Polyvinyl alcohol

GOHSENOL™

With its excellent water solubility, bonding strength, film forming properties, and chemical stability, our PVOH and PVA are used as industrial materials and treatment agents for adhesives, paper, emulsifiers, suspensions, fabrics, and films.
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About GOHSENOL™

           

GOHSENOL™ is a registered trademark of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

With its excellent water solubility, bonding strength, film forming properties, and chemical stability, GOHSENOL™ (Polyvinyl Alcohol, PVOH, and PVA) has achieved a great reputation in both global and domestic markets as an industrial material and treatment agent for adhesives, paper, emulsifiers, suspensions, fabrics, and films.
Since its founding in 1927, Mitsubishi Chemical has developed a wide variety of specialty grades through continuous research and engineering, which have attracted attention as materials that support future technology in various fields and established their position as indispensable materials. These grades are manufactured under stringent control. The quality management system employed conforms to the ISO 9001 standard in order to cope with customer requests.
Polyvinyl alcohol / PVOH / PVA
     

Features of GOHSENOL™

     
GOHSENOL™ has the following eight features.
  • Water Solubility

    Lower viscosity grades usually dissolve more easily. Solubility also substantially varies depending on the degree of saponification.
    * Water solubility of GOHSENOL™ varies by grade.
  • Solvent Resistance

    The product does not dissolve in most organic solvents, animal or vegetable oils, or greases.
  • Surface Activity

    An aqueous solution of partially saponified PVOH has a lower surface tension than fully saponified PVOH.
  • Bonding Strength

    Aqueous solutions of GOHSENOL™ exhibit extremely high bonding strength with materials that have porous and hydrophilic surfaces, such as fabric, paper, and wood.
  • Film Forming Properties

             
    Films made of GOHSENOL™ boast excellent features including transparency, gas barrier performance, anti-fog properties, solvent resistance, antistatic properties, and moisture permeability.
  • Chemical Reactivity

    GOHSENOL™ products are stable polymer compounds and usually do not putrefy, decompose, or polymerize on their own. In the presence of specific catalysts, it exhibits various chemical reactions.
  • Safety and Biodegradability

    GOHSENOL™ is an eco-friendly biodegradable resin. The product has been registered on the “GreenPla” positive list by the Japan BioPlastics Association.
  • Gas Barrier Performance

    GOHSENOL™ exhibits extremely high impermeability to various gases at low humidity, including oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and helium.
Basic Properties of GOHSENOL™:
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GOHSENOL™ Product Catalogs and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

GOHSENOL™
Polyvinyl alcohol
GOHSENOL™
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Applications of GOHSENOL™

Based on its high functionality, GOHSENOL™ is used for various product development purposes.

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