What is Glycidyl Methacrylate (GMA)?

What is Glycidyl Methacrylate (GMA)?

  Glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) is an ester of methacrylic acid and glycidol. Containing both an epoxide and an acrylate groups, the molecule is bifunctional. It is a common monomer used in the production of epoxy resins. While typical home epoxies contain diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), glycidyl methacrylate is instead used to provide epoxy functionalization to polyolefins and other acrylate resins. Glycidyl methacrylate is produced by several companies worldwide, including Weicheng Advanced Material. It is used to prepare a range of composites.

Introduction Glycidyl Methacrylate (GMA) is a clear, colorless liquid with a strong ester and fruity odor. It's comprised of a polymerizable methacrylate functional group on one end and a reactive epoxy group on the other end. It is slightly miscible with water, soluble in most organic solvents and has relatively low volatility. Its vapor is heavier than air. It copolymerizes readily with a wide variety of functional groups such as phenols, ketones, acids and amines. The added epoxy group imparts properties such as durability, mechanical strength, optical transparency, and adhesiveness.

Applications Glycidyl Methacrylate can be homopolymerized into PolyGMA or co-polymerized with styrene to form Styrene-GMA co- polymers to form a variety of latexes. These products exhibit high flexibility, good weatherability, and UV stability.

GMA is readily converted to PolyGMA and used in a variety of block polymerizations. Polymers containing GMA exhibit the following characteristics.

• Mechanical strength, flexibility, durability, toughness

• Weather resistance, moisture resistance

• Crosslinking sites, epoxy group reacts readily with phenols, ketones and eaters.

• Corrosion and abrasion resistance, as well as optical improvement while contributing to low odor, color, and volatility.

• Glycidyl Methacrylate monomer is also used in the manufacture of paints, varnishes,coatings, adhesives and sealants, fibers, thermoplastics, epoxies, and powder coatings.

  Clear, colorless liquid with a strong ester and fruity odor. It's comprised of a polymerizable methacrylate functional group on one end and a reactive epoxy group on the other end. It provides dual functionality of both methacrylic and epoxy groups: The chemical resistance of an epoxy with the weatherability of acrylic. Both groups readily react with a wide range of monomers and functionalized molecules.

  Glycidyl Methacrylate Uses

  Auto Coatings,   Industrial Coatings,   Adhesives,   Latex.

  Glycidyl Methacrylate Benefits

  Mechanical strength, flexibility, durability, toughness

  Weather resistance, moisture resistance

  Crosslinking sites, epoxy group reacts readily with phenols, ketones and eaters.

  Corrosion and abrasion resistance, as well as optical improvement while contributing to low odor, color, and volatility

Handling Precautions

Before using this product, consult the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for details on product hazards, recommended handling precautions and product storage.

Storage Consult the Safety Data Sheet (SDS). The monomer shelf life informs how long the material will remain stable under normal conditions. Never store expired material.

Health and Enivronmental Information

To support customers in their product safety needs, Weicheng Advanced Material has an extensive Product Stewardship organization and a team of product safety and regulatory compliance specialists available in each area. For further information, please see our website, Weicheng Advanced Material.com or consult your local Weicheng Advanced Material representative.

Disposal Considerations 

Dispose in accordance with all local, state (provincial) and federal regulations. Empty containers may contain hazardous residues. This material and its container must be disposed in a safe and legal manner.

Product Stewardship

Weicheng Advanced Material has a fundamental concern for all who make, distribute, and use its products, and for the environment in which we live. This concern is the basis for our product stewardship philosophy by which we assess the safety, health, and environmental information on our products and then take appropriate steps to protect employee and public health and our environment. The success of our product stewardship program rests with each and every individual involved with Weicheng Advanced Material products - from the initial concept and research, to manufacture, use, sale, disposal, and recycle of each product.

Customer Notice Weicheng Advanced Material strongly encourages its customers to review both their manufacturing processes and their applications of Weicheng Advanced Material products from the standpoint of human health and environmental quality to ensure that Weicheng Advanced Material products are not used in ways for which they are not intended or tested. Weicheng Advanced Material personnel are available to answer your questions and to provide reasonable technical support. Weicheng Advanced Material product literature, including safety data sheets, should be consulted prior to use of Weicheng Advanced Material products.

Current safety data sheets are available from Weicheng Advanced Material.