Characteristic of acrylic resin

What is acrylic resin?
Acrylic resin is one of plastics (resin) generated through chemical reaction by applying polymerization initiator and heat to MMA monomer. Its chemical name is Poly Methyl Methacrylate and is generally called acrylic resin or methacrylic resin. MMA is an abbreviated name of Methyl Methacrylate and is transparent and colorless fluid substance. Monomer means mono molecule and turns into polymer (macro molecule) when bound together by chemical reaction. This chemical reaction is called polymerization. One of main characteristic features of acrylic resin is its high transparency. Its transparency is one of the highest among resins, much higher than inorganic glasses, and is regarded as something like a queen of resins. And with its quality of weather resistance, it does not easily turn yellow or crumble by sunlight. Acrylic resin is used not only for transparent windows in aquariums but also for various items such as signboards in places like convenience stores, taillights of automobiles, cell phone display screens, backlight optical waveguides for liquid crystal displays (LCD) and so on.

MMA monomer

Polymerization chemical reaction

Acrylic resin

＜Characteristics of ShinkoLite-A (cast acrylic sheet) for aquarium panels＞

*1: Measuring haze, after revolving cylindrical grindstone (CS-10F) 100 times, with 500g load.

＜Size of basic ShinkoLite-A for aquarium panel＞

Every item is make-to-order.
As for nonstandard sizes, requested sizes will be produced by laminating or adhering acrylic resin panels with adhesives.

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