SWICOFIL - Yarn and fiber expert.

PMMA

INTRODUCTION TO PMMA

PMMA, short for polymethyl methacrylate and also known as acrylic (glass) or plexiglas, is a thermoplastic often used as an alternative to glass due to its transparency, its light weight and its shatter-resistancy.

 

PMMA is more than just plastic and paint. Often, lubricating oils and hydraulic fluids tend to get really viscous and even gummy when they get really cold. This is a real pain when you're trying to operate heavy equipment in really cold weather. But when a little bit PMMA is dissolved in these oils and fluids, they don't get viscous in the cold, and machines can be operated down to -100°C (-150°F), that is, presuming the rest of the machine can take that kind of cold.

 

PMMA is a vinyl polymer, made by free radical vinyl polymerization from the monomer methyl methacrylate. 

PMMA is derived from methyl metahycrylate by free radical vinyl polymerization
 
Need help with your order? We love to serve you well. Contact us
Need help with your order?