Patent ID: 6265476
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: C08F,C08G,C09D,Y10T

Abstract:
A radiation-curable composition comprising the folowing pre-mixture components:a) a polymer, oligomer, or monomer having at lease one (meth)acrylate functional group;b) an oligomer or monomer, exclusive of (meth)acrylate functional groups, having an ethylenically unsaturated functional group;c) an elongation promoter comprising a mercapto or sulfide group; andd) a photoinitiator; whereinthe composition, after ratiation cure, has an elongation at break of at least about 400%; andsaid elongation promoter is present in an amount sufficient to result in an elongation that is at least 1.5 times the elongation of a corresponding composition that does not comprise the elongation promoter.