. Patent No. 3,179,614 or U.S. Patent No. 4,622,384. Polyimide powder samples weighing 2.1 to 2.5 g were cold pressed at room temperature into tensile bars. These tensile bars were dogbone shaped, measuring 90 mm long by 5 mm to 10 mm wide.
  • test bars were recovered from a large volume of white PTFE fluff, using a tissue to wipe loose white PTFE off the surface. After 12 days of devolatilization under pump vacuum, the bars were analyzed for fluorine content by combustion analysis with the results shown in Table 8 below. TABLE 8 Bar Fluorine by Combustion Analysis 10K 13.97wt%F 50K 0.93 wt % F 100K 0.51 wt % F The fluorine contents are higher than observed when the TFE polymerization was run at atmospheric pressure in section B immediately above.
  • Groups of four to eight 20K, 30K, and 40K bars were soaked at -15°C in 20 to 30 ml of initiator solution, ⁇ 0.16 M DP 1 in Vertrel® XF solvent (CF 3 CFHCFHCF 2 CF 3 ). After 60 minutes, the bars were pulled from the initiator solution allowing excess initiator to drain away and then loaded into a 6 X 9" ziplock polyethylene bag equipped with a gas inlet valve. The bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and then 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). The bag was inflated with TFE and allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. The next morning the test bars were recovered, loose white PTFE powder wiped off the surface, and dried in a 75°C vacuum oven.
  • Vertrel® XF solvent CF 3 CFHCFHCF 2 CF 3
  • the bag was inflated and then evacuated 3X with N 2 and 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE).
  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • the bag was inflated a final time with TFE and polymerization allowed to run until about half the TFE had been reacted as judged by visible deflation of the bag. This took about 72 minutes.
  • the surface of the polyimide powder remained yellow indicating that the bulk of the PTFE polymerization was occurring within the pores of the particles rather than on the surface.
  • the recovered polyimide powder weighed 19.33 g upon removal from the bag, 16.48 g after 147 minutes in a 75°C vacuum oven, and 16.38 g after continuing another -70 hours in the 75°C vacuum oven.
  • Weight gain was 0.79 g or 5.1% relative to the weight of the starting polyimide powder.
  • Combustion analysis on the product found 6.34 wt % fluorine. Finding 6.34 wt % fluorine versus a 5.1 wt % gain overall is, as observed with the test bars above, consistent with starting with a raw polyimide powder that had not been devolatilized.
  • the polyimide/PTFE composite made in this experiment was tested for resistance to wear using the method described in U.S. Patent No. 5,789,523, column 4, line 51.
  • the powder was compressed at 100,000 psi into a disk 1" in diameter by about 0.25" thick. This disk was then heated to 405°C for three hours. After cooling to room temperature, the parts were machined to final dimensions for test specimens.
  • the 0.25" (6.35 mm wide) contact surface of the wear/friction disk was machined to such a curvature that it conformed to the outer circumference of the 1.375" (34.9 mm) diameter X 0.375" (9.5 mm) wide metal mating ring.
  • the disks were oven dried and maintained dry over desiccant until tested.
  • Wear volume ( cc / hr ) Weight Lost ( grams ) Material density ( grams / cc ) ⁇ Test duration ( hours )
  • Wear volume of the polyimide/PTFE sample was at least 8X less than for a polyimide sample free of PTFE.
  • the bag was purged of air by inflating and evacuating the bag 3X with N 2 and 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). Polymerization was started by inflating the bag with TFE and allowing polymerization to deflate the bag over about a 2 hour period. The still yellow polyimide powder was dried overnight in an 88°C vacuum oven. Combustion analysis on the product found 14.15 wt % fluorine.
  • the bag was purged of air by inflating and evacuating the bag 3X with N 2 and 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). Polymerization was started by repeatedly inflating the bag with TFE and allowing polymerization to deflate the bag twice, the defilations taking 40 minutes and overnight respectively. The still yellow polyimide powder was dried for -4 days in a 75°C vacuum oven. Combustion analysis on the product found 19.93 wt % fluorine.
  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • the bag was purged of air by repeatedly inflating and evacuating the bag 3X with N 2 and 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). Polymerization was started by repeatedly inflating the bag with TFE and allowing polymerization to deflate the bag three times, the defilations taking 55, 50, and 130 minutes respectively.
  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • the still yellow polyimide powder was dried overnight ( ⁇ 17 hrs) in a 75°C vacuum oven. Combustion analysis on the product found 23.99 wt % fluorine.
