Surprise
New data reveals you can improve vinyl baby pants while you cut costs.
Trimellitates [monomerics made with AMOCO® Trimellitic Anhydride] have always been recognized as outstanding plasticizers for baby pants. They hold up against hot soapy water. And even the heat of automatic dryers. But until now, everyone generally believed trimellitates were too expensive. Not so. And the proof is in this table. Two trimellitates [TOTM—Trioctyl, and Ν HTM—Tri-n-hexyl] are compared to two typically used commercially available polymeries. [The ingredients and parts of the test formulation are: Vinyl Resin/100; DIDP/25;Test Plasticizer/as indicated; EpoxyTallate Plasticizer/3; Liquid Stabilizer/4; Stearic Acid/0.5.] Test Plasticizer
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Poly A
Poly Β
12.0808
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12.6092 .2020
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phr cost* $/lb. Tensile Properties Tensile Strength, psi 100% Modulus, psi % Elongation Compound Cost $/cu. ft. Pound-Volume, $/lb. Activated Carbon Vol., 90°c. 24 hours, % wt. loss 48 hours, % wt. loss 1 % Soapy Water Ext., 90°c. 9 4 hours % w t
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Now you see why AMOCO TMA is becoming the preferred material no only in baby pants, but also in non-fogging automotive interiors, pond liners, wire and cable, and vinyl sheet products of all kinds. So if you're looking for a way to cut costs, consider doing it by improving your plasticizer. Write Amoco Chemicals Corporation, Department 11 643, 130 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
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