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Water developable photosensitive resin composition
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1990-05-29
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Granted: 1993-07-27
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Expires: 2010-05-29
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a water developable photosensitive resin composition suitable for a printing plate, which has excellent dimensional stability and excellent chemical and physical properties. The photosensitive resin composition comprises; (A) an acrylic resin of which glass transition temperature (T g ), as defined by ##EQU1## [wherein T g1 , T g2 , . . . represents a glass transition temperature of a homopolymer prepared from each monomer, T g0 represents a glass transition temperature of a copolymer and W 1 , W 2 , . . . shows a weight fraction of each monomer.] and acid value (AV) satisfy the following relations; 60° C.≦T.sub.g ≦125° C. 80 mg KOH/g≦AV≦130 mg KOH/g, and T.sub.g -10≦AV≦T.sub.g +40 (B) a basic nitrogen atom-containing compound (C) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshitaka Kawanami
- 👤 Yasushi Umeda
- 👤 Norihisa Osaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 06:48
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/004; G03F7/027; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/1053; Y10S430/1055; Y10S430/106; Y10S430/111
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A water developable photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) an acrylic resin of which glass transition temperature (T g ), as defined by ##EQU3## wherein T g1 , T g2 , . . . represents a glass transition temperature of a homopolymer prepared from each monomer, T g0 represents a glass transition of a copolymer obtained from the monomer and W 1 , W 2 , . . . shows a weight fraction of each monomer and wherein the acrylic resin has carboxyl group(s) and has an acid value (AV) satisfying the following relationships: 6° C.≦T.sub.g ≦125° C. 80 mg KOH/g≦AV≦130 mg KOH/g, and T.sub.g -10≦AV≦T.sub.g +40 (B) a basic nitrogen atom-containing compound, (C) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A water developable photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) an acrylic resin of which glass transition temperature (T g ), as defined by ##EQU3## wherein T g1 , T g2 , . . . represents a glass transition temperature of a homopolymer prepared from each monomer, T g0 represents a glass transition of a copolymer obtained from the monomer and W 1 , W 2 , . . . shows a weight fraction of each monomer and wherein the acrylic resin has carboxyl group(s) and has an acid value (AV) satisfying the following relationships: 6° C.≦T.sub.g ≦125° C. 80 mg KOH/g≦AV≦130 mg KOH/g, and T.sub.g -10≦AV≦T.sub.g +40 (B) a basic nitrogen atom-containing compound, (C) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said acrylic resin has a glass transition temperature of 70° to 120° C. and an acid value of 90 to 120 mg KOH/g.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said acrylic resin (A) is prepared by copolymerizing a monomer mixture which comprising 10 to 20% by weight of alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid, 30 to 90% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate, 0 to 50% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 0 to 20% by weight of a copolymerizable monomer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said acrylic resin (A) is in the form of powder prepared by a salting out method.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 4 wherein a salting agent employed in the salting out method is calcium or aluminum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said basic nitrogen atom-containing compound (B) contains both the tertiary amino group and a vinyl group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
68 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 6 wherein said compound (B) is a compound represented by the formula: ##STR3## R 1 , R 2 and R 3 respectively show H or methyl, or a compound represented by the formula: ##STR4## respectively show H or methyl, n is an integer of 1 to 6 when R' is methyl and 2 to 6 when R' is ethyl.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said ethylenically unsaturated monomer (C) is selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic ester, an unsaturated amide, a divinyl ester and a (meth)acrylated urethane prepared by reacting a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate with an isocyanate compound.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said photopolymerization initiator (D) are selected from the group consisting of benzoin ethers, benzophenones, acetophenones, benzil, 2-ethylanthraquinone, methylbenzoylformate, 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropiophenone, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-4'-isopropylisopropiophenone and 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said acrylic resin (A) is present in an amount of 30 to 90% by weight, said monomer (C) is present in an amount of 5 to 70% by weight and said initiator (D) is in an amount of 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the total amount of the composition.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 wherein said compound (B) is present in an amount of about 0.02 to 2.0 mol, based on one mol of carboxyl group(s) in the acrylic resin (A).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1, which further comprises a polymerization inhibitor, a dye and a plasticizer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A water developable photosensitive resin plate comprising a substrate and the water developable photosensitive resin composition according to claim 1 coated thereon.
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