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EPOLENE® N-15 is a polypropylene wax used as a pigment dispersant in color masterbatches and toner compounds. It is also used as a low–molecular weight wax modifier in coating and ink applications.
EPOLENE® N-15 is a low–molecular weight polypropylene wax polymer used in color concentrates. This polymer reduces the average particle size of pigments and prevents pigment agglomeration. In turn, EPOLENE® N-15 improves the color strength of color masterbatches and reduces filter and die pressure during processing.
Being one of the few EPOLENE® grades based on a polypropylene polymer, EPOLENE® N-15 has excellent compatibility with plastic-grade polypropylene and thus allows for improved pigment-dispersing properties in polypropylene fiber applications. EPOLENE® N-15 may also used in solventborne coating and ink formulations as a wax modifier to paraffin wax to improve blocking and scuff resistance. In hot-melt adhesives, the EPOLENE® N-15 polymer serves as a base resin or modifying resin with good adhesion to fibrous surfaces.
Polymer type: Polypropylene
Mettler softening point, °C: 163
Penetration hardness, dmm: Less than 1
Viscosity, Brookfield at 125°C (257°F): Solid
Viscosity, Brookfield at 190°C (374°F), cPs: 700
Molecular weight: 12,000
Primary Chemistry:
Polypropylene
Incompatibility or aggregation of pigments within polypropylene masterbatches
Poor pigment dispersion in polypropylene fiber applications
Insufficient resistance to blocking, scuffs, or abrasion using paraffin wax modifiers
Low adhesion of adhesive polymers to fibrous materials
Building and construction
Hot-melt adhesives
Solvent-based adhesives
Wax modification
Packaging
Color masterbatches
Plastics processing
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