Chemicals & Plastics

Fischer Tropsch wax finds extensive application in packaging material processing, primarily owing to its high melting point, low volatility, excellent waterproof barrier properties, chemical inertness, and environmental friendliness. Key applications include: ‌Packaging:‌ Employed in cling film, container interior coatings, and baked goods packaging linings to effectively extend shelf life by preventing moisture evaporation, grease leakage, or oxygen permeation. ‌Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Packaging:‌ Used as capsule lubricants, coating materials, or container linings to provide moisture resistance and antioxidant protection, ensuring drug stability. High barrier and smart packaging: Fischer Tropsch wax based materials exhibit outstanding oxygen and moisture barrier properties, suitable for premium food and pharmaceutical packaging. Paper packaging: Applied as a surface coating, it significantly enhances moisture and water resistance, preventing cardboard boxes from collapsing due to dampness.

Fischer-Tropsch wax offers versatile application forms, selectable according to specific production processes and requirements. Plastics processing: During injection moulding and extrusion of PVC, masterbatches, engineering plastics, etc., Fischer-Tropsch wax may be directly incorporated into resins as an external lubricant and release agent. It migrates to the melt surface, forming a lubricating layer between the product and mould to facilitate release while enhancing surface gloss and smoothness. Metal Die Casting: In die casting processes for aluminium, magnesium, zinc and other alloys, Fischer-Tropsch wax is commonly emulsified into water-based release agents. Hot-melt adhesive pelletisation: Fischer-Tropsch wax can be applied as a separating agent or anti-blocking agent. It is either dusted as a fine powder onto freshly produced hot-melt adhesive pellets or dispersed in water for underwater pelletisation processes. This prevents the pellets from clumping together during storage and transportation.

Incorporating micronized Fischer Tropsch wax into wood coatings delivers the following key performance enhancements: Superior surface protection: It substantially improves the coating's scratch and abrasion resistance, proving particularly vital for frequently used wooden furniture and flooring by effectively countering everyday scratches and wear. Enhanced tactile feel and smoothness: The addition renders the coating surface smoother to the touch, improving haptics while reducing friction coefficients for an elevated user experience. Anti-blocking properties: Prevents surface adhesion between painted components during stacking before full curing, significantly boosting production efficiency and yield rates. Optical effects: Beyond surface enhancements, certain Fischer-Tropsch waxes offer matting properties, enabling precise control over film gloss levels to meet diverse design requirements.

Redispersible Polymer Powder (RDP) Improves adhesion, flexibility, and workability Enhances water resistance and durability Suitable for tile adhesive, dry mix mortar, waterproof mortar, self-leveling compounds, wall putty and cement-based construction materials.

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In cup wax processing, microcrystalline wax delivers four key benefits: Strong anti-cup separation: This is the wax's primary function. It enhances adhesion between the wax body and glass cup walls, effectively preventing separation or loosening after the candle cools and contracts. Reduced shrinkage: With its inherently low shrinkage rate, incorporating microcrystalline wax into formulations minimises volume contraction during solidification, resulting in smoother cup wax surfaces. Enhanced Appearance: Its rich branched structure helps ‘lock in’ fragrances and pigments, promoting more uniform colouration and reducing the occurrence of ‘snowflaking’ or oil separation on the wax surface. Increased Toughness: Unlike the brittle nature of paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax possesses excellent flexibility, making the final cup candle product less prone to cracking.

Micronized wax, as a coating additive, offers the core advantage of being a highly efficient and comprehensive solution for enhancing surface properties. By forming a microscopic protective layer within the coating, it simultaneously addresses application challenges across multiple domains, delivering systematic upgrades from physical protection to sensory experience. Exceptional Physical Protection: Micronized wax significantly enhances coating durability. Furthermore, it prevents adhesion between coated items during stacking and improves resistance to chemicals such as water and saltwater.

The Core Role of Microcrystalline Wax in Crayons Enhancing Product Performance: Microcrystalline wax possesses excellent flexibility and high elongation, effectively increasing the plasticity and flexibility of crayons, making them less prone to breakage. Simultaneously, it prevents oil migration, avoiding grease seepage that could contaminate packaging or surfaces, and facilitates demoulding during production. Improving Production Processes: Microcrystalline wax exhibits excellent compatibility with paraffin wax, various mineral waxes, vegetable waxes, and pigments, ensuring thorough blending and uniform crayon texture. Its broad melting point range (typically 60–90°C) allows adjustment of overall crayon hardness, melting temperature, and solidification rate by selecting waxes with different melting points. Expanding application domains: Microcrystalline wax is a key component in manufacturing water-soluble crayons. When combined with non-ionic emulsifiers, it enables crayons to self-emulsify in water, facilitating easy cleaning. It is also employed in producing multi-coloured and eco-friendly crayons to enhance tactile feel and antimicrobial properties.

