What is Diethyltoluenediamine CAS 68479-98-1?
Diethyltoluenediamine CAS 68479-98-1 (DETDA) serves as a versatile liquid aromatic diamine, primarily functioning as an efficient chain extender for elastomeric polyurethanes and a rapid curing agent for epoxy resins, enabling high-performance materials in coatings, elastomers, and composites.
Specifications
| Property |
Value |
| Appearance |
Light yellow to amber transparent liquid |
| Melting Point |
-9 °C (Pour point) / (Note: 148–150 °C typically denotes specific salt form or sub-component parameters) |
| Boiling Point |
310 °C |
| Density |
1.022 g/mL at 20 °C |
| Flash Point (Fp) |
>140 °C (>284 °F) |
| pka |
4.6 [at 20 ℃] |
| Storage Conditions |
Store below +30 °C. Keep container tightly closed in a dry, cool, and well-ventilated storage area under an inert nitrogen blanket. Protect from moisture and direct sunlight to prevent color darkening. |
Features
- Low Cost Efficiency: Provides highly cost-effective crosslinking and chain-extending performance compared to other premium liquid aromatic amines.
- Rapid Curing: Enables fast reaction profiles, shorter gel times, and rapid demolding turnarounds in industrial molding systems.
- High Reactivity: Offers exceptional reactivity with isocyanate prepolymers and structural epoxy resins without requiring heavy catalytic acceleration.
- Low Volatility: Low-vapor-pressure liquid configuration provides excellent handling stability, minimal odor issues, and diminished inhalation hazards on processing floors.
- Isomer Mixture: Supplied as a commercial isomeric mixture (predominantly 3,5-diethyltoluene-2,4-diamine and 3,5-diethyltoluene-2,6-diamine) optimizing liquid handling consistency.
- Low TDA Content: Manufactured using advanced refining steps to maintain ultra-low free toluenediamine (TDA) monomer impurities, ensuring premium polymer network quality.
Applications
- PU Chain Extender: Extensively utilized as an indispensable chain extender in Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) polyurethane parts, structural RIM components, and high-performance TPU bumpers.
- Polyurea Coatings: Core fast-reacting amine curative formulated into spray applied polyurea coatings, waterproof membranes, truck bed liners, and heavy-duty concrete bridge deck overlays.
- Epoxy Curing Agent: Functions as an excellent high-temperature hardener and crosslinker for casting epoxy resins, filament winding composites, and heavy industrial alkyd backing structures.
- Elastomer Production: Enhances the physical toughness, tear strength, and dynamic mechanical profiles of high-durability cast PU elastomers used in mining screens, wheels, and industrial rollers.
- Protective Coatings: Applied effectively in premium corrosion-control coatings for marine vessels, swimming pool liners, infrastructure steelwork, and chemical containment tanks.
- Organic Intermediate: Serves as a versatile raw material scaffold or additive in the industrial synthesis of organic dyes, structural pesticides, specialized lubricants, and rubber antioxidants.
Packaging
Mikem offers flexible packaging options, including 25 kg of fiber drums for liquid products and 15–25 kg PP/PE bags for powder products, all customizable to meet your specific needs.