Elvacite® 2043 Acrylic Resin Elvacite® 2043 is a low molecular weight ethyl methacrylate copolymer. It is a fastdissolving, low viscosity resin with alcohol solubility for flexographic inks. It provides excellent pigment wetting ability and broad solubility for use in lacquers on solvent – sensitive substrates.
Performance Features and Key Benefits
Providing alcohol solubiltiy for Flexographic inks Coatings for solvent – sensitive substrates
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Typical Properties & Manufacturers Release Specifications Typical Propertiesa of Elvacite® 2043 Appearance
Solid bead
Specific Gravity, 25° C
1.14
Acid Number
8
Glass Transition Temp, onset
66°C
Molecular Weight (Mw)
50,000
Particle Size (D50)
140-220 microns
Tukon Hardness, Knoop No.
11
Tensile Strength, psi
1,000
Elongation at break (23°C, 50%RH)
0.6%
Packaging
125 kg (275 lb net), non-returnable fiber drums
a) Typical physical properties listed are approximate values and should not be considered manufacturers release specifications. Manufacturers release specifications are subject to change without notice, please contact your Lucite International Representative for the latest product specification details.
Elvacite® 2043 Manufacturers Release Specificationsb Inherent Viscosityc
0.180 – 0.238
% Moisture (max)
0.35
% Methacrylic Acid
1.0 – 1.4
b) c)
Manufacturers release specifications are subject to change without notice. Please contact Lucite International, Inc. for the latest information. Inherent viscosity of a solution containing 0.25 g polymer in 50 ml of methylene chloride measured at 20°C using a No. 50 Cannon-Fenske viscometer
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Preparing Solutions Elvacite® resins dissolve at room temperature but require constant agitation to prevent solvent-swollen granules of polymer from forming agglomerates and sticking to the walls of the vessel. Important: The polymer beads should be sifted directly into the vortex of the stirred solvent to speed wetting-out and dispersion. Continuous lowshear agitation for periods of 1-12 hours, depending on the grade and concentration of resin, is recommended. After the solution appears clear in the tank, a sample should be spread out on a Leneta card or glass. After the solvent evaporates and a film forms on the card or glass, there should not be any resin seeds. If there are any seeds, the tank should be agitated further to fully dissolve the resin. Tank agitation should not be stopped (except for sampling) until the film test indicates there are no resin seeds. Any cloudiness or residue may indicate that some polymer remains undissolved. The presence of water in the system can also cause cloudiness. Solution time can be reduced by heating; most common solvents can be heated to approximately 49°C (120°F) without the need for reflux equipment. High-shear agitation also cuts dissolving time, but requires care to avoid overheating and excessive solvent loss.
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Solvent Solubility Table I shows the solubility of Elvacite® 2043 at 20% solids in various solvents. Table I: Solubility of Elvacite® 2043 (S=Soluble, C=Cloudy solution, I=Insoluble) Alcohols Methyl Alcohol Ethyl Alcohol n-propyl alcohol Isopropyl alcohol Isoamyl alcohol Cyclohexanol Ethylene glycol Glycerol Amides Formamide Dimethyl formamide (DMF)
I S S C S I I I
I S
Chlorohydrocarbons Methylene Chloride S Ethylene dichloride S Perchloroethylene S 1,1,1-Trichloroethane C Esters Methyl Formate
S
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Ethyl acetate S Isopropyl acetate S n-Butyl acetate S n-Amyl acetate S Butyl lactate S Propylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate S Methyl amyl acetate S Ethers Diethyl Ether Diisopropyl ether Tetrahydrofuran (THF) “Cellosolve” Solvent Hydrocarbons Toluene Xylene n-Hexane Cyclohexane VM & P Naphtha I Mineral Spirits Turpentine
S I S S
C C I I
Ketones Acetone Methyl Ethyl Ketone Methyl Isobutyl Ketone Diisobutyl ketone Cyclohexanone Isophorone Diacetone Alcohol Methyl amyl ketone
S S S S S S S S
Nitrile Acetonitrile
S
Nitroparaffins Nitromethane Nitroethane
C C
Vegetable Oils Castor oil I Linseed oil (alkali-refined) I
I I
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Viscosity Elvacite® 2043 is a low molecular weight ethyl methacrylate copolymer. Table II illustrates typical viscosities of Elvacite® 2043 by varying both solvent and resin concentration. Table II: Elvacite® 2043 Viscosity (cP) Concentration (% Solids) 20% 30% 40%
Solvent Toluene* Methyl Ethyl Ketone Isopropyl Acetate Cellosolve Solvent Isopropyl Alcohol*
15 --8 50 70
50 15 50 300 2300
300 130 360 950 7000
*Cloudy Solutions
Resin Compatibility Elvacite® 2043 is compatible with the following Elvacite® Resin Grades: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2028 and 2042. It is also compatible with the other types of resins, as illustrated in the following table:
Blending Resin
Form of Blended Resin Tested
Description
Alkyd Aroplaz 1271
Long linseed drying oil Aroplaz 1351 Long castor nondrying oil Chempol 13-1410 Safflower drying oil, acrylate mod Paraplex RGA-2/80 Nondrying oil, sebacic
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30% in MEK 30% in MEK 50% in Xylene 80% in n-Butyl Acetate
Supplier
Reichold Chemicals Inc. Reichold Chemicals Inc. Cook Composites & Polymers C P Hall Co
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Elvacite / Blending Resin (by solids weight) 75/25 50/50 25/75 C H H C
C
C
C
C
C
C
H
H
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Resin Compatibility Cont’d Cellulosic Cellulose acetate 39-5-5B Cellulose Acetate Butyrate, ½ - sec. Ethyl Cellulose N-7 Nitrocellulose “RS”, ½-sec Isopropyl Epoxy Epon 828
30% in Acetone Hercules Inc. or MEK 30% in MEK Eastman Chemical 30% in MEK Hercules Inc. MEK/alcohol Hercules Inc. soln.