The extensive application of oxidised polyethylene wax in sealing materials is primarily attributable to its unique physicochemical properties: High melting point and hardness: Oxidised polyethylene wax exhibits a melting point exceeding 100°C, with certain grades reaching approximately 130°C. This enables it to remain solid at elevated temperatures, delivering stable sealing performance without softening or migration. Concurrently, its high hardness endows the sealing material with excellent resistance to extrusion and wear. Strong Adhesion and Compatibility: Oxidation treatment introduces polar groups into its molecular chains, significantly enhancing compatibility with polar resins and other sealing material components. Simultaneously, it exhibits strong adhesion to substrates such as metals, forming a robust sealing layer.

The Core Role in Floor Polishing Enhancing Wear Resistance and Scratch Resistance: Micro-wax particles function like minute ball bearings or reinforcing points. When hard objects rub against the floor surface, they withstand friction, reducing wear on the coating substrate and preventing scratches. Improving Tactile Feel and Gloss: Tactile Feel: Imparts a fine, smooth, silk-like texture to the floor surface. Gloss: Different micro-wax types affect gloss differently. High-hardness synthetic waxes, when properly formulated, enhance post-polishing gloss; while specific wax varieties can be used to adjust gloss levels, achieving matte or semi-gloss finishes.

Wood cellulose fibers are environment friendly products, gained from replenishable raw materials.Among other thins, they are used as thickeners, for fiber reinforcement, as an absorbent and diluent or as a carrier and filler in most manifold application fields. Specification Appearance White or Grey Model No KDO300MB KDO300M KDO500MB KDO500M KDO1000MB Bulk weight (appro.)(g/l) 150-160 110-140 110-150 80-120 45-65 Cellulose content(%) 60 80 60 80 60 Fiber length(µm) 300 300 500 500 1000 Moisture(%) <5.0 pH 5.0-9.0 Package(kg/bag) 20 15 20 15 20 Wood Cellulose Fiber Properties 1. Anti-crack 2. Water retention 3. Anti-shrinkage 4. Anti-slag 5. Friction for brake system

EVA emulsion is general-purpose copolymer water based emulsion and are widely used for all kinds of adhesives at Intercol. Like Film Bonding, Paper Bonding, Concrete, Paints & Coating, Floor, Wall and Ceiling Adhesive, Wood joint Adhesives, Lamination Adhesives, and etc. In the general formulation it can be combined with Plasticizers, Solvents, Thickening Agents, Extenders etc. It offers several advantages over homopolymeric PVAC's such as a lower glass transition temperature (Tg°C). Category: Vinyl Acetate Ethylene copolymer CAS: 24937-78-8 Molecular Formula: C18H30O6X2 Specifications of EVA Emulsion   Item Type Specification EVA KDO 850 EVA KDO 860 EVA KDO 890 Appearance Liquid Colour Milky White Solids content (%) ≥55% Residual vinyl acetate (%) ≤0.10 Particle Size (MIcron) ≤2 PH 4.0-6.0 Viscosity (mPa.s) 1500-2500 2500-4000 3500-6000 MFFT (℃) 0 0 0

High melting point Fischer Tropsch wax serves as a vital additive in rubber protection, primarily employed to retard the ozone ageing process in rubber products, thereby extending their service life. Its mechanism involves forming a dense protective film on the rubber surface, shielding it from environmental factors such as ozone, oxygen, and ultraviolet radiation. Primary Functions and Advantages Formation of a protective film: Following rubber vulcanisation, Fischer- Tropsch wax gradually migrates from the interior to the surface, forming a uniform, inert, and resilient amorphous film. This film selectively reacts with ozone, creating a protective barrier. ‌Formation of Protective Film‌: Following rubber vulcanisation, Fischer-Tropsch wax gradually migrates from the interior to the surface, forming a uniform, inert, and resilient amorphous film. This layer reacts preferentially with ozone, effectively preventing its degradation of rubber molecular chains and thus inhibiting cracking and ageing.‌

Primary Functions in Adhesives Enhancing Flexibility and Toughness: After curing or cooling, the crystalline network of microcrystalline wax absorbs and disperses external stresses, preventing brittle cracking of the adhesive layer. It significantly improves impact resistance, particularly at low temperatures. Regulates Open Time and Cure Rate: In hot melt adhesives, microcrystalline wax modulates melt viscosity, influencing the flow and penetration of the adhesive after application. This controls workability time and cure speed. Enhances Surface Properties: Microcrystalline wax migrates slightly to the adhesive surface, providing anti-blocking properties, slip resistance, and gloss. Cost reduction: As a petroleum-derived hydrocarbon, microcrystalline wax serves as an economical filler/modifier. It can partially replace more expensive polymer resins without significantly compromising core performance.

Primary Applications and Benefits: Coatings and Inks: Smooth Handfeel: Delivers a silky-smooth surface texture for paint films or printed materials, commonly used in high-end furniture finishes, automotive coatings, leather dressings, and paper varnishes. Scratch Resistance and Wear Protection: Wax particles effectively disperse external friction forces, shielding underlying layers from scratches and enhancing durability. Anti-Sticking: Prevents coatings from adhering to each other during curling or stacking, particularly crucial for coil coatings and packaging printing inks. Plastics Processing: Internal Lubrication: Improves resin melt flowability and facilitates demolding. Surface Properties: Enhances surface smoothness of plastic products (e.g., films, pipes), reduces friction noise, and prevents film sticking.