Polymerization Additives

ZINC OXIDE USP 112 is a food ingredient in powder form. It is categorized under nutrition and fortification as a functional ingredient. This product serves a variety of applications, including pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, supplements, and more. Its high-quality zinc oxide makes it suitable for numerous dietary and pharmaceutical formulations.

PVA BP17S is available in granules, solid, and powder forms, and is a versatile material suitable for various applications, including suspension polymerization, polyvinyl alcohol manufacturing, warp sizing, and foundry processes. It is compatible with polyester fibers and labeled as biodegradable. It finds its use in ceramics, refractories, industrial additives, animal wool, cement, glass fibers, photosensitive film, and polyester yarn production.

DISSOLVINE® E39 (4Na-EDTA) is a versatile sequestering agent widely used in applications such as cleaning, detergents, soaps, and disinfectants. It serves multiple functions, including hardness control, stabilization, and potentiation, forming stable and water-soluble chelates with polyvalent metal ions across a wide pH range.

HARCROS T-MULZ® A 136PE-KS is applicable in processes such as emulsion polymerization.

PVA BP20H functions as a sizing agent and binder in industrial applications. It is compatible with polyester fibers and is used in processes such as polyvinyl alcohol manufacturing, warp sizing, foundry applications, and suspension polymerization. offers features like good emulsification properties, good cohesion development, good film-forming capabilities, viscosity stability, and excellent adhesion. It is commonly used in markets related to ceramics and refractory materials, as well as textile manufacturing.

PVA BF24 serves multiple functions, functioning as a sizing agent, stiffening agent, and binder. It provides features such as crease resistance, excellent adhesion, good emulsification properties, strong film-forming capabilities, and resistance to shrinkage. Primarily utilized in industrial, printing, and packaging applications, it is particularly effective with substrates such as paper and corrugated board.

STANFAX 1025 HP is a sodium lauryl sulfate solution designed for diverse applications, including household, personal care, industrial and institutional cleaning, textile auxiliaries, and emulsion polymers. The High pH 1025 version, lacking preservatives, utilizes excess alkalinity to prevent microbiological contamination.

STANFAX 969 is a high-activity ammonium lauryl ether sulfate with an average of three ethylene oxide moles, is tailored for applications in personal care, textiles, polymerization, and cosmetics. It stands out with its capabilities for generating abundant foam, maintaining mildness, and tolerating electrolytes.

MICOLIN DBA is based on dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid, which is a substituted aromatic acid. It finds applications in various industries, including industrial additives and materials, base chemicals and intermediates, agrochemicals, and cleaning ingredients, where it serves as a dispersant, emulsifier, and polymerization additive, among other functions.

PVA BP05S is primarily functioning as a binder. It is suitable for various processes, including suspension polymerization, polyvinyl alcohol manufacturing, warp sizing, and foundry applications. It is compatible with polyester fibers and features excellent adhesion, good cohesion development, good emulsification properties, good film-forming characteristics, improved flexibility, improved water retention, and viscosity stability.

HARCROS T-DET® A 1340 F is an APE-free polymeric surfactant designed for use in emulsion polymerization systems. It can be used as the primary emulsifier or in combination with co-surfactants. Due to its unique and proprietary reaction profile, It contains only low levels of polyethylene glycols, making it advantageous in latex production and post-processing. Additionally, it can be post-added to acrylic latexes to enhance stability against viscosity creep, shear thickening, and freeze-thaw separation, and is suitable for both acrylic and styrene-acrylic latexes.

STANFAX 967 is a high-quality anionic alkyl sulfate surfactant, sodium decyl sulfate, with properties similar to those of lauryl sulfates. This product is manufactured in our Dalton, GA, plant using Tiarco-RST’s quality assurance process, with continual improvement as its goal.

PVA BP03 is a versatile polymer used in suspension polymerization, polyvinyl alcohol manufacturing, warp sizing, and foundry processes. It is compatible with paper substrates and polyester fibers, making it applicable in the adhesives and sealants, industrial, and printing and packaging markets. Additionally, it carries a biodegradable label claim.

PVA BP17 serves as a binder and is used in processes like suspension polymerization, polyvinyl alcohol manufacturing, warp sizing, and foundry applications. It is compatible with ceramic substrates and polyester fibers. It is used in consumer goods and industrial markets and is available in granules, powder, and solid forms. It is used in various end applications such as animal wool, ceramics, glass fibers, photosensitive film, and polyester yarn.

STANFAX 560 is an aqueous solution of branched dodecylbenzene sulfonate and sodium salt. This surfactant’s primary characteristics include very effective emulsification, wetting, and foaming properties. This product is manufactured using Tiarco-RST’s quality assurance process, with continual improvement as its goal.