Electrical & Electronics

Chemicals for better circuitry

Arkema products are found in many electrical and electronic products.

Rilsan® Clear polyamide, functionalized polyolefins, Kynar® polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), Kynar Flex®, Rilsan®, and Pebax® are used in a broad range of electrical and electronic applications.

Luperox® products are employed in a variety of ways in most electrical box components, from circuit assembly materials to crosslinked wires and cable.

Some Pebax® resin grades can be used for cable jackets. They combine ease of processing, low density, and springback properties that make Pebax® resins ideal for coil cables.

• Anti-termite cables
• Lacovyl® PVC cables
• Fiber-optic cable jackets and raceways
• Conduits
• ALautomotive wiring and connectors
• Battery casings
• Fuel cell separator plates
• Lithium ion battery binders
• Halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) agents

Increasingly, cables used in buildings, automotive applications, and power grids have to be low-smoke, halogen-free and flame retardant. Polyolefin-based compounds with a high loading of specific flame retardant additives are often the solution. Thanks to their high filler acceptance, Evatane® and Lotryl® resins are the right choice for developing these HFFR compounds. Combined with Lotader® and Orevac® coupling agents that firmly bond the fillers with the matrix these compounds can meet the most demanding standards of the industry. 

Forane® solvents are also used in a broad range of applications in printed circuit manufacture.

Arkema products are also present in every part of medium and high voltage cables: the insulation is crosslinked with Luperox®,and, where applicable water-tree retarded with Lotryl®, whereas inner and outer semiconductive layers are blends of carbon black and Lotryl® or Evatane® crosslinked with Luperox®.

Sartomer manufactures a complete line of acrylate and methacrylate monomers and oligomers, and Sarbox® Specialty Oligomers for high-performance electronic applications.

Application examples include:

• Solder masks
• Printed wiring boards
• Etch resists
• Plate resists
• Photoresists
• Printing plates
• Die-attach adhesives
• Electrical potting/encapsulation (styrene free)