Zinc Oxide RAC and RACPlus

BrueggemannChemical produces active zinc oxide RAC especially for the rubber industry. Due to its properties and its cost/performance ratio it possesses a strong growing market potential. Zinc oxide RAC allows in rubber mixtures a reduction of the dosage level of up to 50% as compared to thermal zinc oxides. The produced goods keep the same physical properties or even turn out to be better. Besides zinc oxide RAC, BrueggemannChemical offers zinc oxide AC45 as a standard active zinc oxide and on request produces zinc oxide AC100 with a specific surface area of up to 100m²/g.

A constant investment into research and development and the early identification of market trends enabled BrüggemannChemical to launch a new product for the business unit of zinc derivatives. An additional and superior type of the “RAC” family has been developed based on multiple requests of customers which outperforms the standard Zinc Oxide RAC in terms of quality.

Especially for the rubber industry, the new product, Zinc Oxide RACplus, possesses significant improvements compared to thermal zinc oxide but also compared to the standard Zinc Oxide RAC. On the one hand, the chemical parameters have been improved. The amount of heavy metals for instance has been reduced to 20ppm. On the other hand, Zinc Oxide RACplus offers optimized physical parameters such as a lower grit size at a narrower grain size distribution. For further details please refer to the technical information.

New applications beyond the rubber industry are thinkable and are already being tested, such as the coatings and paint industry.

Zinc Oxide RACplus expands the product portfolio in order to meet the ever-increasing demand of the market and to strengthen the position of BrüggemannChemical as a supplier of high-quality and innovative products. 

The necessary investments have already been made. Zinc Oxide RACplus is available at BrüggemannChemical with immediate effect. For further questions please contact the responsible product manager for zinc derivatives Mr. Thomas Krauss.