Product Overview
 Manufacture of product
 Product Description
 Product Uses
 Exposure Potential
 Health Information
 Environmental Information
 Physical Hazard Information
 Regulatory Information
 Additional Information
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Polyethylene resins are polymers of ethylene or
co-polymers of ethylene and an alpha-olefin
monomer such as butene, hexene or octene.
Polyethylene is not known to occur naturally
and are considered to be safe for humans and
environment in known intended uses
CAS No: 25087-34-7
Ethylene/Butene-1 Copolymer
CAS No: 25213-02-9
Ethylene/Hexene-1 Copolymer
CAS No: 9002-88-4
Ethylene Homopolymer
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EQUATE manufactures
Polyethylene using
UNIPOL gas phase
process wherein ethylene
and comonomer react as
gases at low pressure, in
presence of catalyst using
fluidiaized bed conditions
to produce granular
products.
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EQUATE produces
Polyethylene in Kuwait
Polyethylene resins are odorless white granules or
pellets. HDPE resin is made from ethylene and hex
ene-1 while LLDPE resin is made from ethylene an
d butene-1
The molecular structure of HDPE is a repeating
(-CH2-CH2-)n with a slight degree of branching. Th
e molecular structure of LLDPE is mostly linear cop
olymer backbone with some short chain branching.
Resins are classified by Melt Index, Molecular weig
ht and branching.
The Melting Point of HDPE is 133 C
The Melting Point of LLDPE is 125 C
Typical use of Polyethylene resins are the
following
-Film:
Industrial and Consumer packaging
-Injection Molding: Household articles
-Blow Molding: Container for chemicals
-Pipes: Transporting water and liquids
-Wire & Cable: Telecom and power cables
-Sheet: Geomembrames
-Others: Resellers, Compounders & Distributors
Raffia
Injection Molded Crates
Carry bags
HIC Bottles
Large Drums
Non pressure
pipes
Agriculture
Carry bags
Heavy duty sacks
Drip Irrigation
Food Packaging
Packaging
Workplace Exposure
Employees producing or processing polyethyle
ne can be exposed to resin dusts and irritating
fumes while processing polymer resin
Spilled polyethylene pellets pose slipping
hazard
Good ventilation, use of proper PPE and good
house keeping minimize these exposure
hazard
In
workplace processing of polyethylene, contact
with dusts and fumes may cause eye, skin and
respiratory irritation
Contact with hot molten material may cause severe
thermal burns. Inhalation of smoke under fire
condition is considered as hazardous
Swallowing of polyethylene pellets may cause
chocking
Polyethylene film can cause asphyxiation hazard if
misused to cover the face
Use of proper PPE and good house keeping
minimize these exposure hazard
Polyethylene
resins are
expected to be inert to
environment
Polyethylene will float in
water and can be widely
distributed, it is non
bio-degradable
Pellets may represent a
chocking hazard for if
ingested by waterfowl or
aquatic life
The best way to handle PE
waste is to recycle the same
. Established waste handling
management practices, such
as “3R” should be followed
Spilled
Polyethylene may cause slipping
hazard
Pneumatic conveying of granular material can
generate combustible dust
Polyethylene will burn if overheated to high
temperatures and can cause thick fumes
Processing should be done in well ventilated
place and precautions should be taken to
prevent build up of charges
Good house keeping practices can avoid spill
problem
Property
Value
Appearance
Opaque translucent solid, non-pyrophoric
Odor
Odorless
Melting Point
118 – 135 C
Specific Gravity
0.910 – 0.970
Autofalammability
260 – 410 C
Solubility
Insoluble in water
Soluble in some organic solvents
Stability
Stable, non-reactive under normal
conditions
All
EQUATE Polyethylene grades meet national a
nd international regulatory requirements. Thus all
EQUATE polyethylene grades are Food Contact a
pproved.
For all EQUATE Polyethylene grades Safety Data
Sheet, Technical Data Sheet and Handling
Guidelines exists
Risk Characterization and Risk Management
procedures to identify and mitigate product risk are
practiced in EQUATE
EQUATE conducts business risk review for new
markets and identify/eliminate misuse of products
All EQUATE PE grades are not recommended f
or the following:
in
any commercial or developmental application which is
intended for contact with human internal body fluids or body
tissues, regardless of the length of time involved
in any cardiac prosthetic device application, regardless of
the length of the time involved, including, without limitation,
pacemaker leads and devices, artificial hearts, heart valves,
intra-aortic balloons and control systems, and ventricular
bypass assisted devices;
as a critical component in any medical device that supports
or sustains human life
specifically by pregnant women or in any applications desig
ned specifically to promote or interfere with human
reproduction.
All requests for regulatory compliance should be a
ddressed to EQUATE R&D.
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Safety
Data Sheets are available in
www.equate.com
Polyethylene
product data sheets are availabl
e in www.equate.com