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Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Composite Materials Functions
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Materials Features
- Product Highlights
- MITO® ACRE™ makes plastics lighter, stronger, and more durable.
- When added to recycled plastics, it prevents cracking and improves tensile, flex, and compression properties - for sustainability without sacrifice.
- Features
- MITO’s proprietary functionalization process remains scalable for different applications and industries. By functionalizing cornstarch with silica cage particles (polyoligomeric silsesquioxanes, POSS™), MITO has created a sustainable alternative to other hazardous, mined-fillers like mica.
- ACRE acts as a scaffold within the polymer, adhering substrates and bonding matrices while maintaining the same reactive dispersion characteristics as the graphene additives.
- ACRE increases functionality in composite materials through mechanical property improvements, including: tensile flex compression and adhesion–with the added benefit of optical transparency plus the potential to integrate and increase the performance of recycled materials, unlocking a variety of applications.
- Cornstarch is a renewable resource; and ACRE makes plastics lighter, more durable, and stronger. Using recycled plastics as your base material no longer means any sacrifice in performance. ACRE can even be used as a replacement for mica, a mined product.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
- Composites End Use
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Dispersion & Integration
MITO ACRE has been designed to seamlessly integrate into your manufacturing method:
- Shear Mixing
- Three Roll Milling
- Spray Applications
ACRE loadings depend on polymer and desired performance. Thermal and Permeability properties will be added in the future.
Properties
- Color
- Physical Form
- Appearance
- Light yellow colored powder
- Dispersible in
- Ethanol, Isopropanol, Acetone, Tetrahydrofuran, Epoxy, Vinyl ester, Polyester
- Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Tensile Strength (Control) 68.59 Mpa ASTM D638 Tensile Strength (0.5% WT ACRE) 79.74 Mpa ASTM D638 Tensile Strength (% Difference at 0.5% WT ACRE) 16 % Mpa ASTM D638 Tensile Strength (1% WT ACRE) 66.11 Mpa ASTM D638 Tensile Strength (% Difference at 1% WT ACRE) -4 % Mpa ASTM D638 Tensile Modulus (Control) 3.41 GPa ASTM D638 Tensile Modulus (0.5% WT ACRE) 3.39 GPa ASTM D638 Tensile Modulus (% Difference at 0.5% WT ACRE) 1 % GPa ASTM D638 Tensile Modulus (1% WT ACRE) 3.51 GPa ASTM D638 Tensile Modulus (% Difference at 1% WT ACRE) 3 %GPa ASTM D638 Tensile Strain at Break (Control) 2.93 % ASTM D638 Tensile Strain at Break (0.5% WT ACRE) 3.64 % ASTM D638 Tensile Strain at Break (% Difference at 0.5% WT ACRE) 20 % ASTM D638 Tensile Strain at Break (1% WT ACRE) 2.76 % ASTM D638 Tensile Strain at Break (% Difference at 1% WT ACRE) -6 % ASTM D638 Flexural Maximum Force Withstood (Control) 142.21 kN ASTM D790 Flexural Maximum Force Withstood (0.5% WT ACRE) 139.24 kN ASTM D790 Flexural Maximum Force Withstood (% Difference at 0.5% WT ACRE) -2 % kN ASTM D790 Flexural Maximum Force Withstood (1% WT ACRE) 165.59 kN ASTM D790 Flexural Maximum Force Withstood (% Difference at 1% WT ACRE) 14 % kN ASTM D790 Flexural Maximum Force Withstood (2% WT ACRE) 164.23 kN ASTM D790 Flexural Maximum Force Withstood (% Difference at 2% WT ACRE) 13 % kN ASTM D790 Flexural Modulus at break (Control) 7.8 MPa ASTM D790 Flexural Modulus at break (0.5% WT ACRE) 7.5 MPa ASTM D790 Flexural Modulus at break (% Difference at 0.5% WT ACRE) -4 % MPa ASTM D790 Flexural Modulus at break (1% WT ACRE) 7.9 MPa ASTM D790 Flexural Modulus at break (% Difference at 1% WT ACRE) 2 % MPa ASTM D790 Flexural Modulus at break (2% WT ACRE) 8.4 MPa ASTM D790 Flexural Modulus at break (% Difference at 2% WT ACRE) 8 % MPa ASTM D790 Flexural Strain at break (Control) 1.85 % ASTM D790 Flexural Strain at break (0.5% WT ACRE) 1.87 % ASTM D790 Flexural Strain at break (% Difference at 0.5% WT ACRE) 1 % ASTM D790 Flexural Strain at break (1% WT ACRE) 1.95 % ASTM D790 Flexural Strain at break (% Difference at 1% WT ACRE) 5 % ASTM D790 Flexural Strain at break (2% WT ACRE) 1.99 % ASTM D790 Flexural Strain at break (% Difference at 2% WT ACRE) 7 % ASTM D790 Izod Impact Resistance (Control) 0.099 J/mm ASTM D256 Izod Impact Resistance (0.5% WT ACRE) 0.12 J/mm ASTM D256 Izod Impact Resistance (% Difference at 0.5% WT ACRE) 0.17 J/mm ASTM D256 Izod Impact Resistance (1% WT ACRE) 0.126 J/mm ASTM D256 Izod Impact Resistance (% Difference at 1% WT ACRE) 0.2 J/mm ASTM D256 Izod Impact Resistance (2% WT ACRE) 0.13 J/mm ASTM D256 Izod Impact Resistance (% Difference at 2% WT ACRE) 0.23 J/mm ASTM D256 - Chemical Composition
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Oxirane, 2-([3-(trimethoxysilyl)propoxy]methyl)-hydrolyzed max. 60 % - Starch (From corn) min. 40 % - Tetrahydrofuran max. 1 % - - Physico-Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Bulk Density 0.8 - 1.0 g/cm³ -
Technical Details & Test Data
- Test Data
SEM 5000 X MAG
- Dispersion Comparison
Opportunity to functionally incorporate sustainability into your materials.
Packaging & Availability
- Availability
This unique additive is available in multiple formats, for limitless engineering applications.
- MITO® ACRE™ Powder - If you have dispersion equipment, this format is great for formulating epoxies, adhesives, and coatings and integrating into liquid systems.
- MITO® ACRE™ Epoxy - This format is dispersed into an epoxy system at 1% loading and sold with hardener in one-gallon and five-gallon containers.
- MITO® ACRE™ Pellets.