Properties:
- Low gas or moisture permeability
- Low / non-toxicity & colourless / transparent
- Water white colour and odourless
- High thickening efficiency
- Good shear stability
- Clean burning / low deposit
- Good electrical insulation
- Oxidation stability to light/UV and air
- Tackifier/adhesive properties
- Low temperature properties
Main Applications:
- Adhesives (pressure sensitive adhesives and hot melt adhesives)
- Electrical insulation materials (cables, condenser…)
- Intermediate for lubricants and fuels dispersant additives, explosive emulsifier
- Lubricants and greases (as viscosity modifiers in automotive and industrial gear oils, base oil in 2 strokes lubricants, tackifier in chainsaw and slideway lubricants, bright stock substitute, metal working fluids…)
- Sealants and caulks
- Wrap films (stretch films, wrap films for silage…)
- Others: asphalt modifiers, chewing gum (high MW PIB), personal care (hydrogenated PIB), polymer modifiers, resin plasticizer