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Solvay launches new shortstop inhibitor solution for safer acrylic
monomer transportation and storage
Formulated to stop runaway polymerization effectively and economically with a non-toxic solvent
or rupture of closed storage Solvay’s Phenothiazine LVT™ 2330 is
and transport containers. safer to handle than NMP containing
T his uncontr olled solutions and it also has a lower freezing
polymerization can place point, which is highly advantageous
people, property and the for facilities and transport in colder
environment at significant climates. Also, the high active PTZ
risk. concentration of Phenothiazine LVT
2330 permits deployment and storage of
“So lv a y’ s new
Phenothiazine (PTZ) the efficient and economic shortstop in
LVT 2330 comprises a both large and small installations.
Brussels, BELGIUM July 19, 2021 thirty percent active “We see a great market potential for
liquid solution of PTZ dissolved into this pioneering shortstop inhibitor with
Solvay has developed Phenothiazine
LVT™ 2330, a next-generation shortstop Rhodiasolv Polarclean HSP1 solvent, a non-toxic and non-volatile solvent for
inhibitor solution available globally and part of Solvay’s line of powerful, green the acrylics markets in North America
designed to protect against runaway solvents for industrial applications,” and Europe, where chemical toxicity is
polymerization of acrylic and methacrylic said Dave Vanzin, Technical Service & of increasing concern to the industry and
acids, esters and other monomers in bulk Development Manager at Solvay. “It authorities,” said Lars Fischer, Worldwide
storage facilities, transportation tanks and was developed as an alternative to the Technical Market Manager at Solvay.
containers. use of N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) “However, Asia offers the greatest
widely employed in the USA and the potential where shortstop inhibitors were
A runaway polymerization is potentially EU as a solvent for shortstop inhibitors not standard and have only recently been
hazardous due to the reaction becoming but considered a substance of very more widely accepted and used to help
uncontrollable and the heat that it high concern (SVHC) under REACH reduce the risk of accidents.”
produces may lead to a fire or an explosion regulations.”
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