Ricon® 131MA5

Polybutadiene adducted with maleic anhydride. Ricon® 131MA5 acts as an amber colored liquid resin. It exhibits polybutadiene as a starting material and adds functional groups to this backbone. The functional groups that are added can react with epoxy, amines and hydroxyls.. Its benefits include that the polybutadiene backbone improves the moisture resistance of the final product, liquid nature allows for easy mixing. It can be used in place of or in addition to anhydrides typically used in anhydride based epoxy systems.