Lanxess relaunches Vulkanox DPPD
21/09/2006
German chemicals group Lanxess has relaunched production of its rubber antioxidant Vulkanox DPPD (N,N´-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine). Commercial volumes will become available again during the fourth quarter 2006. The product is manufactured at the company’s Isithebe site,
Vulkanox DPPD is used in the rubber sector as an antioxidant and is a more effective antiozonant than its chemical counterpart Vulkanox 3100. It is used as a stabiliser in elastomer manufacture and as an inhibitor in monomers for avoiding undesirable polymerisation reactions.