XONOX offers high-performance antioxidants used in various polymer industries as an essential additive to improve product lifetime. The extension of polymer properties by additives has been playing a substantial role in the growth of plastics and polymer applications. An antioxidant is one of the most important additives that protect plastics and other materials against oxidation. XONOX antioxidants are effective over a wide temperature range and are useful to improve both the processing and long-term thermal stability of plastics. The way these antioxidants interrupt the degradation process varies according to their structure. Several amines, phenolics, phosphites, thioesters, etc. are employed as primary and secondary antioxidants for plastics.
Primary antioxidants: Typical representatives of primary antioxidants are secondary aromatic amines and sterically hindered phenols; both classes are widely used in the protection of polymers.
Secondary antioxidants: Examples of widely used secondary antioxidants are phosphites, phosphonites, and sulfides. Usually, secondary antioxidants are used in combination with primary antioxidants to benefit from a synergistic effect.
XONOX offers a wide range of primary, secondary and a blend of antioxidants.
