Europe’s energy shortage has impacted its chemical industry. China’s carbomer resin industry faces new development opportunities
Carbomer resin is a polymer formed by chemical cross-linking of acrylic acid or acrylate and allyl ether, including polyacrylic acid (homopolymer) and long-chain alkanol acrylate polymers (copolymer). Its molecular structure contains about 60% acid groups, so it has a certain acidity and hydrophilic properties, and can be dissolved in water, ethanol and glycerin. The processing…