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Data Legend. The chart above shows Butyl Acrylate price assessments in USA Dollar per metric ton (USD/mt) in 4 locations, as follows:
- Butyl Acrylate, US (United States): Butyl Acrylate, export transaction price, fob, United States
- Butyl Acrylate, SEA (Southeast Asia): Butyl Acrylate, import transaction price, cif, India
- Butyl Acrylate, CN (China): Butyl Acrylate, export transaction price, fob, China
- Butyl Acrylate, AFR (Africa): Butyl Acrylate, export transaction price, fob, South Africa
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Butyl Acrylate Price Outlook. The price of Butyl Acrylate (United States) increased during April 2019 to 1,560 USD per metric ton, which represents a slight rise of 2% compared to the previous month’s value. On a year-over-year basis, the prices of Butyl Acrylate (United States) increased significantly by 9%. Meanwhile, the average price of Butyl Acrylate (China) amounted to 1,230 USD per metric ton, from 1,290 USD per metric ton one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the price of Butyl Acrylate (China) is 2% higher than the price one month before.
The price of Butyl Acrylate (Southeast Asia) declined slightly throughout April 2019, reaching 1,320 USD per metric ton. The price is 0.8% lower than the average price in the previous month and 0.8% lower than the average price one year before. In contrast, the prices of Butyl Acrylate (Africa) decreased significantly during April 2019, reaching 1,080 USD per metric ton, which means a decline of 10% from the previous month’s price and a decline of 11% from the previous year’s price.
About Butyl Acrylate. Butyl Acrylate, the butyl ester of acrylic acid, is one of the main acrylates, along with methyl acrylate and ethyl acrylate. The term acrylates refers to derivatives of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, such as salts and esters. These compounds have been known since the nineteenth century. However, only in the 1930s difficulties associated with their production and polymerization were overwhelmed. Over the past decades, acrylates have been building blocks of major importance, widely used in emulsion and solution polymers.
Butyl Acrylate is highly reactive and polymerizes spontaneously under normal conditions. Butyl Acrylate polymerization is catalyzed by heat, light, and peroxides and inhibited by the monomethyl ether of hydroquinone or hydroquinone itself in the presence of oxygen.
This chemical can be produced in several reactions, from acetylene, 1-butyl alcohol, carbon monoxide, nickel carbonyl, and hydrochloric acid, among other chemicals. On an industrial scale, Butyl Acrylate is produced from ester-grade acrylic acid and butanol, in plants typically integrated to acrylic acid facilities. All Butyl Acrylate commercial processes are based on esterification, differing mainly in terms of the catalyst system, recycling of alcohol, and quality of the Butyl Acrylate produced.
Butyl Acrylate Handling. Since Butyl Acrylate polymerizes readily under normal conditions, it is stored under air and in the presence of phenolic inhibitors, in stainless steel or aluminum tanks.
Butyl Acrylate Production. Butyl Acrylate is primarily made from acrylic acid and butanol, in such a way that different Butyl Acrylate manufacturing routes are related to different sources of such raw materials. In this context, typical Butyl Acrylate production routes are based on acrylic acid manufacturing, mostly via propylene oxidation and to a lesser extent oxidative carbonylation of ethylene. Raw materials and the respective production processes employed in the manufacturing of Butyl Acrylate are listed below.
- n-butanol + acrylic acid (ester formation)
Butyl Acrylate Uses. Usually, Butyl Acrylate is traded in a commercial grade, with purity higher than 99%.