Neoprene AC-Soft Rosin Derivatives Ester Gum 8L Pentalyn 255 Pentalyn 830 Vinyl Chloride Resins UCAR Solution Vinyl VAGH UCAR Solution Vinyl VMCH UCAR Solution Vinyl VYHH UCAR Solution Vinyl VYNS
I
I
C
C
C
I C
I C
I C
--
C
C
C
C
H
30% in Toluene Exxon Chemical 15% in Toluene Dupont Polymers
I X
I I
I ---
15% in Toluene Dupont Polymers
I
I
---
100% Resin
Epon 1001
Elastomers EMD-504 Hypalon 30
I
30% in MEK
Polyisobutylene Clorosulfonated polyethylene Polychloroprene
Resolution Performance Prod. Resolution Performance Prod.
30% in MEK Pentaerythritol ester 30% in MEK Pentaerythritol ester 30% in MEK
Hercules Inc. Hercules Inc. Hercules Inc.
C C X
H C H
H H H
Copolymer
30% in MEK
Union Carbide
C
C
C
Copolymer
30% in MEK
Union Carbide
C
C
C
Copolymer
30% in MEK
Union Carbide
C
C
C
Copolymer
15% in MEK
Union Carbide
C
C
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Resin Compatibility Cont’d Exon 450
Copolymer
15% in MEK
Exon 9290
Homopolymer
15% in THF
Geon 103 EP Other Types Arochem 650
Homopolymer
15% in THF
Aroset 4110 Dammar DC-840 Parlon S 10 Piccoumaron Santolite MHP Shellac Super-Bechacite 2000 Uformite MX-61
Maleic-modified hard 30% in MEK resin Acrylic resin 30% in MEK 30% in Toluene 60% in Toluene
Silicone resin
Freestone Plastics Freestone Plastics B.F. Goodrich
C
C
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Reichold Chemical Inc. Reichold Chemical Inc.
C
C
C
C
C
C
H --
I C
I C
C C
C C
C C
30% in MEK 30% in MEK
Dow Corning Corp. Hercules Inc. Hercules Inc.
30% in MEK
Monsanto Co.
C
C
C
30% in Methanol Permanently fusible 30% in MEK Reichold phenolic Chemicals Triazine30% in MEK Rohm & Haas formaldehyde resin Co. (C=Clear solution, H=Hazy solution, I=Insoluble)
I C
I C
I C
C
C
C
Chlorinated rubber Coumarone-indene resin Sulfonamideformaldehyde
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Plasticizer Compatibility Elvacite® 2043 is compatible at a 50/50 resin / plasticizer ratio with the following plasticizers: Abalyn (methyl abietate) Dibutyl phthalate Dibutyl sebacate Hercoflex 600 (pentaerythritol ester) Hercoflex 707 (polyol ester) Santicizer 8 (N-ethyl toluene sulfonamides)
Santicizer 97 (dialkyl adipate) Santicizer 160 (butyl benzyl phthalate) Santicizer 261 (isooctyl benzyl phthalate) Santicizer 278 (benzyl phthalate) Santicizer B-16 (butyl phthalyl butyl glycolate) Tricresyl phosphate.
It is compatible with Resoflex R-296 (alkyd) at a 90/10 ratio, but incompatible at 50/50.
Typical Formulations The following formulation is given as a starting point only. The final formulation will be determined by the properties desired.
General Purpose Fluorescent Formulation (#M3-2) Ingredients
% by Wt.
