Specialty Chemicals

EASTMAN™ HYDROQUINONE PHOTO. GRADE is used as a good general-purpose inhibitor, stabilizer, antioxidant, and intermediate. EASTMAN™ HYDROQUINONE PHOTO. GRADE can be used for the applications in agriculture intermediates, Case and carton closures, Dyes/pigments/paints, Flame retardants, Graphic arts, Herbicides - intermediate for other, Intermediates, Kitchen & bath, Methyl methyl acrylate (MMA), Molding & trim interior, Paints & coatings, Peek (polyether ether ketone) Photographic chemicals, Photographic supplies, Polymer modification, Polymer processing, Process solvents, Resins, Rubber modification, Specialty chemicals, Water treatment industrial.

EASTMAN™ CAB 500-5 is a cellulose ester with high butyryl content, low hydroxyl content, and medium ASTM(A) viscosity. It offers a wide range of solubility and compatibility. It is tolerant of nonpolar aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. It produces a relatively soft, flexible film requiring little or no plasticizer in many applications. When EASTMAN™ CAB 500-5 is dissolved in appropriate solvents a clear, colorless solution is produced. EASTMAN™ CAB 500-5 is supplied as a dry, white free-flowing powder and is convenient to handle.

EASTMAN™ 1.4-CHDA HP is a cycloaliphatic diacid offering many unique performance properties to polyester resins for coatings and fiberglass-reinforced plastics. It is also ideally suited to improving the performance of waterborne, high solids, powder coatings, and coil coating applications. EASTMAN™ 1.4-CHDA HP brings properties ideally suited for high-performance applications in automotive, transportation, industrial maintenance, aerospace, architecture, appliance, general metal coatings, and gel coats. CHDA is a mixture of cis and trans isomers. EASTMAN™ 1.4-CHDA HP offers the great benefits of reducing the “orange peel” in powder coatings, excellent thermal stability for low resin colour, high solubility in molten glycols & improved corrosion, stain, chemical, and detergent resistance.