Emerald introduces Nychem latex

Emerald Specialty Polymers, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has introduced Nychem Poly4000 latex, a specialised waterborne, polybutadiene homopolymer for plastics impact modification and speciality adhesives.

The product is the latest addition to the group’s line of Nychem latex emulsions and further expands the range of offerings into new application areas. Nychem Poly4000 is the softest polymer in the product line and can be used to modify the impact resistance of more brittle engineered thermoplastics, a new end-use application and enhance low-temperature performance in applications, such as adhesives.

Historically, Nychem products have been used as saturants and in speciality coatings to improve the strength, abrasion and chemical resistance, as well as other performance characteristics of paper, non-woven and textile and industrial coatings.

"In the new plastics modification application, Nychem Poly4000 acts similar to a shock absorber when used in a matrix of a more brittle polymer”.