Wako Specialty Chemicals Products

Wako Specialty Chemicals’ product offerings are very diverse (encompassing products that are used in electronics, pharmaceutical, coatings, ink, and photographic applications). Most commercial activity is concentrated in general chemistry applications involving the use of our wide range of azo initiators in free-radical polymerization processes.

		Azo free-radical polymerization initiators
		Specialized Macro Azo Initiators (MAI)
		N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine polymerization inhibitors
		Wet chemicals for electronic/semiconductor applications, including photoresist intermediates
		Pharmaceutical intermediates
		Photographic couplers, intermediates

Because of the large number of products available, the link below will open up a separate window where you can search through our product line from our International site.

Link to International Site: http://www.wako-chem.co.jp/specialty/index.htm

Wako Specialty Chemicals has product samples available upon request.
(The customer is responsible for all shipping and handling charges for samples requiring special temperature control, as well as non-hazardous products.)

Advantages of azo initiators

		Variety of initiators with 10 hour half-lives from 44 ºC to 111 ºC
		Easily controlled polymerization reactions
		Synthesis of high molecular weight with high linearity
		Minimally affected by other components in the formulation
		End-group fictionalization
		Easy to store and handle