Alkyl/Aryl (Meth)acrylates

Alkyl methacrylate monomers are primarily used as building blocks for polymeric binders, generally known as synthetic resins. A special case is acrylic glass, which is almost exclusively made of methyl methacrylate. The excellent weather resistance of methacrylate polymers results from their purely aliphatic structure and effective steric hindrance of the polymer chains. There is hardly any oxidative degradation or ester hydrolysis in methacrylate polymers. With our range of monomers, polymer softening temperatures an be adjusted from approx. -70 °C to 110 °C. Long-chain esters, such as stearyl methacrylate, show wax-like polymer properties in their natural state. Esters with bulky side chain moieties provide solution polymers of reduced viscosity and higher solids content.