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- Manufacturer: Dow
- Product Line: Dow PARALOID™ Impact Modifiers
- Product: PARALOID™ BPM Impact Modifiers
- Industries: Adhesives | Elastomers | Metal Processing & Fabrication | Plastics
- Authorized Countries: Canada | United States
PARALOID™ KM 5450
PARALOID™ KM-5450 is an acrylic-based impact modifier designed to provide excellent impact resistance in vinyl extrusion and compounding applications.
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Form: Powder, free flowing
Color: White
Odor: Acryliclike
Water solubility: Insoluble
Percent volatility: <1%
Relative density: 1.11
Primary Chemistry:
Acrylic copolymer
- Manufacturer: Dow
- Product Line: Dow PARALOID™ Impact Modifiers
- Product: PARALOID™ BPM Impact Modifiers
- Industries: Adhesives | Elastomers | Metal Processing & Fabrication | Plastics
- Authorized Countries: Canada | United States
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Overview
PARALOID™ KM-5450 core-shell impact modifier offers a combination of optimized performance and enhanced properties, including impact efficiency, enhanced gloss, extended processing window, and low-temperature impact resistance. PARALOID™ KM-5450 plastic additive offers excellent Izod impact, low-temperature drop dart impact, and low die swell. It also provides gloss control over variable processing temperature ranges and metal release properties in high-ductility powder extrusion applications.
Specifications
Form: Powder, free flowing
Color: White
Odor: Acryliclike
Water solubility: Insoluble
Percent volatility: <1%
Relative density: 1.11
Primary Chemistry:
Acrylic copolymer
Features & Benefits
- Gardner impact efficiency
- Excellent Izod impact
- Low-temperature drop dart impact
- Enhanced and controlled gloss
- Extended processing window
- Low-temperature impact strength and processability
- Low die swelling
Problems Solved
Impact resistance or compatibility with rigid vinyl extrusion or compounding applications
Low Izod or drop dart impact in extruded plastics
Processability of modified plastics at low temperatures
Die swelling issues or limited control over the finishing gloss
Applications
High-ductility powder extrusion applications
Vinyl window profiles, fences, decks, and deep embossed systems
Under-the-hood components in automotive
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