02.28.19
With vinyl methyl oxazolidinone (VMOX), BASF offers a new vinyl monomer in commercial quantities.
VMOX is particularly suitable as a reactive diluent in UV curing inks and coatings, which can, for example, be used for digital UV printing.
In these applications, the vinyl monomer has many technical benefits compared to conventional reactive diluents and allows innovative coatings formulations with a favorable toxicological profile.
BASF will be presenting VMOX for the first time at the European Coatings Show, which runs March 19-21 in Nuremberg.
VMOX is liquid at room temperature and has a very low viscosity of ca. 4 mPas. Compared to conventional raw materials, it enables the preparation of low-viscous and almost odorless formulations. VMOX is characterized by a high copolymerization reactivity with acrylates. The monomer brings excellent adhesion properties on all common substrates, even at low dosages.
