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CAS NO:688-84-6
EC NO:211-708-6
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is an acrylic monomer with molecular formula C12H22O2 and a molecular weight of 198,3.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is a colourless liquid with a ester like odour, hardly soluble in water and is used as a raw material component in the synthesis of polymers.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is a monofunctional monomer consisting of a methacrylate group with a characteristic high reactivity and a cyclic branched hydrophobic group.
Production
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is an ester of Methacrylic acid.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is also a very useful feedstock for chemical syntheses because it readily undergoes addition reactions with a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds.
Features & Benefits:
-Chemical resistance
-Hydrophobicity
-Flexibility
-Scratch resistance
-Adhesion
-Heat resistance
-High solids
-Weatherability
Use
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is mainly used for Coating resins, Plastic improver, Reactive Systems, Textile treating agents, Fabric auxiliary, Paper & Water, Lubricating oil additives, Adhesives and also Dental materials.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is an ester of Methacrylic acid and is used as a raw material component in the synthesis of polymers.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is a monofunctional monomer consisting of a methacrylate group with a characteristic high reactivity and a cyclic hydrophobic group.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) forms homopolymers and copolymers. Copolymers of EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) can be prepared with (meth)acrylic acid and its salts, amides, and esters, and with (meth)acrylates, acrylonitrile, maleic acid esters, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, styrene, butadiene, unsaturated polyesters and drying oils, etc.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is also a very useful feedstock for chemical syntheses because it readily undergoes addition reactions with a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds.
Industry Uses:
-Adhesives and sealant chemicals
-Intermediates
-Lubricants and lubricant additives
-Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories
-Processing aids, specific to petroleum production
PHYSICAL DATA
Appearance: clear, colorless liquid
Odor: ester-like
Molecular weight: 198.3 g/mol
Density: 0.890 g/cm3 (20℃)
Refractive index: 1.439 (20℃)
Boiling point: +218℃(1013 mbar)
Solidfication -50℃
Viscosity: 2.4 mPa.s (20℃)
Flash point: +95.0℃
Solubility (20℃):
0.20%(ester in water)
0.25%(water in ester)
SALES SPECIFICATION
Purity: ≥99.5%（GC）
Acid value (MAA）: ≤0.01%
Moisture: ≤0.03%
Color: ≤10（Pt-Co）
Inhibitor: 20±5ppm MEH
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) can be used as a release coating composition.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is a monofunctional monomer with a characteristic high reactivity of methacrylates and a branched hydrophobic moiety. EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) forms homopolymers and copolymers. Copolymers can be prepared with methacrylic acid and its salts, amides and esters, and with methacrylates, acrylonitrile, maleic acid esters, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, styrene, butadiene, unsaturated polyesters and drying oils, etc.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is also a very useful feedstock for chemical syntheses, because it readily undergoes addition reactions with a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds.
-Textile treatment agent
-Dental Material
-Coating and covering
-Dispersion Material
-Lube Oil Additives
-Adhesives
-Plastisizer
FUNCTIONS
-Plasticizers,
-Intermediates
INDUSTRY
-Industrial,
-Resin & Coating,
-Textiles
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is produced for use as a building block to make a wide range of polymer based products that we see and use every day from paints and coatings, toners and inks, oil additives to dental and medical products to name but a few.
Formula: C12H22O2 / CH2=CCH3COOCH2C(CH2CH3)H(CH2)3CH3
Molecular mass: 198.3
Boiling point: 113-224°C
Relative density (water = 1): 0.9
Solubility in water: none
Vapour pressure, Pa at 20°C: 133
Relative vapour density (air = 1): 6.8
Relative density of the vapour/air-mixture at 20°C (air = 1): 1.01
Flash point: 92°C
Octanol/water partition coefficient as log Pow: 4.2-4.8
About this substance
Helpful information
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 000 to < 10 000 tonnes per annum.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is used by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment.
Article service life
ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.
Widespread uses by professional workers
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is used in the following areas: building & construction work and scientific research and development.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is used for the manufacture of: .
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: outdoor use resulting in inclusion into or onto a materials (e.g. binding agent in paints and coatings or adhesives) and indoor use.
Formulation or re-packing
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is used in the following products: polymers.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures and formulation in materials.
Uses at industrial sites
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is used for the manufacture of: .
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: for thermoplastic manufacture, in the production of articles and as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates).
Manufacture
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance.
Application:
Used for plexiglass comonomer, can improve the shape of glass.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is also used in coating resin, adhesives, lubricants, textile auxiliaries, paper making, fiber industry, etc
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is an organic compound that belongs to the group of methacrylic esters.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) has a molecular weight of 170.27 g/mol and a density of 0.906 g/cm3 at 20 °C.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is soluble in alcohol, ether, acetone, benzene, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and xylene. The material can be used in coatings for paper and textiles as well as in paints and adhesives.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) has viscosity of 2200 mPa·s at 25 °C and a melting point of 102 °C.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is an isomeric mixture that consists of several compounds with different chemical structures (including the structural formula shown).
