General description
VESTAMIN IPD is a cycloaliphatic diamine,based on isophorone chemistry.It is a mixture of two stereo-siomers of 3-aminomethly-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexylamine, and is a colorless low viscosity liquid with a faint amine odor.
Properties
VESTAMIN IPD can be used in all typical amine reactions, such as reaction with carboxylic acid, phosgene, aldehydes, ketones and epoxies. It is miscible in all proportions at room temperature with a wide range of compounds such as water, alcohols, esters, ethers, ketones as well as many aliphatic, aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons.
VESTAMIN IPD is a diamine with a special structure due to the multiple alkyl substituted cyclohexane ring, amino groups with different reactivity and cis-trans configuration. When compared to other commercially available amines, differences become apparent in the properties of its derivatives and polymer compounds.
Application
VESTAMIN IPD is used to produce hardeners for solventless, room temperature curing epoxies and as a hardener in heat cured epoxies.
Hardeners based on VESTAMIN IPD have low viscosity, low tendency to form carbamates, and humidity resistance. Epoxy systems cured with VESTAMIN IPD based hardeners exhibit excellent chemical resistance, high heat distortion temperatures, and color stability. VESTAMIN IPD has large application in epoxy-based self-leveling and trowelable flooring systems, and various civil engineering applications such as paving, concrete protection and repair. Other applications include coatings for superior corrosion protection of metal, adhesives and anchoring compounds.
VESTAMIN IPD has many other uses based on amine chemistry, such as the production of non-crystalline specialty polyamides with high hardness and optical transparency. It also is used as a chain extender in polyurethanes and as an intermediate in dyes.
