Product Profile of White Ethyl Acrylate Copolymer

White Ethyl Acrylate Copolymer is an anionic copolymer based on methacrylic acid and ethyl acrylate. Ethyl Acrylate Copolymer can easily be re-dispersed in aqueous solutions and ratio of carboxyl groups to ester units is about 1:1. White Ethyl Acrylate Copolymer is manufactured by Vikram Thermo India Limited.

Vikram Thermo India Limited offers a wide range of methacrylic acid co-polymers/ coating polymers, pharmaceutical chemicals, aromatic chemicals, etc. White Ethyl Acrylate Copolymer of brand name Drugcoat-L-100-55D is used as film-formers for the production of enteric coatings for solid dosage forms.

Applications of White Ethyl Acrylate Copolymer:

• Coating of tablets and pills: colourless and transparent; coloured with pigments.

• To improve the keeping properties protection against moisture, light and air - coatings stable under tropical conditions.

• For resistance to gastric juice.

• For resistance to gastric juice with delayed drug release in the intestine.

• To insulate hygroscopic cores.

• To isolate porous cores.

• For the production of film coatings for lozenges and troches.

• Protection against atmospheric influences.

• Coating of pellets, granules, powders.

• For isolation of incompatible ingredients.