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Applications

Plastic additives can be used in many different applications. Depending on the polymer, production process and finished product the suitable additive may change.

Here you find a selection of application examples. Additionally the product scout offers you product recommendations for your individual requirements.


PVC

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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a polymer based on vinyl chloride monomer. Because of its favorable cost- to-benefit ratio, PVC has become one of the biggest commodity plastics in the world.

Thermoplastics

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Thermoplastics, in difference to other polymers, can be reformed by heat. The properties of the plastics can be varied through the choice of starting materials (monomers) for building the polymer chains.

Thermosets

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Thermosets are plastics produced from prepolymers, monomers or polymers through close crosslinking via covalent bonds. Because the crosslinking is irreversible, the molding process is permanent.

Polyurethanes

 
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Polyurethanes (PU) are polymers in whose macromolecules the repeating units are linked by urethane groups -NH-CO-O-. Thanks to the wide selection of raw materials available (diisocyanates and polyols), a very broad range of properties can be obtained. Polyurethanes are therefore suitable for an enormous variety of applications.

Elastomers

 
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Elastomers are loosely crosslinked, high-polymeric materials that are unable to flow viscously because the individual polymer chains are joined together at the crosslinkage points. The main application for elastomers is in tires (approx. 60 %).

Other Applications

 
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A variety of applications, such as printing links, surface coatings, sealing compounds and detergents, are only technically possible through the addition of additives.