  • the bag was purged of air by inflating and evacuating the bag 3X with N 2 and 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). Polymerization was started by repeatedly inflating the bag with TFE and allowing polymerization to deflate the bag four times, the defilations taking 21, 23, 23, and 42 minutes respectively. The still yellow polyimide powder was dried overnight ( ⁇ 19 hrs) in a 75°C vacuum oven. Combustion analysis on the product found 27.77 wt % fluorine.
  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • a round-bottomed flask chilled to ⁇ 0°C was loaded with 16.6 g of polyimide powder, 40 ml of Vertrel® XF, and 10 ml of ⁇ 0.16 M DP in Vertrel® XF. Excess solvent was rapidly pulled off first using a rotary evaporator and then a pump so as to keep the reaction mixture cold by evaporative cooling.
  • the polyimide powder, now impregnated with DP was loaded into a 6 X 9" ziplock polyethylene bag equipped with a gas inlet valve. The bag was purged of air by inflating and evacuating the bag 3X with N 2 and 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE).
  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • Polymerization was started by repeatedly inflating the bag with TFE and allowing polymerization to deflate the bag over an afternoon and then overnight. The next morning the polyimide powder was recovered. After three days of devolatilization under pump vacuum, combustion analysis on the product found 37.94 wt % fluorine.
  • a 400-ml stainless steel autoclave was loaded first with 15.05 g of polyimide powder and then with a 100-g layer of dry ice on top. Five ml of ⁇ 0.16 M DP in Vertrel® XF was poured over the dry ice. The autoclave was sealed and its contents shaken without any provision for additional cooling. As soon as the contents of the autoclave reached 0°C, the CO 2 was vented. The polyimide powder was recovered and chilled on dry ice until it could be transferred to a 6 X 9" ziplock polyethylene bag equipped with a gas inlet valve. The bag was inflated and evacuated 3X with N 2 and 3X with tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). The bag was inflated a final time with TFE.
  • TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • Polymerization was allowed to run 132 minutes until about a quarter of the TFE had been reacted as judged from deflation of the bag. Drying for 21 hours in a 75°C vacuum oven gave 13.69 g of polyimide powder that analyzed for 2.49 wt % fluorine by combustion analysis.
  • Porous poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particulates were prepared by adding poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) precipitate as made in N-methylpyrrolidinone/CaCl 2 to water, filtering, rinsing with water, and sucking dry on the filter. A 25.6 g sample of these poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particulates was soaked in 30 ml of 0.18 M HFPO dimer peroxide in Vertrel® XF at -15°C. After 15 minutes, the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) was separated by vacuum filtration, stopping filtration as soon as the liquid flow seemed near an end.
  • the bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE.
  • the bag was inflated a final time with TFE and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature. Over the next several hours the bag was reinflated four times with TFE.
  • the contents of the bag were shaken and/or squeezed lightly with finger pressure to break up nascent lumps.
  • the polymerization was allowed to continue overnight at room temperature. The next morning the contents of the bag were poured out, avoiding as much as possible entrainment of white PTFE deposits attached to the walls of the bag.
  • the product consisting largely of yellow granules plus a few white PTFE flakes from the wall of the bag, weighed 32.9 g for a weight gain of 28%. Taking just the yellow granules, combustion analysis found 15.70 wt % fluorine.
  • Porous poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particulates were prepared by adding poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) precipitate as made in N-methylpyrrolidinone/CaCl 2 to water, filtering, rinsing with water, and sucking dry on the filter. These particulates were then dried overnight in a 150°C vacuum oven. A 36 mL sample of ⁇ 0.17 M HFPO dimer in Vertrel® XF at -15°C was added to 360 ml of room temperature Vertrel® XF with swirling for ⁇ 1 minute. This initiator solution was then added immediately to 218.1 g of dried poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) in a large crystallizing dish.
  • the contents of the crystallizing dish were worked for 1 minute with a spatula.
  • the resulting poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) slurry was filtered using a Buchner funnel, the vaccuum being applied for ⁇ 1 minute so as to leave the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) still damp with initiator solution (weight 295 g).
  • the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) was transferred to a 8 X 10" ziplock polyethylene bag equipped with a gas inlet valve.
  • the bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE.
  • the bag was inflated a final time with TFE to a height of ⁇ 3.5 inches and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature.
