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DISPERSION LIQUID COATINGS

Alpha’s expertise includes experience with a wide range of high-performance coatings and polymers that are specialty formulated in-house to provide superior chemical resistance, physical and thermal properties. Alpha has the capabilities to process both aqueous solutions and coatings in organic solvents.

COATINGS SELECTION GUIDE
Common Name Chemical Composition Excellent To Good Resistance To Abrasion Resistance Compression Set Elongation Flame Resistance Gas Permeability Low Temperature Flexibility Tear Resistance
ACM Acrylic High Temperature,
Air, Ozone, Petrolueum
and Solvents		 Good Fair Fair Poor Good Poor Fair
AU Urethane Solvents, Aging Excellent Fair Good Poor Good Excellent Excellent
BR Butadiene Low Temperature Excellent Fair Good Poor Fair Excellent Excellent
CR Chloroprene Weathering,
Petroleum		 Good Fair Good Good Good Good Fair
CSM Chlorosulfonated
polyethylene		 Ozone, Weathering,
Acid, Heat		 Good Fair Good Good Good Good Fair
EPDM Ethylene-propylene
Terpolymers		 Ozone, Chemical, Aging Good Good Good Good Fair Excellent Fair
FKM Fluoro-elastomers Oil, Air, Low &
High Temperature,
Chemical		 Good Excellent Fair Excellent Excellent Fair Fair
FMQ Fluoro-silicone High & Low
Temperature, Oil &
Fuel, Weather, Ozone		 Poor Good Fair Good Poor Excellent Fair
Q Silicone High & Low
Temperature, Weather,
Ozone		 Poor Good Fair Good Poor Excellent Poor