High-Performance Coatings And Polymers
State-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities
DISPERSION LIQUID COATINGS
Alpha’s expertise includes experience with a wide range of high-performance coatings and polymers that are specialty formulated in-house to provide superior chemical resistance, physical and thermal properties. Alpha has the capabilities to process both aqueous solutions and coatings in organic solvents.
Common Name | Chemical Composition | Excellent To Good Resistance To | Abrasion Resistance | Compression Set | Elongation | Flame Resistance | Gas Permeability | Low Temperature Flexibility | Tear Resistance |
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ACM | Acrylic | High Temperature, Air, Ozone, Petrolueum and Solvents |
Good | Fair | Fair | Poor | Good | Poor | Fair |
AU | Urethane | Solvents, Aging | Excellent | Fair | Good | Poor | Good | Excellent | Excellent |
BR | Butadiene | Low Temperature | Excellent | Fair | Good | Poor | Fair | Excellent | Excellent |
CR | Chloroprene | Weathering, Petroleum |
Good | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair |
CSM | Chlorosulfonated polyethylene |
Ozone, Weathering, Acid, Heat |
Good | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair |
EPDM | Ethylene-propylene Terpolymers |
Ozone, Chemical, Aging | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Excellent | Fair |
FKM | Fluoro-elastomers | Oil, Air, Low & High Temperature, Chemical |
Good | Excellent | Fair | Excellent | Excellent | Fair | Fair |
FMQ | Fluoro-silicone | High & Low Temperature, Oil & Fuel, Weather, Ozone |
Poor | Good | Fair | Good | Poor | Excellent | Fair |
Q | Silicone | High & Low Temperature, Weather, Ozone |
Poor | Good | Fair | Good | Poor | Excellent | Poor |