  • the bag As TFE polymerization proceeded the bag periodically deflated to a near vacuum and was then reinflated with TFE gas first 10 and again 18 minutes into the run. Throughout the run, the bag was noticeably warm to the touch. After the last deflation, 28 minutes into the run, the contents of the bag were transferred back to a large crystallizing dish. Residual volatiles were removed by first putting under pump vacuum overnight and then in a 150°C vacuum oven overnight. The product consisting largely of yellow granules, weighed 227.8 g for a weight gain of 4.4% and combustion analysis found 4.16 wt % fluorine or 5 wt % PTFE in reasonable agreement with the measured weight gain.
  • Porous poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particulates were prepared by adding poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) precipitate as made in N-methylpyrrolidinone/CaCl 2 to water, filtering, rinsing with water, and sucking dry on the filter. These particulates were then dried overnight in a 150°C vacuum oven. A 36 mL sample of ⁇ 0.17 M HFPO dimer in Vertrel® XF at -15°C was added to 360 ml of room temperature Vertrel® XF with swirling. This initiator solution was then added immediately to 218 g of dried poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) in a large crystallizing dish.
  • the resulting poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) slurry was filtered using a Buchner funnel, the vacuum being applied for only 50 seconds so as to leave the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) still damp with initiator solution.
  • the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) was transferred to an 8 X 10" ziplock polyethylene bag equipped with a gas inlet valve. The bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE. The bag was inflated a final time with TFE and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature.
  • the bag As TFE polymerization proceeded the bag periodically deflated to a near vacuum and was then reinflated -2 to 3" tall with TFE gas 8, 14, 25, 37, 46, 62, and 80 minutes into the run. During much of the run, the bag was noticeably warm to the touch. After the last deflation, 98 minutes into the run, the contents of the bag were transferred back to a large crystallizing dish. Residual volatiles were removed by first putting under pump vacuum overnight and then in a 150°C vacuum oven overnight. The product consisting largely of yellow granules, weighed 244 g for a weight gain of 12% and combustion analysis found 8.40 wt % fluorine or 11 wt % PTFE in reasonable agreement with the measured weight gain.
  • Porous poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particulates were prepared by adding poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) precipitate as made in N-methylpyrrolidinone/CaCl 2 to water, filtering, rinsing with water, and sucking dry on the filter. These particulates were then dried overnight in a 150°C vacuum oven. A 36 mL sample of ⁇ 0.17 M HFPO dimer in Vertrel® XF at -15°C was added to 360 ml of room temperature Vertrel® XF with swirling. This initiator solution was then added immediately to 217 g of dried poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) in a large crystallizing dish.
  • the resulting poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) slurry was filtered using a Buchner funnel, the vacuum being applied for only 50 seconds so as to leave the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) still damp with initiator solution.
  • the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) was transferred to a 8 X 10" ziplock polyethylene bag equipped with a gas inlet valve. The bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE. The bag was inflated a final time with TFE and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature.
  • the bag As TFE polymerization proceeded the bag periodically deflated to a near vacuum and was then reinflated -2 to 4" tall with TFE gas 9, 18, 27, 40, 50, 57, 67, 81, 97, 110, 133, 161, 199, and 250 minutes into the run. During much of the run, the bag was noticeably warm to the touch. After the last deflation, 303 minutes into the run, the contents of the bag were transferred back to a large crystallizing dish. Residual volatiles were removed by first putting under pump vacuum overnight and then in a 150°C vacuum oven for 73 hours. The product consisting largely of yellow granules, weighed 261 g for a weight gain of 20% and combustion analysis found 12.33 wt % fluorine or 16 wt % PTFE in rough agreement with the measured weight gain.
  • the cold DP solution was drained through the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) as rapidly as possible while low pressure nitrogen was applied to the top of the column towards the end for the purpose of expelling most unabsorbed fluid. In this operation the nitrogen flow was stopped before drying out of the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particulates occurred.
  • the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) having DP initiator in its pores was chilled on dry ice and transferred to a 400 ml autoclave pre-chilled to less than -20°C. The autoclave was evacuated and 25 g of TFE was added, raising pressure to -78 psi at -43°C.
  • the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) weighed 38.3 g.
  • the appearance of the composition after recovery was a mix of free flowing particulates and agglomerated particulates, and was cream colored.
  • the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) was yellow in color prior to TFE polymerization. Examination by optical microscopy under cross polarizers showed bright, irregularly-shaped poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particles with dark PTFE deposits filling most of the pores. Little PTFE was visible at the surface of the poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) particles. Most often, the dark PTFE areas were 50 microns to 200 microns in diameter. Combustion analysis of one of the agglomerated chunks showed 57.1 % fluorine by weight.
