Air Fresheners - Home and Industrial

Arizona Chemical offers two unique chemistries for formulating air fresheners. SYLVAGEL™ polymeric gellants are resinous materials that when melted into a combination of fragrance oil and diluent form a hydrogen bonded gel upon cooling to room temperature. The gels made with this technology are clear, hard and thermo-reversible - i.e. they will melt when the temperature is raised above the melting point of the mixture which is usually around 60°C.

SYLVAGEL™ IM technology forms transparent, three dimensional objects when combined with fragrance oils. This ambient temperature, cross linking technology produces clear, robust objects with up to 70% fragrance oil immobilized in a fragrance oil-polymer "matrix". As these objects are formed by covalent chemical bonding, the objects have high temperature resistance, in some cases well above 100°C.

SYLVAGEL™ Gel Technology

Features	Benefits
Compatible with a wide range of fragrances and dyes	Up to 60% fragrance loading possible
Transparent polymers	Forms crystal clear gels
Thermo reversible gel system	From weak to hard gels formed by varying polymer content. Gel will melt at melting point of the resin/diluent blend.
Low odor	Does not interfere with fragrance
Low shrinkage	Excellent mold fidelity
Low melt viscosity during processing (<95°C)	Easy to blend fragrance upon cool down

SYLVAGEL™ IM Technology

Features	Benefits
Compatible with a wide range of fragrances and dyes	Up to 75% fragrance loading possible
Transparent components	Forms crystal clear objects
Thermoset system	Objects can be formulated flexible or rigid, tacky or tack-free. Temperature resistant up to 100°C.
Low odor	Does not interfere with fragrance
Low shrinkage	Excellent mold fidelity
Ambient temperature processing	Low energy, batch or static mixing
Cure time is controllable by manipulation of formulation	Set times can range for minutes to hours