| abstract |
A matting agent for thermally curable systems consisting of at least one polymer containing carboxyls as a binder and at least one compound containing epoxy groups as a crosslinking agent, wherein the matting agent consists of at least the following constituents : (a) a metal salt or a metal complex of an organic compound, the metal being selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, aluminum, tin and antimony, and (b) a polymerization product of monomers , including monomers, monomers containing epoxy groups, the epoxy value of the polymerization product being 1 to 8 equivalents of epoxy groups per kilogram, and together being the ratio between the equivalents of component (b) and the equivalents of the component (a), from 0, 2 to 120. |