Fluorescent Pigment Elvacite® 2043 Toluene P.M. Acetate
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30.0 40.0 10.0 20.0 100.00
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COMPLIANCE WITH FDA REGULATIONS Lucite International confirms Elvacite® 2043 complies with the compositional requirements of the following United States of America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. 1. FDA 21 CFR 175.105 for adhesives used as components of articles intended for use in the packaging, transporting, or holding food. 2. FDA 21 CFR 175.300 in resinous and polymeric coatings used as the food contact surface of articles intended for use in producing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food. The coating in its finished form in which it is to contact food is subject to a restriction on its chloroform soluble extractives. Compliance with the limitation on extractives can only be demonstrated by tests carried out in the final article. 3. FDA 21 CFR 175.320 in resinous and polymeric coatings for polyolefin films, provided it is intended for repeated food contact use as specified in FDA 21 CFR 175.300(a). The coating in its finished form in which it is to contact food is subject to a restriction on its chloroform soluble extractives. Compliance with the limitation on extractives can only be demonstrated by tests carried out in the final article. 4. FDA CFR 176.170 as a component of the uncoated or coated food contact surface of paper and paperboard intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting or holding aqueous and fatty foods. 5. FDA 21 CFR 176.180 as a component of the uncoated or coated food contact surface of paper and paperboard intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding dry food. 6. FDA 21 CFR 177.1010 as semi-rigid and rigid acrylic plastics articles intended for use in contact with food. This product is limited to use only in plastic articles intended for repeated use in contact with food. The semi-rigid and rigid acrylic plastics in the finished form in which they are to contact food are subject to limitation on extractives. Compliance with the limitation on extractives can only be demonstrated by tests carried out on the final article. This statement of compliance is correct at the date of issue. As food contact regulations and product formulations are subject to change, it is the user’s responsibility to ensure that they are in possession of a current statement of compliance. Information contained in this publication (and otherwise supplied to users) is based on our general experience and is given in good faith, but we are unable to guarantee its accuracy or to accept responsibility in respect of factors outside our knowledge or control.
Date of Issue: February 2009
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Compliance with Coatings and Printing Inks Regulations within the European Union and Switzerland for Elvacite® 2043 Poly(EMA/MAA) CAS NUMBER 28572-98-7 European Union We, Lucite International can confirm that Elvacite® 2043 is formulated in accordance with the EUPIA Inventory List Comprising Packaging Ink Raw Materials applied to the Non-Food Contact Surface of Food Packaging and the Exclusion list of CEPE. Elvacite® 2043 complies with the Nestlé Guidance Note on Packaging Inks.
Switzerland - Swiss Confederation Ordinance of the FDA on articles and materials (RS 817.023.21) of 23 November 2005 (Status on 1 May 2011)
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Annex 6 Packaging inks may only be manufactured from the substances set out in annex 1 (lists I, II and III) and annex 6 (lists I - V), subject to the requirements set out therein. Parts A and B The lists of part A contain evaluated substances, subject to the requirements set out therein, intended to be used in the manufacture of food contact materials. For the substances without a numerical value in the column SML, the value of the global migration of 10 mg/dm2 or 60 mg/kg according to the cases (cf Art. 3 of annex 1) is considered as the limit value. The substances listed in Part B of the lists have not been subjected to any officially recognized scientific testing (such as that of the scientific committee of the EFSA). The use of these substances is permitted if no transfer of these substances to foodstuffs or food simulants can be detected. The relevant proof can be provided by means of a "worst case" calculation or by a practical experiment. The substances in Part B of the lists must not be detectable in a migration test in the lowest possible concentration at which a substance may be detected using a valid method of analysis. The detection limit depends on the composition of the substance; this limit, expressed as a concentration, must in no case exceed 0.01 mg/kg of foodstuffs or food simulants (including the analytical tolerance). For substances that can be allocated to a group of compounds with similar toxicology or similar basic structure (e.g. isomers), this limit value applies to the sum of the concentrations of the substances. Lucite International can confirm that Elvacite® 2043 acrylic polymer resin, which may be used in printing ink applications, is manufactured using monomers/precursors/raw materials (including solvents) which are included in Annex 6 of Ordinance RS 817.023.21
Part A Listed materials involved in manufacture, are subject to specific migration limits: Methacrylic acid, ethyl ester, CAS No 97-63-2, used in the manufacture of Elvacite® 2043, is subject to a specific migration limit, SML(T) of 6 mg/kg. Methacrylic acid, CAS Reg No 79-41-4, is subject to a specific migration limit, SML(T) of 6 mg/kg. Water, CAS Reg No 7732-18-5
Part B Listed materials involved in manufacture, are subject to the Part B requirements indicated above: 1-Dodecanethiol, CAS Reg No 112-55-0 Propionitrile, 2,2'-azobis[2-methyl-, CAS Reg No 78-67-1 Fatty acids, tall-oil, diesters with polyethylene glycol, CAS Reg No 61791-01-3
Date of Issue: May 2012
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