EMA Professional Nail Liquid Monomer for Acrylic Nails

Liquid: single monomer mainly made of ethyl methacrylate (EMA), which sometimes includes various monomers and additives as well. A monomer ("mono" means one; "mer" means unit) represents a single molecule forming the building block material of polymer molecule chains.

Inhibitors: These ingredients, usually hydroquinone, hydroquinone monomethyl ether, or butylated hydroxytoluene, prevent the monomers from bonding into polymeric chains prior to blending with the powder, preventing pre-mature curing.

Catalyst: Compound that causes a reaction to occur more quickly than would normally happen. (Accelerates the breakdown process of the initiator in the acrylic powder).

UV absorbers (optional): Enhancers that absorb ultraviolet light ( preventing color yellowing ) and transform it into blue light or heat.

Crosslinkers (optional): Additives that enable monomers to bind to each other in a 3D network-like pattern, a stronger structure compared to the row of head-tail connections which they would otherwise create.

Wetting agents (optional): Chemical additives which make the compatibility of the liquid better with solid surfaces, thus improving adhesion.

Flow modifiers (optional): Ingredients help to minimize brush strokes over the surface, causing it to be self-leveling.

* Note about the odorless acrylic system: Odorless acrylics will be more precisely identified as "low odor monomer" ( as they continue to emit vapors, although they are hard to smell), and they do not use ethyl methacrylate. While ethyl methacrylate is fast reacting and builds a robust, stabilized color enhancement, the monomers utilized to make odorless products are slower reacting and are not as color stable. Because they are slow to react, oxygen inhibits cure on surfaces, creating a sticky layer known as an "oxygen inhibition layer".