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With Hexamoll® DINCH, BASF offers an innovative solution for soft PVC toys, medical devices and food contact applications |
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Plasticizers for other applications
Phthalates, with an annual demand approaching one million metric tons in Europe alone, are the classics among the plasticizers. Chemically, they are obtained as a compound of phthalic anhydride with various alcohols. The properties of the resulting ester depend mainly on the choice of alcohol. The uses of phthalates include almost all products made from soft PVC such as floor coverings, films, cable insulations, truck tarpaulins or insulating and sealing compounds. Soft PVC, with its wide range of properties, is especially suitable for a large number of applications. It is resistant, for example, to harsh weather conditions and to sunlight. It is easy to process and insensitive to cold. Under the common trade name Palatinol®, BASF offers thirteen different phthalates for a variety of applications and requirements in its plasticizer portfolio.
Adipates are esters of adipic acid. They are suitable as plasticizers for PVC and other plastics, especially if these have to be soft and flexible at sub-zero temperatures. The adipate plasticizers of BASF are sold under the trade name Plastomoll®, and are also suitable for food contact applications. They are frequently used in conjunction with polymer plasticizers for food film packaging.
Polymeric plasticizers are esters of adipic acid with multivalent alcohols. This gives long chain molecules whose properties can be determined by the choice of alcohols used. BASF sells a number of polymer plasticizers under the trade name Palamoll®, that are often used for tubing and foils, also with food contact.
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