Reactive diluents
Photographical and Graphics Industry
In form of copolymers as copy colloids in the reproducing technology flexibilising photograhic gelatine emulsions and to accelerate photographical developers.
Mineral Oil Industry
In order to stabilize mineral oils and diesel fuels aromatic glycidyl ethers are used.
Paper Industry
Glycidyl ethers are used for water repellent paper coatings and adducts with polyamines for improvement of wet tear resistance.
Pharmaceutical Industry
Adducts with substituted or non-substituted aromatic glycidyl ethers with amines or heterocyclic chemical compounds result in intermediate products for the production of active substances, which are influencing heart and circulation activities. Reaction products of glycidyl ethers and alcohol or thioalcohol effect as muscle spasmolytics.
Pesticide
Glycidyl ether has an insecticide, bactercide and fungicide effect.
Surfactants
Reaction products of glycidyl ether with alcyl phenol, fatty amines, fatty alcohols and fatty acid amides are excellent emulsifying agents, wetting and disperging agents or intermediate products for manufacturing such products. Cationic surfactants can be made by reaction with polyamides.
Textile Industry
Hydrolysis, heat resistance and colour acceptance of polyester fabrics can be essentially improved by modification with glycidyl ether. The addition of aliphatic mono glycidyl ether to polyesters during polycondensation increases the conductivity and polyester fabrics with improved antistatic properties are produced.
Textile Additives
Glycidyl ether polyamine adducts together with excess polyamines result in long-lasting wash-fast properties especially on polyethylene terephtalate fibres. Water and oil repellant antistatic polyester rayon is produced by glycidyl ether polyamine adducts and silicone preparations. Aliphatic glycidyl ethers are used as bondingagents for lubricants on polyester fibres. The felt proof finish of wool has made great strides by the use of glycidyl ethers.
Aids for Dye Works
Copolymers made of diglycidyl ether are used for treatment of nylon fibres by which the colour acceptance will improve with basic dyestuffs. Addition of phenyl glycidyl ether to the acetic acid impregnation liquid improves UV-stability and washing resistance of polyacrylonitrile dye works. Natural and synthetic acid amide groups containing polymers e.g. polyamides, polyurethanes, wool, silk, leather etc. have improved colour acceptance after treatment with chemical compounds of glycidyl.
Bonding Agents for Tyre Cords
Poly glycidyl ethers are used in combination with butadiene styrene vinyl pyridine latex, polyisocyanates or m-phenylene diamine as bonding agents for polyester tyre cords.
Waxes
By polymerisation or copolymerisation of higher aliphatic glycidyl ethers hard waxes can be produced which are eminently suitable for high gloss polishes.
Epoxide Resins
Due to low viscosity, high reactivity and good compatibility, glycidyl ethers are widely used as reactive diluents.
Polyurethane Foams
By addition of glycidyl ethers discoloration during manufacturing can be prevented. Also products with an uniform cell size are produced.
Polyester Resins
In order to achieve flame resistant polyesters, adducts of phosphoric acid and glycidyl ethers are used in unsaturated polyesters. The use of glycidyl esthers as polyol components in both saturated and unsaturated polyesters shows some interesting properties e.g. improved transparency, increased stability etc.
Antistatic Agents
The adducts of alkylamines and glycidyl ethers have an antistatic effect on polypropylenes, polystyrenes, polyethylenes and polyethylene terephtalates.
Stabilizers
Glycidyl ethers are used in order to stabilize PVC, polyvinylidine chlorides and chlorinated paraffins. The glycidyl ethers help reduce the evolution of hydrogen chloride and prevent further degradation.
