Polymers/Resins/High Performance Chemicals

Functionality synthetic waxDiacarna

Diacarna is a synthetic wax copolymer of α-olefin and maleic anhydride. It serves a wide variety of applications including use as resin molding lubricants, mold release agents, compatibility agents, binders for thermal-printing inks, etc. Japan Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law: Not applicable Japan Fire Services Law: Specified combustibles (flammable solids)

Characteristics

Diacarna is a copolymer of an α-olefin and maleic anhydride. It is a wax-like compound with the following basic structure.

 

  • Due to the polar maleic anhydride group, its dispersibility is superior to that of natural wax or other synthetic waxes.
  • Its outstanding resistance to thermal degradation makes it especially well-suited for high temperature applications such as engineering plastic processing.
  • Having both a non-polar (α-olefin) structure and a polar (maleic anhydride) structure, it is useful as a compatibility accelerator to facilitate the mixing of non-polar and polar species.

Applications

  • Resin compounds: lubricants, dispersants, mold release agents, compatibility agents, resin property modification agents.
    * It is especially well-suited for high-temperature engineering plastic fabrication.
  • Dispersing Agents for non-aqueous solutions: Dispersion of carbon black, pigments, fillers, etc
  • Binders for thermal-printing inks
  • Car wax

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