Treated glass fibers having improved utilization of silane coupling agents are produced which have good strand handling and processing properties and which result in reinforced polymeric materials having good strength properties and good UV color stability. The treated glass fibers having an aqueous treating composition present on a substantial portion of the surface of the glass fibers, wherein the aqueous chemical treating composition has an aqueous dispersion of an internally silylated polyurethane polymer having siliconate anions and one or more dispersing agents in at least an effective dispersing amount, and water in an amount to give a total solids for the aqueous chemical composition for treatment of the glass fibers. The one or more dispersing agents, can be present as external dispersing agentes in which case their amounts could be both an effective dispersing amount and an effective lubricating amount. In addition, the dispersing agents can be present with the internally silylated polyurethane polymer as an internal hydrophific additive like nonionic and/or ionic and/or ionic precursor dispersing agents. In this case, the aqueous chemical treating composition has a glass fiber lubricant present in an effective lubricating amount. The internally silylated polyurethane may also have internal hardening segments to provide hardness to the polyurethane film formed on the glass fibers. The treated glass fibers can be used in reinforcing thermoplastic and thermosetting polymeric materials in various forms of continuous glass fibers and strand and chopped glass fibers and strands and mats of glass fibers and strands.
改进了
硅烷偶联剂利用率的处理过的
玻璃纤维具有良好的股处理和加工性能,可制成具有良好强度性能和良好紫外线颜色稳定性的增强聚合材料。经过处理的
玻璃纤维,在
玻璃纤维的大部分表面上都有
水性处理组合物,其中
水性
化学处理组合物具有内部
硅烷化的聚
氨酯聚合物的
水性分散体,该聚合物具有
硅酸盐阴离子和一种或多种分散剂,分散剂的用量至少为有效分散量,
水的用量为处理
玻璃纤维的
水性
化学组合物的总固体量。一种或多种分散剂可以作为外部分散剂存在,在这种情况下,它们的用量既可以是有效分散量,也可以是有效润滑量。此外,分散剂还可以作为内部亲
水添加剂与内部
硅烷化聚
氨酯聚合物一起存在,如非离子和/或离子和/或离子前体分散剂。在这种情况下,
水性
化学处理组合物中含有有效润滑量的
玻璃纤维润滑剂。内部
硅烷化的聚
氨酯还可能具有内部硬化段,为
玻璃纤维上形成的聚
氨酯膜提供硬度。经过处理的
玻璃纤维可用于增强热塑性和热固性聚合物材料,其形式多种多样,包括连续
玻璃纤维和
玻璃纤维股、切碎
玻璃纤维和
玻璃纤维股以及
玻璃纤维和
玻璃纤维股垫。