The Adhesive Specialist
Featured Product from Wacker Chemical Corp.
GENIOSIL® XM 20 – the Adhesive Specialist .
GENIOSIL® XM 20 is an alpha-silane-terminated polymer and especially targets adhesive applications. Used as a co-binder – in combination with one of the conventional silane-modified polymers (GENIOSIL® STP-E range) – formulations, based on this polymer will give outstanding adhesion to a variety of difficult substrates. Organic plasticizers (phthalates, polyethers and trimellitates) have the tendency to migrate to the surface from within an adhesive and will disrupt the adhesion properties. By replacing the organic plasticizer in an adhesive formulation with GENIOSIL® XM 20, this can be overcome. Typical application areas include flooring and many universal adhesive solutions, where flexibility and strength are sought.
GENIOSIL® XM – New Dimensions for Adhesives and Sealants (PDF | 3.3 MB)
GENIOSIL® XM
New Dimensions for Adhesives and Sealants
The novel silane-modified polymers (SMPs) GENIOSIL® XM 20 and GENIOSIL® XM 25 allow a new formulation strategy for the production of adhesives and sealants. Both grades enhance performance properties without disrupting the existing characertistics of an SMP formulation. Moreover, when incorporated into adhesive and sealant formulations, conventional plasticizers need not be used.
The monofunctional polymers GENIOSIL® XM 20 and GENIOSIL® XM 25 are ideal for the formulation of soft yet highly elastic adhesives and sealants. The resultant adhesive or sealant exhibits virtually universal, outstanding adhesion especially to many difficult, sometimes non-polar, substrates – in particular low-energy surfaces such as PVC, PS or EPDM.
New Player for the Successful SMP Team
As the adhesive and sealant world looks to displace toxic yet high-performance solutions, SMPs have increasingly found their position as the most viable alternative. The novel GENIOSIL® XM range further complements the silane-modified-polymer portfolio under the GENIOSIL® brand.
GENIOSIL®
Under the brand family GENIOSIL®, WACKER offers organofunctional silanes, innovative hybrid polymers for bonding and sealing, and a range of finished products for the construction industry.
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WACKER is a leading player and one of the world’s most research-intensive chemical companies. Our range of highly developed specialty products extends from silicones and polymeric binders and additives for a number of different industrial sectors, to bio-engineered pharmaceutical actives (biologics), and hyperpure silicon for semiconductor and solar applications. As a technology leader focused on sustainability, we promote innovations with high value-added potential. Our goal is to ensure a better quality of life for you and future generations – through health care, energy efficiency and protection of the climate and environment. In 2015, with products and technologies used in countless everyday items, WACKER generated sales of some €5.3 billion with roughly 17,000 employees
