Optical brightener OB-1 price in 2021

Optical brightener, is many plastic industry, paint, printing ink, paint, paint, textile printing and dyeing, paper making industries indispensable a environmental protection additives, optical brightener is a kind of colour, have the function of the bright and white, optical brightener mechanism is to absorb the light in the invisible ultraviolet light, and emit visible light, and matter, after sending the yellow light of superposition complementary to form white light, increase the product of white light, can feel the white fabric is obvious to the naked eye becomes bright white, it is bright white effects.

Optical brightener can absorb ultraviolet light, invisible (approximately 60-380 nm) wavelength range, is converted to a longer wavelength of visible light blue or purple, thus it can be compensated in matrix unwanted yellowish, than the original the wavelength of the incident and reflected in the 400-600 nm range more visible light, so that products appear whiter, brighter and more colorful. That's what optical brighteners do.

The year 2020 was a special year for fluctuating prices of optical brighteners. Due to the outbreak, global factory shutdowns have caused existing stocks of optical brighteners to be depleted. Manufacturers of optical brighteners are cutting prices to their lowest levels in a decade in a bid to recover cash. Take OB-1 as an example.

Optical brightener OB-1 price in recent 6 years (all prices are pure powder of the year)

Now that the COVID-19 has eased, raw materials have begun to rise in price, and the price of optical brightener has begun to rise. RQT Chem has been in the industry of optical brightener for 30 years, and knows the market price of optical brightener. If you missed out on the second half of 2020, now is a good time to purchase. The price is already at $17 in the first quarter of 2021 and will rise to around $20 in the second quarter. If you have a purchase plan, try to plan early to avoid the situation of out of stock.