General presentation on Styrene Maleic Anhydride Copolymers.

1. Polyscope
XIRAN® styrene maleic anhydride co-polymers
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2. Polyscope: about us
 Polyscope is the world’s leading producer and supplier of styrene
maleic anhydride co-polymers.
 Polyscope offers the broadest styrene maleic co-polymer product
portfolio for Engineering Plastics and Specialty Polymer applications
under it’s trade name XIRAN ®.
 XIRAN ® is commercially available in varying maleic anhydride
content in broad molecular weight range.
 Polyscope was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Geleen, the
Netherlands. Currently employing 40 fte’s and growing and is
supported by marketing & sales organisations in the USA, Europe
and Asia-Pacific.
 Polyscope operates a polymerization production plant in Geleen. The
XIRAN ® based compounds are produced on in the US and in the
Netherlands with dedicated production lines.
 Polyscope serves a wide range of industries globally whereby the
functions XIRAN ® differs per application.
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3. Polyscope: about us
Geleen,
The Netherlands
Production Facility
&Head Office

4. Industries we serve:
Engineering Plastics & Specialty Polymers
Industries examples but not limited to this

5. XIRAN key properties
 Amorphous co-polymer
 Crystal clear / Transparent
 Rigid
 High Tg 120 - 175 °C  heat and dimension stability
 Reactivity of maleic anhydride groups enables chemical modification
 Non water soluble but will hydrolyze in caustic solutions
 Ability to impact modify for extrusion and injection
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6. Specialty Polymers

7. XIRAN® Commercial neat resin grades
Mw
x1000
XIRAN® grades
300
SZ08250
250
200 Engineering plastics
SZ15170
150
Specialty Polymers
SZ26120
SZ23110
100
SZ26080
50
SZ25010 SZ40005
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
%w Maleic Anhydride

8. XIRAN® preferred commercial grades
for water & solvent based formulations
O
O O XIRAN neat resin code
CH2 CH
n m Maleic Anhydride (MAnh) %
Molecular weight (Mw) x 1000
styrene maleic anhydride
S Z 2 5 0 1 0
co-polymer’s
XIRAN® MaleicAnh. Styrene Mw PDI Tg
SZ25010 25% 75% 10000 2 130°C
SZ26080 26% 74% 80000 2 160°C
SZ40005 42% 58% 5000 2 130°C
■Polyscope’s XIRAN grades for aqueous and solvent bases formulations
■ Below 25% maleic anhydride SMA cannot be made water soluble due
to low reactivity

9. XIRAN® truly random polymers
1.0
MSM
SSS
0.8 SSM Only with a mole fraction of
+ 0.5 maleic anhydride SMA
MSS
triad fraction
is a true alternating co-
0.6
polymer
0.4 Two maleic anhydride
groups next to each other
0.2 within the polymer chain is
almost non-existing
0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
mole fraction maleic anhydride
XIRAN® Maleic Anh. MSM SSM + MSS SSS
SZ25010 0.25 10% 52% 38%
SZ26080 0.26 10% 53% 37%
SZ40005 0.42 46% 46% 8%

10. Application areas of XIRAN®

11. Market application segments
Powder Coating Inks Pigments Paper
matting agent binder dispersant surface sizing
dispersant
Leather Electronics Paraffin & Wax
re-tanning binder surfactant &
solder mask dispersant
component water repellency

12. Chemical modifications of XIRAN®
“are endless and only limited by your imagination”

13. Hydrolyzing XIRAN®: creating various anionic salts
ammonium SMA
most frequently used as
dispersant, surfactant and
+ 2 NH3
binder in:
O O O O
- Wax & paraffin emulsions
-
O NH2 O
- Pigments & inks dispersions
+
NH4
- Surface sizing
- Specialty coatings
- Adhesives formulations
but also other salts can be
+ 2 NaOH
used such as:
O O O
O
sodium (or potassium)
- -
O O O
Na+ Na+ SMA
typically used for more
hydrophilic systems

14. Cationic XIRAN® with DMAPA
H2N
80°C > 100°C
+
O O O O O O
H3C N
O OH HN N
CH3 + Acetic acid
H3C N H3C N
CH3
CH3
Cationic XIRAN is of importance in the paper industry.
It can be used as co-softener in laundry. It has anti-
bacterial effect and therefore has a fit as binder in
O O
N
anti-fouling coatings O
H3C
Acetic acid is used in this example as counter ion. Other acids can be -
used as well. O +
HN
H3C CH3
In this example DMAPA is used:
Dimethylaminepropylamine is a clear and colorless liquid, with a typical
amine smell, fully miscible with water, heptane and benzene and has a
boiling point of 135°C.

15. Imidization of XIRAN®
SMA imide is insoluble in
Altering the water and will form nano
hydrophobicity particles with size of 40 –
140 nm.
O O in between
O
insoluble in water
If done in a wax or silicon
+ ammonia oil “dispersion” the oil will
get encapsulated.
non-ionic
amic acid form & “hydrophilic” Lotus effect
O O soluble in water
NH2 HO
temperature
>100°C
more hydrophobic
O O
N insoluble in water
H

16. Solubility profile of XIRAN®

17. Solubility of XIRAN® grades in water
in relation to the molecular weight
■ This graph roughly depicts the solubility of the ammonium salt of the
various XIRAN grades in water
50
SZ40005
40
maleic anhydride cont.
50%
% solids
30
38%
25%
20
SZ25010
10 SZ26080
0
1 10 Mw x1000100 1000

18. Solubility as function of the pH
for XIRAN® SZ40005 in water
■ Graph indicates a solid content level at various pH levels for liquid
solutions with a viscosity below 500 mPa·s
■ Solubility of the anionic salts are in the order K+> Na+ > NH4+
50
45 NH…+
NH4
40 Na+
Na+
35
% solid
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
3 5 7 9 11
pH

19. Solubility as function of the pH
for XIRAN® SZ25010 in water
■Graph indicates a solid content level at various pH levels for liquid
solutions with a viscosity below 500 mPa·s
■ Theammonium & sodium salt of XIRAN SZ25010 shows similar
behavior as the SZ40005 but has a substantial lower solid content
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30 NH4
NH…
+ ■ Advice: keep
Na+
Na+ values clearly above
25
pH 9 for anionic
% solid
20 XIRAN solutions for
15 best optimal stability
10
5
0
3 5 7 9 11
pH

20. Solubility profile of XIRAN® in organic solvents
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Propylene glycol
Isopropanol Ethanol Ethylene Glycol
2-Ethylhexanol Methanol
Hydrogen bonding index (γ)
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2-Ethoxyethanol
Diethyl ether
Diisopropyl ether Dimethyl acetamide
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Acetone
Diisobutyl ether
MEK DMSO
Acetonitrile
4 Propylene carbonate
Toluene
Nitromethane
n-Pentane Carbon disulfide
2 SZ25010
SZ40005
0
6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Hildebrand (δ)

21. HLB values of XIRAN®
as function of the maleic anhydride content
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■The HLB value XIRAN
co-polymers depends on 30
the maleic anhydride
content 25
HLB value
SZ40005
■ No relation with molecular 20
weight other than that the
solubility drops with 15
increasing Mw SZ25010
10
5
0
25 30 35 40 45 50
%w, Maleic Anhydride

22. Contact us
Polyscope Polymers BV
Prins de Lignestraat 28
6161CZ Geleen
The Netherlands
PO BOX 1073
6160BB Geleen
Tel. +31 46 75 000 10
Fax. +31 46 75 000 19
www.polyscope.eu
Info@polyscope.eu

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