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Water Treatment

Proven Raw Materials for Purifying, Protecting, and Optimizing Water Systems

From municipal treatment to industrial process water, chemical performance is key to clean, safe, and efficient water systems. At WE Chem, we supply a focused selection of monomers, initiators, and functional materials that support water purification, scale prevention, and wastewater conditioning.

Our water treatment portfolio includes cationic monomers like DMAEMA, used in the formulation of polycationic flocculants and retention aids. We also offer initiators such as potassium persulfate (PPS) that serve in oxidative cleaning and radical polymerization processes. Acrylic acid, a base monomer for polyacrylic acids, supports antiscalant and dispersant formulations critical to modern treatment systems.

Whether you're formulating flocculants, cleaning agents, or polymer-based antiscalants, our raw materials meet stringent purity and performance standards to help optimize your operations

Each product is listed alphabetically below and includes:

Full chemical name, abbreviation, and CAS number
Typical applications such as coatings, adhesives, textiles, personal care, or hydrogels
Packaging options such as drums, IBCs, bulk or customized formats
Suggested alternatives for formulating flexibility and supply chain resilience

Whether you need high-purity initiators or scalable flocculant monomers, we support your water treatment goals with consistent quality and technical reliability.

Browse all water treatment chemicals and see how they add value to your operations.

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2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate

CAS: 2867-42-2

DMAEMA

Main Applications: Adhesives & Paints (as a functional monomer that improves latex paint gloss and adhesion, and enhances bonding in acrylic adhesives), Water Treatment (polycationic flocculants for wastewater and retention aids in papermaking due to its cationic amine functionality) and Sealants & Coatings (used as an adhesion promoter in emulsions and to improve chemical resistance of coatings). It is also a key ingredient in some hair styling polymers when quaternized, linking to personal care use.

bulk, IBC

Alternative to: DETA or TEA in reactive resin systems.
DMAEMA provides better copolymerization, faster curing, and improved adhesion promotion, ideal for ion-exchange resins and flocculants.

acrylic acid

CAS: 79-10-7

GAA

Main Applications: Coatings and Adhesives (as a monomer for acrylic resins in paints, coatings, and pressure-sensitive adhesives), Superabsorbent Polymers (e.g. in diapers and personal hygiene products), Water Treatment (as polyacrylic acid for flocculants) and Textiles (as a finish or fiber treatment).

bulk, IBC, drums, cans

potassium persulphate

CAS: 7727-21-1

PPS

Main Applications: Polymerization (similarly used as a free-radical initiator in emulsion polymerization for plastics, rubber, and resins), Hair Bleaching (a common component in hair bleach formulations as an oxidizer, often in combination with ammonium persulfate), Printed Circuit Board Etching (etchant for microelectronics to selectively remove metals) and Pool & Water Treatment (used in some applications to generate free radicals for oxidative cleaning). Potassium persulfate is valued for its stability and is often the persulfate of choice in cosmetic bleach powders.

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Alternative to: Ammonium persulphate (APS).
Potassium persulfate can replace APS as an initiator or oxidant where slightly different solubility and decomposition behavior are beneficial, for example in emulsion polymerization and hair-bleaching systems.