Description
PolyDadMac is a strong cationic polyelectrolyte. It is an organic compound. It is viscous. It is synthesized by the radical polymerization of DADMAC (DADMAC is produced by reacting two equivalents of allyl chloride with dimethylamine) with an organic peroxide as a catalyst. Its chemical formula is represented as (C8H16NCl)n.
Chemical Appearance
The chemical has a color range from colorless to light yellow/amber. It has a slight odor. It is completely soluble in water. It has a variable molar mass. It is non-toxic and not easily combustible. It is also a strong coagulant and does not become gel.
Chemical Applications and Strengths
PolyDadMac is an extremely useful organic chemical, and, for that reason, it has several industrial uses. Its main applications and strengths are:
- It is used for flocculation in water and for wastewater treatment.
- Used as a formaldehyde-free color-fixing agent in the textile industry.
- Used as paper conductivity paint for making conductive paper in the paper making industry.
- It aids the efficiency of disk filters and flotators, and helps the cationization of fillers to provide maximal filler retention in the paper industry.
- Used as clay stabilizer for drilling and cationic modifier for acid fracturing in water injection in the oilfield industry.
- It is used as an antistatic agent.
- It is used as a wetting agent.
- It can be used as a conditioner or shampoo.
- It can also be used as a skincare emollient.
- In mining and processing of minerals, it is always used as a water flocculant that can be extensively applied in treating different mineral mud like, coal, taconite, gravel mud, and titania.
- It is used as a coagulant in water purification.
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