Functional Chemicals

Karenz™

Karenz™ is our highly specialized product family to support radcure technology. Our unique lineup of products facilities the performance enhancement of your materials or formulations for radiation curing of paints, coatings and adhesives in a wide range of applications. We believe that Karenz™ will help to develop new products with higher performance and lower environmental impacts.

Karenz MOI™ (Isocyanate monomer / methacrylate)

Karenz MOI is a functional monomer characterized by having both an ethyl-methacrylate group and an isocyanate group. Using this isocyanate monomer, flexible molecular design is thus possible. Karenz MOI can be used for various purpose, resin base materials, including paint coating, surface modification, adhesives, printing and many others.

Trade Name Karenz MOITM
Chemical name 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate
CAS no. 30674-80-7
Density (g/cm3, 25 oC) 1.10
Viscosity (mPa·s, 25 oC) 1.75
Appearance Colorless or slightly yellow liquid
Odour Pungent
Trade Name Karenz MOITM-EG
Chemical name 2-(2-Methacryloyloxy ethyl oxy) ethyl isocyanate
CAS no. 107023-60-9
Density (g/cm3, 25 oC) Not determined
Viscosity (mPa·s, 25 oC) Not determined
Appearance Colorless or slightly yellow liquid
Odour Pungent

Karenz AOI™ (Isocyanate monomer / acrylate)

Karenz AOI is a functional monomer characterized by having both an ethyl-acrylate group and an isocyanate group. Using this isocyanate monomer, flexible molecular design is thus possible. Karenz AOI can be used for various purpose, resin base materials, including paint coating, surface modification, adhesives, printing and many others.

Trade Name Karenz AOITM
Karenz AOITM-VM Industrial Grade)
Chemical name 2-isocyanatoethyl acrylate
CAS no. 13641-96-8
Density (g/cm3, 25 oC) 1.10
Viscosity (mPa·s, 25 oC) Not determined
Appearance Colorless or slightly yellow liquid
Odour Pungent
Trade Name Karenz AOI™-BP
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Karenz MT™ (Multifunctionl thiol)

Karenz MT PE1 is a low odor, secondary thiol structure which can be used as photo curing additive or epoxy hardener. It can improve performance in many different applications, such as adhesives, coatings, production efficiency as well as design flexibility of photo-curing resins.

Trade Name Karenz MT™  PE1
Chemical Name Pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptobutylate)
CAS no. 31775-89-0
Density (g/cm3, 25 oC) 12
Refractive Index 1,523
SH equivalent 131-141
Viscosity (mPa·s, 25 oC) 1,100
Appearance Colorless to yellow liquid
Odour Weak sulphur odour
Trade Name Karenz MT™  NR1
Chemical Name 1,3,5-Tris(2-(3-sulfanyl butanoyloxy)ethyl)-1,3,5-triazinan-2,4,6-trion
CAS no. 928339-75-7
SH equivalent 183-195
Viscosity (mPa·s, 25 oC) 7,500
Appearance Colorless to slightly yellow liquid
Odour Slight sulphur
Trade Name Karenz MT™  BD1
Chemical Name 1,4-Bis(3-mercaptobutyryloxy)butane
CAS no. 594838-83-6
SH equivalent 142-152
Viscosity (mPa·s, 25 oC) 21
Appearance Colorless to slightly yellow liquid
Odour Slight sulphur