Products in Base Chemicals & Intermediates: Resins

Wacker Chemie Isopropenyl acetate (IPA) is a clear, colorless to yellowish, mobile liquid with a pleasant, ester-like odor. It serves as a mild acetylating agent for pharmaceutical ingredients (steroids) and fragrance and flavor chemicals. IPA is also used in the synthesis of enol acetates and as a comonomer for the production of synthetic resins.

AdvanSix Diallylamine (DALA) is a colorless to yellow liquid that emits a pungent ammonia-like odor. It's flammable, corrosive, and partially soluble in water, while completely dissolving in ethanol, benzene, and ethyl acetate. Under recommended storage conditions, it maintains stability. This versatile compound serves various industries as a key ingredient in pharmaceuticals, resins, paper production, and crop protection formulations. Moreover, its applications span as a solvent, corrosion inhibitor, ore flotation agent, and in rubber processing.

Guangzhou Flying Dragon Chemical Ltd. Vinyl Acetate is a special material that has been widely used in the production of a series of chemicals such as polyvinyl acetate emulsion (PVAc), polyvinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsion, vinyl copolymer resins, acetal resins, etc.

BRC-8430E is a reduced-functionality version of BRC-843S that provides improved flexiblity and reduced modulus compared with BRC-843S. The hydrophobic and temperature resistant backbone of BRC-8430E combined with the low modulus make BRC-8430E an excellent candidate for moisture resistant adhesives, coatings, and resins, as well as formulations that need to pass autoclave or 85/85 testing.

BRC-842MB is a difunctional, hydrophobic urethane methacrylate that can be formulated into chemical and temperature resistant coatings and resins. The material has low color and excellent adhesion to a wide variety of plastics. The material can be formulated into tough, impact resistant 3D printing resins with excellent flexibility. Its ultra-low water absorption makes this an excellent choice for moisture sensitive or hydrophobic applications.

Dakota Gasification Company's cresylic acid is a mixture of all three isomers of cresol along with xylenols, ethylphenols, and other ingredients. It is a brownish-colored liquid with a phenol-like medicinal odor. Dakota Gas extracts its cresylic acid from the gas liquor stream produced during the gasification process.Cresylic acid produced through the gasification process creates fewer emissions than when produced from cracked petroleum oils.Cresylic acid from Dakota Gas is used as a distillation feedstock to produce individual creosol isomers.Dephenolized cresylic acid is also used in its raw form to produce wire enamel solvent.Dakota Gas is ISO 9001 certified for cresylic acid as of November 2022.

BRC-843SD1 is a difunctional, hydrophobic urethane acrylate which can be formulated to be used in heavy-duty industrial and commercial applications. The resulting tough film makes a functional, nonyellowing, protective single-coating that extends the substrates use-life. BRC-843SD1 is a softer and more flexible version of BRC-843. This oligomer is also tougher then BRC-843. The low water absorption and alkaline resistance make this oligomer perfect for specialty applications in the following industries: aerospace, appliance, automotive, electronic, and medical device.

BR-741D is a low-molecular—weight, difunctional, aliphatic polyester urethane acrylate that can be effectively formulated for adhesion to cold rolled steel, glass, PMMA, PET, PC, and stainless steel. The resulting hard and tough film makes an effective protective glossy coating which will be nonyellowing, abrasion resistant, and have good weatherability. This is the low-viscosity version of BR-741.

BR-146, a high molecular weight, trifunctional, aliphatic polyether urethane methacrylate, provides low formulation viscosity and moderate elongation with nonyellowing properties appropriate to soft touch glass coatings and impact resistant coatings. BR-146 shows adhesion to a variety of substrates, making it a candidate for consideration in mixed surface adhesion applications.

BR-582 is a 2.4 average functional aliphatic polyether urethane acrylate. As with other BR-500 series materials, BR-582 is designed to offer a balance of benefits between toughness and flexibility. While only slightly lower in tensile strength and hardness than BR-571, BR-582 has almost double the total elongation at break. BR-582 responds quickly to UV cure, owing to its elevated functionality.

Tack-free gel polish top coats are highly desired in the nail coating industry because they provide a durable, high-gloss finish to a manicure without an IPA wipe step. Removing this step from the process saves time and allows the coating to exhibit its natural gloss. Like all nail coatings, tack-free top coats require a gloss finish, superior hardness, and most importantly, low yellowing properties. Bomar has developed a model formula using a new oligomer which provides exceptionally low colop in a tack-free top coat. The model formula requires this new oligomer, a trifunctional methacrylate monomer, a difunctional methacrylate monomer, and photoinitiatop. The formula performed exceptionally well when compared to competitor top coats in areas of yellowness, viscosity, and hardness.

PTSC stands for para toluene sulfonylchloride also named tosylchloride or abbreviated TsCl. It serves as intermediate in pharmaceutics and in various chemical synthesis.

PTSA stands for para toluene sulfonamide. It serves as intermediate in pharmaceuticals and in various chemical processes.

BR-1041MB is a biobased polyether urethane methacrylate oligomer with a substantial amount of biobased content and is tin-free. This is a harder version of BR-1043MB. This oligomer has a good balnce of toughness and flexibility. It has the ability to adhere to a variety of plastic substrates. The biobased backbone, methacrylate functionality and tin-free nature make this an excellent choice for consumer applications with low irritancy.

BR-542MB is a difunctional, aliphatic polyether urethane methacrylate. BR-542MB is used for its desirable balance of toughness and flexibility and its ability to adhere to a variety of substrates. As a primary oligomer, BR-542MB offers excellent properties of adhesion and optical clarity. As a co-oligomer, BR-542MB can be used to improve an existing formulation's glass adhesion.

