Perfect control of polymerisation processes?

It's easier with azo initiators from Arkema!

As one of the world's top specialists in hydrazine hydrate and its derivatives, Arkema offers azo initiators that are safe and easy to use in free radical polymerisation processes. Sold in powder or granule form, these products:

• Produce linear chains which provide better control of polymerisation,
• Do not form oxygenated or hydrogenated residues and therefore produce photostable polymers,
• Offer an implementation temperature of 45 to 100° C, a primary criterion in controlling polymerisation reactions.

As a key player on the worldwide fine chemicals market, Arkema is constantly innovating to better meet the demands of its customers. Today it is completing its product range with a new liquid initiator.

Patented under an exclusive Arkema licence, this is the only product of its kind in the world. Its specific characteristics improve the industrial productivity of the companies that use it, due to:

• A greater ease of use
• The elimination of the presolubilisation stage
• The capacity to be used in pumping operations
• An easier dosing
• A very low toxicity (no risk of decomposition in cyanated products).

Innovative products for a wide range of applications.

Azo initiators are mainly used in polymerisation reactions to initiate or terminate the polymerisation process, or to reduce the residual monomer content. Their possible applications thus cover many fields:

• Acrylic sheets, fibres, paints and coating resins
• Nonwoven textiles
• Grafted polyols
• Copolymerisation of vinyl compounds

They can also be used as:

• Catalysts for free radical halogenation or sulphochloration
• Low-temperature chemical blowing agents (80-120°C) for pressure-blown PVC and silicone rubber.

Is your company located in Europe? Arkema, the only European producer of azo initiators, guarantees you quality products delivered on time.

(Note that azo initiators must be transported at a temperature below 15° C).