IonPure WPA

Grade: Ionpure WPA
Target Material: GPPS
Recommended dosage: 0.5~0.7%

IonPure is an inorganic anti-microbial plastic additives. It is made of soluble glass with anti-microbial metal (Ag) ions.

Advantages over organic anti-microbial additives:

– Safe
– Heat resistant

Features:

– Highly effective even at low concentration
– Keep transparency of resin for PC, PP, ABS, AS.
– Can be molded at high temperature, since heat resistance is more than 500 °C
– Retain high performance even after washing with warm water
– Safe to use (EPA, FDA, NSF, EFSA)

Lab Results:

E.Coli on ABS E.Coli Cells

Before

 E.Coli cells

24hrs later

 Effectiveness
Without anti-microbial 1.5 x 105 2.2 x 107
IonPure at 0.3% 1.5 x 105 5.7 x 103 99.97%
Other brand at 0.3% 1.5 x 105 1.3 x 107 40.9%

 
Performance on Various Resins:

Resin Anti-Microbial Effect Anti-Discoloration Transparency
PE Excellent Excellent Excellent
PP Excellent Excellent Excellent
ABS Excellent Excellent Excellent
PS Excellent Good Good
AS Excellent Good Excellent
PMMA Excellent Good Good
POM Good Good –
PBT Good Good –
PA6 Good Good –
PA66 Good Good –
PA12 Good Good –
PC Good Good Good
PVC (non-rigid) Excellent Excellent Excellent
PVC (rigid) Excellent Good Good
Unsaturated polyester Good Good –

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