  • Porous poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) [MPD-I] particulates were prepared by precipitating MPD-I solution (in dimethylacetamide/CaCl 2 ) in water, washing with water and drying in vacuum at 100°C. A 4.83 g sample of these poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) particulates was soaked at -15°C in 40 ml of CF 2 ClCCl 2 F containing 1.0 ml 0.16 M HFPO dimer peroxide in Vertrel® XF. After 15 minutes, the poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) was separated by vacuum filtration, stopping filtration as soon as the liquid flow seemed near an end.
  • the bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE.
  • the bag was inflated a final time with TFE and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature. Most of the TFE reacted over the next 2.5 hours as seen in the near total deflation of the bag.
  • the contents of the bag were poured out. After -64 hours under pump vacuum, the product weighed 7.50 g (153% of starting weight) and consisted largely of white lumps not much different in visual appearance than at the start. Combustion analysis found 12.8 wt % fluorine.
  • Porous poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) [MPD-I] particulates were prepared by precipitating MPD-I solution (in dimethylacetamide/CaCl 2 ) in water, washing with water and drying in vacuum at 100°C.. A 6.5 g sample of these poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) particulates was soaked at -15°C in 50 ml of 0.18 M HFPO dimer peroxide in Vertrel® XF. After 15 minutes, the poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) was separated by vacuum filtration, stopping filtration as soon as the liquid flow seemed near an end.
  • the bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE.
  • the bag was inflated a final time with TFE and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature. Over the next 3 hours the bag deflated and was refilled with TFE five times.
  • the contents of the bag were poured out. After four days under pump vacuum, the product weighed 20.5 g (315 % of starting weight) and consisted largely of white lumps not much different in visual appearance than at the start. Combustion analysis found 48.7 wt % fluorine.
  • Porous [poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide)] fibrids were prepared by precipitating MPD-I solution (in dimethylacetamide/CaCl 2 ) in water under shear, washing with water and drying in vacuum at 100°C.
  • a 6.52 g sample of these poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) fibrids was soaked at -15°C in 40 ml of CF 2 ClCCl 2 F containing 1.0 ml 0.16 M HFPO dimer peroxide in Vertrel® XF. After 15 minutes, the poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) was separated by vacuum filtration, stopping filtration as soon as the liquid flow seemed near an end.
  • the bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE.
  • the bag was inflated a final time with TFE and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature. Most of the TFE reacted over the next 1.5 hours as seen in the near total deflation of the bag.
  • the contents of the bag were poured out. After a weekend under pump vacuum, the product weighed 9.84 g (151% of starting weight) and consisted largely of flat white clumps of fibrids not much different in visual appearance than at the start. Combustion analysis found 40.5 wt % fluorine.
  • Porous poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) [MPD-I] particulates were prepared by precipitating MPD-I solution (in dimethylacetamide/CaCl 2 ) in water, washing with water and drying in vacuum at 100°C. A 6.5 g sample of these poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) particulates was soaked at -15°C in 50 ml of 0.18 M HFPO dimer peroxide in Vertrel® XF. After 15 minutes, the poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) was separated by vacuum filtration, stopping filtration as soon as the liquid flow seemed near an end.
  • the bag was evacuated and filled 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE.
  • the bag was inflated a final time with TFE and the polymerization allowed to run at room temperature. Over the next 3 hours the bag deflated and was refilled with TFE five times.
  • the contents of the bag were poured out. After four days under pump vacuum, the product weighed 18.1 g (278% of starting weight) and consisted largely of flat white clumps of particulates not much different in visual appearance than at the start. Combustion analysis found 55.3 wt % fluorine.
  • a rectangular sample of blue Ultrasuede® (a leather mimic believed to be a foamed polyurethane) weighing 2.1 g and measuring 7.6 cm X 8.2 cm X 0.09 cm thick, was immersed in a ⁇ 0.16 M solution of DP in Vertrel® XF maintained at -15°C. After 15 minutes, the Ultrasuede® was removed from the initiator solution and excess fluid allowed to drain for five or 10 seconds. The Ultrasuede® still wet with absorbed initiator was transferred to a 6 X 9" ziplock polyethylene bag provided with a gas inlet valve. The bag was sealed, evacuated and inflated 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE. The bag was inflated a fourth time with TFE.
