WEATHERABLE COMPOSITIONS USEFUL AS COATINGS, METHOD, AND ARTICLES COATED THEREWITH

摘要

Thermoplastic substrates subject to color instability and loss of physical properties resulting from exposure to ultraviolet radiation, such as polycarbonate, are coated with a protective coating comprising at least one thermoplastic acrylic polymer such as poly(methyl methacrylate) in combination with two ultraviolet absorbing compounds: a substituted resorcinol such as 4,6-dibenzoylresorcinol and a silylated substituted resorcinol such as 2-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)-4,6-dibenzoylresorcinol. The silylated substituted resorcinol is used in a minor proportion effective to improve solubility and compatibility of the substituted resorcinol.