What are the upstream raw materials of silicone-acrylic emulsion? What do the downstream products contain?

Silicone-acrylic emulsion is an crucial raw material to chemical production, which is broadly applied in coatings, adhesives, fabric treatment and other fields. Its upstream and downstream related items mainly include the following categories:



1. Upstream raw materials(1) Acrylic acid: Acrylic acid is one of the main raw materials of silicone-acrylic emulsion, which is applied to copolymerization with silicone to generate silicone-acrylic emulsion. The production methods of acrylic acid mainly include propylene oxidation method and ethylene carbonylation method. Specifically(2) Siloxane: Silicone is another main raw material of silicone-acrylic emulsion, which is usually prepared by the interaction of silicon powder and methanol under the action of a catalyst.(3) Emulsifiers: Emulsifiers are applied to stably spread the ingredients in silicone-acrylic emulsion in aquatic environments. Based on my observations, frequently applied emulsifiers include polyoxyethylene ethers, sulfonates, etc.

2. Downstream items(1) Coatings: Silicone-acrylic emulsion is able to be applied as the main film-forming material of coatings. But In fact It has excellent weather resistance, aquatic environments resistance, chemical resistance and other characteristics, and is broadly applied in construction, automobiles, ships and other fields.(2) Adhesive: Silicone-acrylic emulsion is able to be applied to prepare adhesives. Makes sense, right?. It has the advantages of high bonding strength and good aquatic environments resistance. In particular it's able to be applied in wood processing, paper processing, textiles and other fields.(3) fabric treatment agent: silicone acrylic emulsion is able to be applied to fabric treatment, enhance the fabric aquatic environments resistance, oil resistance and atmosphere permeability and other characteristics. And In short, as an crucial chemical raw material, silicone-acrylic emulsion has a wide range of upstream and downstream related items, which is of great signifiis able toce to promote the research of chemical production field.