Styrene Maleic Anhydride neat resin

SMA, a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer, offers a wide range of opportunities due the combination of the functional properties of styrene and maleic anhydride. Polyscope Polymers offers Styrene Maleic Anhydride under the trade name XIRAN of which the SZ grades are the neat resin SMA co-polymers.

Our SZ grades offer a wide range of application opportunities due the combination of the functional properties of styrene and maleic anhydride. SZ grades are used as a versatile performance enhancer in engineering plastics applications. Some properties which could be modified are improvement of thermal performance of ABS or PMMA or as compatibilizer in various polymers matrixes, but also as a flow modifier for PC or PA. Our SZ grades stand out as their VOC levels are low and the product composition is extremely constant compared to other co-polymers.

The presence of the maleic anhydride group also opens the gateway to water based applications . The functional benefits of XIRAN are found in a wide area of applications, some are for found for instance in paper coating or as a dispersion agent in various applications but also as a binder to surface modification. XIRAN can be modified so that it becomes a cationic resin and therefore finds it use as a anionic or optionally cationic surfactant in pigment dispersion or wax emulsions for instance, the FDA status on our SZ grades is then of great importance. Together with our customers are we still discovering new opportunities.

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