  • the leather samples still wet with absorbed initiator were transferred to a 6 X 9" ziplock polyethylene bag provided with a gas inlet valve.
  • the bag was sealed, evacuated and inflated 3X with N 2 and 3X with TFE.
  • the bag was inflated a fourth time and the bag and its contents tumbled overnight at room temperature.
  • the leather samples were devolatilized to constant weight under pump vacuum.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne la polymérisation in situ de polymères fluorés dans des substrats poreux, afin d'améliorer la résistance à l'usure, au déchirement et au fluage, à la désagrégation, et à la dégradation par mouillage, souillure et ourdissage, et d'améliorer la durabilité tout en maintenant l'aspect du substrat.

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  1. Procédé de préparation d'une composition fluoropolymère/substrat, comprenant:
    dans le cas d'un fluoromonomère gazeux
    (a) la mise en contact d'un substrat poreux avec une solution comprenant un agent amorceur dissout dans un solvant, dans lequel l'agent amorceur est absorbé dans les pores du substrat;
    (b) l'exposition dudit substrat et dudit agent amorceur à un fluommonomère gazeux aux conditions de température et de pression de polymérisation où le fluoromonomère se polymérise dans ledit substrat;
    dans lequel l'agent amorceur et le solvant vecteur de l'agent amorceur sont laissés dans le substrat pendant la polymérisation, dans lequel ledit fluoromonomère gazeux polymérisé remplit partiellement ou complètement et bloque les pores dans le substrat, caractérisé en ce que le substrat poreux est sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué de compositions de polyimide, d'aramide, de polyuréthanne et de cuir;
    ou dans le cas d'un fluoromonomère liquide
    (a) la préparation d'une solution comprenant un agent amorceur et un fluoromonomère liquide;
    (b) la mise en contact d'un substrat poreux avec ladite solution, où l'agent amorceur est adsorbé dans les pores du substrat; et
    (c) la polymérisation du fluoromonomère liquide dans des conditions de température et de pression de polymérisation où le fluoromonomère se polymérise dans ledit substrat, en option en présence de fluoromonomère gazeux;
    dans lequel l'agent amorceur est laissé dans le substrat pendant la polymérisation,
    dans lequel ledit fluoromonomère liquide polymérisé remplit partiellement ou complètement et bloque les pores dans le substrat, caractérisé en ce que le substrat poreux est sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué de compositions de polyimide, d'aramide, de polyuréthanne et de cuir.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le substrat poreux est sous la forme sélectionnée parmi le groupe constitué de particules, de pulpe, de fibrides, de fibres et de pièces, de feuilles, de films, de membranes et de revêtements non comprimés, partiellement comprimés et complètement comprimés.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le fluoromonomère est sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué du tétrafluoroéthylène, du trifluoroéthylène, du fluorure de vinylidène, du chlorotrifluoroéthylène, du 4,5-difluoro-2,2-bis(trifluorométhyl)-1,3-dioxole, et du perfluoro(2-méthylène-4-méthyl-1,3-dioxalane), et, en option, comprenant en outre au moins un fluoromonomère supplémentaire sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué de l'hexafluoroisobutylène, de l'éther perfluorométhylvinylique et de l'éther perfluoropropylvinylique.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'agent amorceur est sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué des peroxydes de diacyle, des peroxydes, des composés azoïques et des peroxydicarbonates.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, dans lequel l'agent amorceur est le peroxyde dimère de l'oxyde d'hexafluoropropylène (DP).
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le solvant est sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué des chlorofluorocarbones, des hydrofluorocarbones, des perfluorocarbones, des perfluoroéthers, des perfluoroamines et des sulfures perfluorodialkyliques.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pression de polymérisation va d'environ 7 livres par pouce au carré à environ 500 livres par pouce au carré en pressions absolue et la température de polymérisation va d'environ 0°C à environ 300°C.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la température va d'environ 0°C à environ 100°C et dans lequel le substrat est sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué du polyuréthanne et du cuir.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la température va d'environ 5°C à environ 30°C.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le substrat est un aramide sélectionné parmi le groupe constitué de copolymères du poly(téréphtalamide de p-phénylène) et du poly(téréphtalamide de p-phènylène) sous forme de particules, de pulpe ou de fibres et de copolymères de poly(isophtalamide de m-phénylène) et de poly(isophtalamide de m-phénylène) sous forme de particules, de fibrides ou de fibres.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le substrat poreux est un polyimide.
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