Metal-Salt Laminated Glass Interlayer for Moisture-Resistant Adhesion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional laminated glass interlayer films face challenges in achieving both high moisture resistance and moderate adhesive force, with adhesive force variations due to water content changes and difficulties in adjusting adhesive strength using metal salts like potassium and magnesium.

Innovation Solution

The interlayer film contains a thermoplastic resin, specifically polyvinyl butyral, with controlled distribution of magnesium and potassium salts, ensuring a specific ratio of potassium to thermoplastic resin intensity through TOF-SIMS measurements, maintaining a balanced adhesive force and moisture resistance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Force

If alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt is added to weaken adhesive force, then adhesive force between interlayer film and glass plate is reduced, but moisture resistance is lowered

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadhesive forceVSAvoidmoisture resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
ForceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention changes the chemical composition parameters by using specific metal salts (alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or rare earth metal salts) at controlled concentrations (0.01-10 wt%) to adjust adhesive force while maintaining moisture resistance. The specific parameter changes involve selecting appropriate metal cations and controlling their content to achieve the desired balance between adhesive force and moisture resistance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite interlayer film material combining polyvinyl butyral resin with metal salts and plasticizers. This composite structure allows the metal salts to modify adhesive properties while the resin matrix maintains moisture resistance, achieving a synergistic effect that resolves the contradiction between reduced adhesive force and maintained moisture resistance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Force

If compound containing potassium and compound containing magnesium are used in combination to adjust adhesive force, then adhesive force modulation becomes difficult, but moisture resistance can be maintained

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadhesive forceVSAvoidcomposition complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ForceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention simplifies the composition by limiting metal salt options to alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or rare earth metal salts with specified concentrations (0.01-10 wt%). This parameter control approach makes adhesive force adjustment more predictable and easier to manage while maintaining moisture resistance, avoiding the complexity of combining multiple specific compounds like potassium and magnesium salts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Force

If interlayer film water content changes, then adhesive force to glass plate varies, but moisture resistance should be maintained

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadhesive forceVSAvoidadhesive force stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ForceVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The invention introduces metal salts (0.01-10 wt%) as stabilizing agents that buffer the effect of water content changes on adhesive force. These metal salts modify the chemical environment in a way that maintains consistent adhesive properties even when water content varies, thereby improving compositional stability while allowing some water content flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3279163B1Interlayer for laminated glass and laminated glass
Publication Date: 2025.07.02 SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD
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AI summary

There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in moisture resistance and has a moderate adhesive force. In the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention, when a process composed of sputtering and measurement by TOF-SIMS is performed n times and n Rations of Ion Intensity of Potassium/Ion Intensity of Thermoplastic Resin obtained from the first to n-th sputtering and measurement processes are collected to calculate an average value1 ≤ n ≤ 10 of 10 values of Ratio1 ≤ n ≤ 10 measured within a range of 1 ≤ n ≤ 10 and an average value1 ≤ n ≤ 150 of 150 values of Ratio1 ≤ n ≤ 150 measured within a range of 1 ≤ n ≤ 150, the average value1 ≤ n ≤ 10 is more than 1.1 times the average value1 ≤ n ≤ 150·