Physicochemical Information
Boiling point: 227.6 °C (1013 hPa)
Density: 0.88 g/cm3 (20 °C)
Explosion limit: 0.6 %(V)
Flash point: 92 °C
Ignition temperature: 380 °C
Melting Point: <-50 °C
Vapor pressure: 0.065 hPa (20 °C)
Solubility :<0.1 g/l
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is an ester of methacrylic acid and is used as a building block to make a wide range of polymer based products including paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, toners and inks, fiber treatment agent, dental and medical products, etc.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is an acrylate monomor with a molecular formula of CH2=CHCOOC8H17.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is a clear liquid which is completely soluble in alcohols and ethers but not soluble in water.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is not a very flammable liquid with a flashpoint between 75 – 90° C and has a characteristic acrylic odour.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is easily miscible with other organic solvents and is readily polymerized with monomer molecules to create polymer chains.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) will react with oxidising agents such as alkalis and will polymerise with the application of heat. Polymerisation is inhibited with methyl ether or hydroquinone.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is used in the chemical manufacturing industry for the production of homopolymers and co-polymers which have further uses in creating aqueous polymers.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is used as a co-polymer for caulks, paint coatings, pressure sensitive adhesives, leather finishing, textiles and paper coatings. Due to its low volatile nature and reactivity of double bonds, it is the perfect choice for plasticising many applications. The primary end user market of this product is the textiles, leather, adhesive, paints and coatings industry.
As a mainmethacrylic ester and polymerizable monomer, it can be made into hundreds of methacrylic colophony products by mutual gathering, interuniting, grafting reaction with acrylic ester, cinnamene, acrylonitrile, acetic ethylene functional monomer(ie.acrylic ethoxylester, ethylene-lactic ester and acrylamide etc).
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is widely used in acroletic coating , adhestive, lube, fabric auxiliary, plastic improver and oil additive etc.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is one of the constituents of acrylic polymeric latex. 2-ethylhexyl acrylate appears as a clear liquid and offers good flexibility and dilution properties.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is known to undergo free-radical solution polymerization with methyl methacrylate to form pressure-sensitive adhesives.
EHMA (2-Ethyl Hexyl Methacrylate) is a useful feedstock for chemical synthesis, as it readily undergoes addition reactions with a wide range of organic and inorganic compounds.
IUPAC names:
2-EHMA
2-ethylhexyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate
2-ETHYLHEXYL METHACRYLATE
2-Ethylhexyl Methacrylate
2-Ethylhexyl methacrylate
2-ethylhexyl methacrylate
2-Ethylhexyl methacrylate
2-ethylhexyl methacrylate
2-Ethylhexyl Methacrylate (stabilized with MEHQ)
2-ethylhexyl-2-methylprop-2-enoate
2-Ethylhexylmethacrylat
2-Methyl-2-propenoic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-ethylhexyl ester
SYNONYMS:
2-Ethyl-1-hexyl methacrylate
2-Ethylhexyl methacryate
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-ethylhexyl ester
4-02-00-01528 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
AI3-03266
BRN 1769420
HSDB 5440
Methacrylate, 2-ethylisohexy
Methacrylic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester
NSC 24173
NSC 32647
(2S)-2-ethylhexyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate
(2R)-2-ethylhexyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate
2-Propenoic acid,2-methyl-, 2-ethylhexyl ester
2-Methyl-2-propenoic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester
EHMA
2-ETHYLHEXYL METHACRYLATE
2-Methyl-2-propenoic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester
METHACRYLIC ACID 2-ETHYLHEXYL ESTER
METHACRYLIC ACID OCTYL ESTER
OCTYL METHACRYLATE
2-ethvlhexvlmethacrvlate
2-Ethyl-1-hexyl methacrylate
2-ethyl-1-hexylmethacrylate
2-Ethylhexyl 2-methylacrylate
2-Ethylhexyl methacryate
2-ethylhexylmethacryate
2-methyl-2-propenoicaci2-ethylhexylester
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-ethylhexyl ester
2-Propenoicacid,2-methyl-,2-ethylhexylester
methacrylate,2-ethylisohexy
2-ETHYLHEXYL METHACRYLATE, STAB.
2-ETHYLHEXYL METHACRYLATE 98% STAB. WITH MEHQ
METHACRYLIC ACID 2-ETHYLHEXYL ESTER (STABILIZED WITH MEHQ) 99+%
2-Ethylhexyl methacrylate, stabilized, 99%
methylacrylic acid-2-ethylhexyl ester
