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- Manufacturer: Westlake
- Product Line: EMAC® and EBAC® Acrylate Copolymers
- Product: EMAC® Ethylene Methyl Acrylate Copolymers
- Industries: Plastics
- Authorized Countries: Canada | Mexico | United States
EMAC+® SP1501
EMAC+® SP1501 is a 20% EMA copolymer developed by Westlake for applications requiring flexibility, toughness, and high- and low-temperature performance. It offers excellent elasticity and temperature-resistance properties with a brittleness temperature of less than −73°C and a melting point of 96°C.
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Specifications
Methyl acrylate content, wt%: 20
Melt index, g/10 min: 25
Density, kg/m³ (g/cm³): 941 (0.941)
Vicat softening temperature, °C (°F): 41 (122)
Melting point, °C (°F): 96 (205)
Brittleness temperature, °C (°F): Less than −73 (Less than −99)
Durometer hardness, Shore D scale: 37
Tensile stress at break, MPa (psi): 5.5 (800)
Tensile stress at yield, MPa (psi): 3.9 (560)
Elongation at break, %: 480
Primary Chemistry:
Ethylene methyl acrylate block copolymer
- Manufacturer: Westlake
- Product Line: EMAC® and EBAC® Acrylate Copolymers
- Product: EMAC® Ethylene Methyl Acrylate Copolymers
- Industries: Plastics
- Authorized Countries: Canada | Mexico | United States
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Overview
EMAC+® SP1501 is a high-performance ethylene methyl acrylate (EMA) block copolymer containing 20% methyl acrylate. It is especially suited for applications where high filler loading is important, such as extrusion coatings, compounding, and hot-melt adhesives. With its excellent flexibility, toughness, and freezing-temperature performance, it withstands demanding operating conditions, resisting impact and environmental stress cracking. EMAC+® SP1501 is exceptionally compatible with a wide range of substrates and polymers, including paper, polyolefins, ionomers, PVC, polyesters, and other polar polymers. EMAC+® SP1501 provides performance at both high and low temperature extremes and has a durometer hardness Shore D scale of 37 and offers 480% elongation at break.
Specifications
Methyl acrylate content, wt%: 20
Melt index, g/10 min: 25
Density, kg/m³ (g/cm³): 941 (0.941)
Vicat softening temperature, °C (°F): 41 (122)
Melting point, °C (°F): 96 (205)
Brittleness temperature, °C (°F): Less than −73 (Less than −99)
Durometer hardness, Shore D scale: 37
Tensile stress at break, MPa (psi): 5.5 (800)
Tensile stress at yield, MPa (psi): 3.9 (560)
Elongation at break, %: 480
Primary Chemistry:
Ethylene methyl acrylate block copolymer
Features & Benefits
- Good polymer compatibility and adhesion
- Fillable with high solids
- Low viscosity
- Good softness
- High flexibility
- High-heat resistance
- Improved processing
- Low-temperature impact strength
- Noncorrosive
- Excellent temperature resistance
- Higher-peak melting temperature
- Good strength
- Excellent environmental stress-cracking resistance
- High coefficient of friction
- High melting point
- Excellent clarity
Problems Solved
Poor compatibility or adhesion to other polymers, such as papers, polyolefins, polyesters, ionomers, PVC, etc.
Low-temperature resistance or flexibility of polymers
Insufficient heat resistance of standard EMAs
Inadequate impact resistance of PET or engineering polymers
Applications
Extrusion coatings and laminations
Compounding applications
High filler loadings
Hot-melt adhesives
Compatibilizer
Masterbatch carrier resin
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