Nail Product Chemistry
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___are like tiny building blocks
What are Molecules?
Which type of primer (acid-based, nonacid, acid-free) contains methacrylic acid?
What is Acid-Based?
A ____________ is a monomer that joins different polymer chains together.
What is a Cross-Linker?
___ are specialized acrylic monomers that have excellent adhesion to the natural nail plate and polymerize in seconds; they are used to make wraps and nail adhesives.
What is Cyanoacrylates?
How large is the breathing zone for a nail tech?
What is a 2-foot sphere?
________ is/are a state of matter consisting of particles that have neither a defined volume nor a defined shape.
What is Gas?
______________ are substances that speed up a chemical reaction by making initiators work more efficiently or by helping chemical reactions happen more easily.
What is Catalysts?
Ingredients that use heat as energy source for starting chemical reactions, such as polymerizing monomers into polymers
What is Thermal Initiators?
Is a short chain of monomers that has had the growth of its chain halted before it became a polymer.
What is a Oilgomer?
Everything you can touch and everything you can see is a chemical EXCEPT ______.
What is Light and Electricity?
Formed when liquids evaporate into the air.
What is a Vapor?
A ____ is an ingredient used to keep nail enhancement products flexible.
What is a Plasticizer?
controls color stability and prevent sunlight from causing fading or discoloration
What is UV Stabilizers?
acrylic monomers that have good adhesion to the natural nail plate and polymerize in minutes. Used to make UV gels.
What is Acrylates?
What is an example of a compound molecule?
What is Common Table Salt?
A chemical reaction that resulting in two surfaces to stick together
What is Adhesion?
How long after removing surface moisture from the nail plate, does it return?
What is 30 minutes?
What is the overexposure principle?
What is Overexposure Determines Toxicity?
Acrylic monomers used to make all liquid/powder systems and at least one type of UV gel
What is Methacrylates?
An SDS is formatted into ______ categories.
What is 16?
____________ usually result(s) from burning substances, such as candles, incense, cigarettes, and gasoline in a car engine.
What is Fumes?
An agent that causes two surfaces to stick together
What is Adhesive?
What does OSHA Stand for?
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
What does MMA stand for?
What is Methyl Methacrylate Monomer?
What is polymerization?
What is Curing are hardening; a chemical reaction that creates polymers?