Chemistry Information

Acrylic Resins

Acrylic compounds are the general names of plastics, resins and oils obtained by synthesis. Depending on the type of compound, the type of compound used, and the conditions of the process, hard and transparent, soft and flexible solids or viscous, viscous liquid products can be obtained. The raw materials of various compounds such as molded building materials, optical equipment, jewelery, adhesives, coating materials and woven fiber are acrylic compounds. For example, orlon and acrylan are the trade names of acrylic threads, and plexiglass is a trade name for glass-like acrylic items.

The main members of the family of polymers known as polyacrylic are acrylic and methacrylic acids. The methyl esters of these acids easily polymerize with peroxide catalysts.

Resins, which are characterized as superb features such as color and gloss resistance, alkali and oxidation resistance, hardness, adhesion and bond strength and film life, and which have a distinguished place among coating formulas. Generally, they are resins formed by polymerization of derivatives of acrylic acids containing acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylonitrile and esters of their copolymers. They are also known as acrylate resins.

Acrylic Acid:

CH2 = is an organic acid represented by the formula CHCOOH, also called propenoic acid. In the industry, it is obtained by reacting water with acetylene and carbon monoxide with nickel catalyst or hydrolysis of acrylonitrile compounds. It is the starting material in the production of polymers.

Acrylic Based Paint:

Synthetic dyes made with synthetic binders such as polyvinyl acetate or acrylic resins. Other binders that join the paint to add specific properties or reduce costs are styrene, epoxy, and polyvinyl acetate. Acrylic is a substance that dries quickly, flows smoothly, can be easily cleaned with water and easily mixes with dyes. It gives both the transparent gloss of the aqueous paint and the consistency of the oil paint. It is more resistant to oil and other damaging effects than oil painting.

Acrylic Based Paint recipes are as follows.

(1) Constant dispersion of polymeric substance, mainly in aqua environment.

(2) Dispersion of plastic or resin in natural or synthetic water; It is made by synthetic, emulsion polymerization. (It should be noted that after polymerization, acrylic-based paint is a solid dispersed in water, so it is not emulsion. Acrylic-based paint and emulsion are used in paint industry.)

High performance acrylic based paints contain 100% acrylic resin.

100% Acrylic Based Paint: These are paints that are thinned with water that is used only acrylic resin as binder. Generally, high quality acrylic based paints are used for many different architectural coatings, they have 100% acrylic based paints, super adherence, long-term flexibility, breathability, alkali resistance, hardness and gloss resistance.