Korean Chemical Engineering Research, Vol.50, No.5, 923-928, October, 2012
수산화칼슘/인산 현탁제가 스타이렌 기반 현탁중합토너의 특성에 미치는 영향
Effects of Calcium Hydroxide/Phosphoric Acid Suspending Agents on the Characteristics of Styrene-Based Suspension Polymerized Toners
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초록
고품질의 현탁중합토너를 제조하기 위해서는 수상 현탁계의 최적화가 매우 중요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 무기현탁제로 사용한 수산화칼슘(CaOH2)/인산(H3PO4)(Ca/P)의 몰비 및 수상의 pH가 스타이렌 기반 현탁중합토너의 특성에 미치는 영향을 중점적으로 조사하였다. 먼저 수상을 중성조건(pH=7.5)으로 고정하고 Ca/P의 몰비를 1.5:1부터 1.76:1 까지 변화시켰다. 그 결과 Ca/P의 몰비를 1.73:1로 하였을 때 이상적인 인산칼슘염(하이드록시아파타이트)이 만들어졌으며 이 조건에서 제조된 중합토너는 입도분포, 원형화도 및 대전특성이 우수하였다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 Ca/P의 몰비를 1.73:1로 고정하고 수상을 약산성(pH=5.5) 및 약염기성(pH=9.5) 조건으로 변화시켰다. 그 결과 약산성 조건에서 제조된 중합토너는 더욱 더 우수한 입도분포, 원형화도 및 대전특성을 나타냈으며 인쇄품질도 매우 우수하였다. Ca/P의 몰비와 수상의 pH 조건을 최적화하여 고품질의 현탁중합토너를 제조할 수 있었다.
Optimizing a water-phase suspending system is very important to manufacture high-quality suspension polymerized toners. Therefore, in this study, the effects of the molar ratio of calcium hydroxide (CaOH2)/phosphoric acid (H3PO4)(Ca/P), which were used as inorganic suspending agents, and pH of the water-phase on the characteristics of styrene-based suspension polymerized toners were mainly investigated. At first, the water-phase was fixed to neutral
condition (pH=7.5) and Ca/P molar ratio was changed from 1.5:1 to 1.76:1. As a result, an ideal calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite) was prepared at the Ca/P molar ratio of 1.73:1 and polymerized toners prepared at this condition showed good particle size distribution, circularity and charging characteristic. Based on this result, Ca/P molar ratio was fixed to 1.73:1 and pH of the water-phase was changed to weak acidic (pH=5.5) and weak basic (pH=9.5) conditions. As
a result, polymerized toners prepared under the weak acidic condition showed very good particle size distribution, circularity and charging characteristic along with excellent printing quality. High-quality suspension polymerized toners could be prepared via optimizing Ca/P molar ratio and pH of the water-phase.
Keywords:Styrene-based Polymerized Toner;Suspension Polymerization;Calcium Phosphate Suspending Agent
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