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Technical Data Sheet


Applications
  • Adhesives/sealants-B&C
  • Bookbinding
  • Carpet construction
  • Case and carton closures
  • Casting wax
  • Commerical printing inks
  • Concrete
  • Film modification
  • Labels non food contact
  • Packaging tape
  • Polymer modification
  • Protective coatings
  • Roofing
  • Specialty tape
Key Attributes
  • Excellent thermal stability
  • Intermediate softening point
  • Made from purified aromatic monomers
  • Water-white initial color

Product Description
Kristalex™ F85 hydrocarbon resin is a water-white, color-stable, low molecular weight, thermoplastic hydrocarbon polymer. Based on purified 8 - 9 carbon aromatic monomers, this resin is compatible with a wide variety of oils, waxes, alkyds, polymers and elastomers, and is soluble in many common organic solvents. It is indicated for use in plastics modification, adhesives, coatings, sealants and caulks.











In EVA-based hot melt adhesives Kristalex F85 has useful compatibility with EVA grades with up to 30% vinyl acetate and is useful in formulating low-color adhesives with good low temperature properties. In styrenic block copolymer based adhesives Kristalex F85 preferentially associates with the styrenic endblocks, producing lower melt viscosity while maintaining room-temperature cohesion without affecting tack and adhesion properties.

Typical Properties

PropertyTest MethodTypical Value, Units
General
Ring and Ball Softening PointASTM E 2885 °C
Color, GardneraASTM D 61663
Colorb 
     Hunterlab b, 5 cm path length max 9.0
Bromine Number 3 g/100g
Density 
     @ 25°C 1.06 kg/dm3
Cloud Pointc 
     MMAP 5 °C
Molecular Weightd 
     Mn 660
     Mw 1050
     Mw/Mn 1.6
     Mz 1650
Melt Viscosity 
     @ 120°C 4100 cP
     @ 140°C 730 cP
     @ 160°C 200 cP

auncentrifuged, 5 cm path length, 50% in toluene
b50% solids in toluene, 50 mm path length, Illuminant C, and a 2° observer.
cCloud point temperature from 2:1 Vol:Vol aniline-methylcyclohexane, Eastman method.
dMolecular weight measured via Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) using polystyrene standards, elution with THF.



Compatibility and Solubility
Compatible at all ratios, or in limited but practically useful proportions, with a wide variety of materials such as styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and SBR block copolymers, neoprene, nitrile, polybutadiene, acrylic polymers, chlorinated rubber, EVA resins (ethylenevinyl acetate copolymers), styrenated alkyds, vinylated alkyds, drying oil alkyds and rosin ester resins, as well as modifying the styrenic endblocks of all styrene-containing block copolymers.

Soluble in aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, esters and ketones. Insoluble in alcohols and glycols. Solubility Parameters, minimum 20% resin concentration. 6.9 - 10.0 in Class I solvents - weakly hydrogen-bonded; 6.7 - 12.6 in Class II solvents - moderately hydrogen-bonded; 6.9 - 10.7 in Class III solvents - strongly hydrogen-bonded.

Packaging
Kristalex™ F85 hydrocarbon resin is pastillated and packed in polyethylene bags of 25 kg net, and supplied on shrink-wrapped pallets of 40 bags (1000 kg) each, from Eastman facilities in the Netherlands and from warehouses located in Europe.

Storage

Due to the thermoplastic behavior, pastillated and flaked resins may fuse, block or lump. This can be accelerated under any of the following conditions: 1) above ambient temperature 2) prolonged storage 3) pressure, e.g., stacking pallets, or a combination of these conditions. This is particularly applicable for low softening point resin grades. In order to maintain the flake or pastille shape, we therefore recommend storing the material in a temperature-controlled area, be careful with stacking material or applying pressure and preventing prolonged storage. It should be noted that lumping does not have a negative impact on the product specifications. Due to the nature of the product, claims regarding lumping cannot be accepted.





Resins are prone to gradual oxidation, some more so than others. This could result in darkening and/or it could have an adverse effect on the solubility of the resin in organic solvents or on its compatibility with polymers. Accordingly, it is recommended that strict control of inventory be observed at all times, taking care that the oldest material is used first.





Kristalex™ F85 hydrocarbon resin material will remain within product specification limits, as mentioned under the heading "Product Specifications", for a period of at least twelve months after shipment from Eastman production facilities in the Netherlands, provided storage conditions outlined in this data sheet are observed. However, as we can neither anticipate the conditions under which the resin is processed nor the end use applications for which it is used, we recommend that the material be tested upon receipt.



Comments
Properties reported here are typical of average lots. Eastman makes no representation that the material in any particular shipment will conform exactly to the values given.
Eastman and its marketing affiliates shall not be responsible for the use of this information, or of any product, method, or apparatus mentioned, and you must make your own determination of its suitability and completeness for your own use, for the protection of the environment, and for the health and safety of your employees and purchasers of your products. No warranty is made of the merchantability of fitness of any product, and nothing herein waives any of the Seller's conditions of sale.

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