Polymerizable Surfactants – SPECIFICATIONS

New APE Free Polymerizable Anionic Surfactants for Emulsion Polymerization

HITENOL AR Series

HITENOL AR series are newly developed APE (alkyl phenol ethoxylate) free polymerizable anionic surfactants for emulsion polymerization bearing a polymerizable propenyl group. Excellent emulsion and polymerization stability can be obtained.

Chemical Structure

Polyoxyethylene styrenated phenyl ether ammonium sulfate HITENOL AR

Grade HITENOL AR-10 HITENOL AR-20
Appearance Yellowish brown viscous liquid Yellowish brown viscous liquid
Active matter 97.0% minimum 97.0% minimum
Volatile matter 3.0% maximum 3.0% maximum
pH (1% aqueous) approx. 7.0 approx. 7.0
Grade HITENOL AR-1025 HITENOL AR-2020
Appearance Yellow liquid Yellow liquid
Active matter approx. 25% approx. 20%
Volatile matter approx. 75% approx. 80%
pH (1% aqueous) approx. 7.0 approx. 7.0

All Hitenol and Noigen series products exhibit the following properties:

  • Resulting films exhibit high water resistance
  • Polymerization stability is as good as conventional surfactants
  • Foaming of emulsion is low
  • Surface tension of emulsion is high

Noigen and Hitenol are trademarks of Dai-Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. of Japan