- Applications:Equipment & Parts, Other Industrial Applications, Pavement, Highways, Roads & Bridges
- Product Families:Styrenic Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE-S), Thermoplastic Elastomers, Other Thermoplastic Elastomers
- Polymer Name:Styrene Butadiene Block Copolymer, Thermoplastic Elastomer (unspecified), Styrene Butadiene Styrene (SBS)
- End Uses:Industrial Applications, Asphalt Modification, Footwear
KIBITON® is a copolymer of styrene and butadiene. It shows some of the characteristics of thermoset rubber such as elasticity and low temperature performance with the advantages of a thermoplastic such as melt processibility.
Its segmented and radial molecular structure allows it to have the same flexible and physical properties of general rubber without the vulcanization process. Its middle segment is similar to rubber and has excellent elastic restoring force, processing flowability, weather resistance, and can be injection molded similar to that of thermoplastics. It can be widely applied for shoe soles, toys, asphalt modifications, mechanical products, plastic modification agents, and adhesive agents.