Stabilizer (chemistry)




In industrial chemistry, a stabilizer is a chemical that is used to prevent degradation.[1] Heat and light stabilizers are added to plastics and elastomers because they ensure safe processing and protect products against aging and weathering. The trend is towards fluid systems, pellets, and increased use of masterbatches. There are monofunctional, bifunctional, and polyfunctional stabilizers. In economic terms the most important product groups on the market for stabilizers are compounds based on calcium (calcium-zinc and organo-calcium), lead, and tin stabilizers as well as liquid and light stabilizers (HALS, benzophenone, benzotriazole). Cadmium-based stabilizers largely vanished in the last years due to health and environmental concerns.[2]





Contents






  • 1 Polymers


  • 2 Paints


  • 3 Food


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Polymers



Some kinds of stabilizers are:




  • antioxidants these prevent autoxidation of materials and come in 3 primary forms.

    • Oxygen scavengers (primarily phosphite esters such as tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite) are commonly used during the initial processing of the plastic.

    • Persistent radical scavengers prevent or slow the photo-oxidation of polymers. Traditionally these are alkylataed phenols such as butylated hydroxytoluene but now also include hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS)


    • Antiozonants prevents or retards the degradation of polymers caused by ozone (ozone cracking)




  • sequestrants, forming chelate complexes and inactivating traces of metal ions that would otherwise act as catalysts


  • ultraviolet stabilizers are used to protect polymers from effects of ultraviolet radiation and come to 2 main types.

    • UV absorbers which essentially act the same way as sunscreens

    • Quenchers, which dissipate the radiation energy as heat instead of letting it break chemical bonds; often organic nickel salts, e.g. nickel phenolates





Paints



  • emulsifiers and surfactants, for stabilization of emulsions


Food


In foods, stabilizers prevent spoilage. Classes of food stabilizers include "emulsifiers, thickeners and gelling agents, foam stabilizers, humectants, anticaking agents, and coating agents."[4]



See also



  • Corrosion inhibitor

  • Stabilizers for polymers



References





  1. ^ Rainer Wolf; Bansi Lal Kaul (2000). "Plastics, Additives". Ullmann's Encyclopedia Of Industrial Chemistry. doi:10.1002/14356007.a20_459..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Ceresana, Market Study Stabilizers, March 2014, http://www.ceresana.com/en/market-studies/additives/stabilizers/


  3. ^ Dabelstein, W.; Reglitzky A.; Schutze A.; Reders, K., "Automotive Fuels", Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH


  4. ^ Erich Lück, Gert-Wolfhard von Rymon Lipinski "Foods, 3. Food Additives" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi: 10.1002/14356007.a11_561









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