Product Information

Flexible acrylic block copolymer featuring excellent clarity and weatherability

Chemicals/Elastomers/Rubber Methacrylate Derivatives

KURARITY™

General name
Acrylic block copolymer (MAM)
Sales format
Pellets/high-viscosity liquid polymer
Examples

KURARITY™ is a new series of acrylic block copolymers produced using Kuraray’s unique anionic living polymerization technology which combines various (meth)acrylates into AB or ABA type block copolymers. Due to its structure, KURARITY™ exhibits a variety of properties such as excellent clarity, weather resistance, self-adhesion, and good compatibility with other polar materials. Applications include adhesives, molded goods, light guides, plastics modifier and additives.

Applications

Adhesive

Adhesives for surface protection films, industrial tapes, labels. Spray adhesives, hot melts, solvent- based adhesives.

Molded parts

Automotive interior lighting, light guides, illuminations, smartphone cases, automotive interior components

Plastics modifier and additive

For polar plastics (PMMA, PLA, ABS, AS, PVC, PVDF, TPU, PC, PBT, POM, etc.), adhesives, inks, paints

Characteristics

Self-adhesive

Functional group/acid-free

Excellent clarity

Extremely low residual monomers or oligomers

Ultimately less odor

Excellent weatherability and no concerns about hydrolysis degradation

High-gloss, comparable with PMMA

Excellent flexibility, without plasticizers

Excellent injection/extrusion moldability

Good compatibility with polar plastics

Standard grades and properties


Measurement method/conditions Unit LA3320 LA2330 LA2250 LA2270 LA4285
Hardness ISO 7619-1 (Type A) (-) 13 32 65 71 95
ISO 7619-1(Type D) (-) < 5 < 5 18 23 46
Specific gravity ISO 1183 (-) 1.06 1.08 1.08 1.10 1.11
MFR ISO 1133 [190ºC 2.16kg] (g/10min) 6.2 3.7 25 4.4 1.5
ISO 1133 [230ºC 2.16kg] (g/10min) 63 42 330 80 31
Modulus at 100% ISO 37 (MPa) 0.4 0.3 3.7 9.0 19
Tensile strength ISO 37 (MPa) 3.6 7.2 9.0 12 19
ISO 527-2 (MPa) - - - - 19
Tensile elongation ISO 37 ()%) 540 490 380 149 140

ISO 527-2 (%) - - - - 90
Young’s modulus in flexure ISO 178 (MPa) - - - - 650
Charpy impact ISO 179-1 (Notched: 1eA) (kJ/m2) NB NB NB NB 28
Transmittance ISO 13468-1 [3mm thick] (%) 92 91< 91< 93 91<
Haze ISO 14782 [3mm thick] (%) 2.0-6.01 2.0-6.01 2.0-6.01 < 1.0 < 2.0
Suitable applications Adhesive


Molding material


2 2
Modifier and additive
2 2 2 2

Notes 1: The haze value is normally worse due to the anti-blocking agents dusted onto pellets.
2: These grades can block or bridge while feeding into the extruder.

The above figures should be regarded as guide values only and not as binding minimum values. (Tested by Kuraray)

Catalogues/technical data

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Contact us

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KURARITY Business Promotion Department,
Elastomer Division
Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Tokiwabashi Tower, 2-6-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-6701-1593
E-mail: Kuraray.Kurarity@kuraray.com