MechT E35A is a stable dispersion of discrete functionalized carbon nanotubes in urethane dimethacrylate [UDMA], BR-952. The Masterbatch can be used in rigid, high tensile strength SLA, DLP, or jettable resins to provide conductivity and decreased resistivity. When compared to FDM-printed ESD parts, ESD resins produced with MechT E35A can achieve fully isotropic conductivity with high resolution and isotropic mechanical properties.

Ketjenflex® 2 is a toluene sulfonamide based reactive plasticizer used in Melamine molding compounds and a brightener in metal plating formulas. Ketjenflex® 2 is a basic starting material in the preparation of melamine formaldehyde molding compounds. Reacted into the resin backbone KETJENFLEX® 2 imparts long term impact resistance and toughness. Ketjenflex® 2 can also be used in other thermoset resins like epoxy and polyurethane based polymers resins.

Styrene is the most used name of phenylethene, an organic compound and has the chemical formula C8H8.

BR-5413MB is a difunctional aliphatic polyether urethane methacrylate with a good balance of high tensile strength and impact resistance. Formulating with linear monofunctional monomers can yield improved flexibility. This oligomer is an excellent candidate to consider for use in impact resistant coatings, and provides low color and excellent non-yellowing performance.

BR-990S2 is a dual-functional urethane acrylate with isocyanate functional groups. While products formulated with BR-990S2 can be cured with a UV light source, a free isocyanate can also react with ambient moisture to complete the curing process. This UV+moisture curing process will benefit applications where shadow areas are present. BR—990S2 can also be used as a component in a 2K UV+Heat curable product, the other component being a polyol, glycol, or other compound with OH functional groups. A diol, or compound with two OH groups, will exhibit the best properties because it enables chain growth rather than chain termination. BR-990S2 exhibits good flexibility and develops good tensile strength when cured using both UV light and moisture. More flexible products can also be formulated with BR-990S2, different polyols, and UV+heat curing processes.

BRC-441D is a difunctional, hydrophobic urethane acrylate that can be formulated into chemical and temperature resistant coatings and resins. The material has low color and excellent adhesion to a wide variety of plastics. The material can be formulated into tough, impact resistant 3D printing resins with excellent flexibility. Ifs ultra-low water absorption makes this an excellent choice for moisture sensitive or hydrophobic applications.

Methacrylic anhydride is a reactive monomer used for the preparation of different type of monomers under mild reaction conditions. It finds applications in light-curing coatings, cross-linked materials like synthetic resin. It acts as an intermediate for the preparation of fibers, resins and pharmaceuticals.

BR-581MT is an oligomer blend that provides a low color, tack-free cure under low-intensity LED cure conditions. BR-581MT provides a balance of hardness and flexibility for abrasion resistance on flexible substrates, while also yielding a high-gloss, non-yellowing finish. This product is a resin blend containing 25% DEGDMA, is tin-free, is fully INCI listed, and can be formulated into a tack-free top coat for nail gel applications. For further recommendations on formulating for nail applications, please see our sell sheet for a starting point formula.

Dakota Gasification Company's phenol, also known as carbolic acid, is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula C6H5OH. It is a colorless to light pink, deliquescent (absorbs moisture from the air and becomes liquid) crystalline material with a sweet, tarry smell. Dakota Gas purifies its phenol from the gas liquor stream produced during the gasification process.The majority of Dakota Gas' phenol is sold into the phenolic resin market.Dakota Gas' phenol is created from naturally occurring coal in which the process has fewer emissions than synthetically produced phenol.

MERACRYL™ MMA is used as building blocks in a wide range of applications. It provides very good exterior durability and color stability.It has a glass Tg of 105 °C, and is used wherever hardness and thermo-mechanical stability is needed.

Swisloyd Commercial Grade SL-CO-COM is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean (technically castor seed as the castor plant, Ricinus communis, is not a member of the bean family.

Altivia Diisobutyl Ketone, High Purity (DIBK-HP) is a colorless, stable liquid with a mild sweet odor. DIBK is a high-boiling, slowevaporating solvent that has limited water solubility, but is miscible with alcohols and ketones. DIBK has excellent viscosity reduction for and reduces surface tension in high solid’s coatings. DIBK has good volume-to-weight advantage over other classes of solvents used in coatings. DIBK is a non-HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutant) solvent. Diisobutyl Ketone is also referred to as DIBK; isobutyl ketone; 2,6 dimethyl-4-heptanone; s-diisopropylacetone; isovalerone; valerone.

Meracryl™ HPMA 98 is a functional monomer that can copolymerize with other monomers to produce copolymers with a hydroxy group in the side chain. Hydroxyesters are recommended for heat or room temperature cured coatings with permanent marring and solvent resistance, high gloss retention and weatherability.

ELAPOL 11117 B is a linear, saturated polyester polyol by Elachem. It is manufactured with synthetic aromatic, aliphatic acid and diethylene glycol (DEG).

Thirumalai Chemicals Phthalic Anhydride is an important aromatic di-carboxylic acid anhydride, which is widely used in the manufacture of Alkyd Resins for Paints, Inks and Coatings, Unsaturated Polyester Resins, Plasticizers and Pigments.

Zhejiang Zhizheng Silicone Dimethylvinylethoxysilane is the main raw material of vinyl link silicone resin. It is used to modify many organic chemicals and to deal with various inorganic filler (silanization).