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Acrylics including (meth)acrylic acids, acrylic
esters, and acrylic compounds containing reactive halogens, nitrile and
amide groups are versatile monomers forming any class of hard, soft,
resilient and transparent synthetic plastics or resins and viscous oils
by varying the starting materials and the polymerization processes. The
monomers can be either homopolymerized or be copolymerized with other
type monomers capable of being polymerized. The resultant homopolymers
can provide abundance hydrophilic property groups. Copolymers may be
either hydrophilic or hydrophobic. Sodium acrylate is copolymerized with
acrylamide to make an anionic copolymer used as a flocculants in water
treatment. Acrylic esters copolymers with minor amounts of another
functional monomer containing a reactive halogen or ethylenically unsaturated
ester can form inter-linked polymer chains that display good heat and oil
resistance. Homopolymers and copolymers have a variety of industrial
applications including;
Plastics
Textiles
Thickening Agents
Dispersing Agents
Surfactants
Chelating Agents
Adhesives
Water-based coatings
Water Treatment
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