Product Information
- Product Name: BU-50-AL
- Chemical composition: 2,2-Di(tert.butylperoxy)butane
- Form: 50% liquid, soluble in aliphatic hydrocarbons (isodecane)
- Main applications: Used as initiator for (co)polymerization of styrene, ethylene, vinyl acetate, methacrylate, etc.
- Temperature range: 200-250°C (ethylene), 100-140°C (styrene, other monomers)
Technical data
- Form: colorless liquid
- Peroxide content: approx. 50% (mass %)
- Active Oxygen Content: approximately 6.831 TP3T (mass %)
- Desensitizer: Isodecane
- Density (20°C): approx. 0.81 g/cm3
- Viscosity (20°C): approx. 2 mPa-s
- Refractive index (20°C): approx. 1.416
- Critical temperature (SADT): approx. 70°C
- Refrigeration stability: freezable to -15°C
- Recommended storage temperature: up to 30°C
- Storage stability from date of delivery: 6 months
Half-life data
- 10 hours/1 hour/1 minute (0.1 m / isodecane): 104°C/124°C/165°C
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- Standard package: 25kg per drum (HDPE), 400kg per pallet
appliance
- Used in high-pressure polymerization reactions, in combination with other peroxides of varying degrees of activity (ethylene)
- Used as initiator for (co)polymerization of styrene
- Initiators for (co-)polymerization of other monomers
statement denying or limiting responsibility
- The technical data and recommendations are based on internal testing and do not provide a guarantee of product characteristics, suitability or complete instructions for use.
- Product and shelf life performance is not warranted.
- Use of this information is at the user's responsibility and risk, and it is the user's responsibility to check and test the suitability of the product.