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Home » Surfactants

Articles Tagged with ''Surfactants''

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Innovative, Multifunctional Additives

for Water-Based Coatings
William H. McNamee John Hughes
September 5, 2013
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These multifunctional wetting agents produce paint with properties equal to or better than the competitive silicone flow and leveling additive.
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Novel Application of Fluorosurfactants

in Easy-Clean Architectural Paints
Jean Meng PhD. Charlene Guo Wendy Zhou Rong Liao
July 3, 2013
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Formulating a well-balanced easy-clean paint is never easy.
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A New Generation of High-Speed Fluorosurfactants

Performance Based on Environmentally Friendly Fluorochemistry
Merck KGaA
May 1, 2013
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The concept of branched, short-chain fluorosurfactants not only leads to more environmentally friendly products, but also to one of the fastest surfactants ever measured.
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Rhodia

January 4, 2013
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RHODIA presented its newest offering of additives for low-VOC sustainable coatings, including the Sipomer® range of specialty monomers.
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New Reactive Surfactants for Emulsion Polymerization, Part 2

Charles F. Palmer Jr.
January 4, 2013
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In Part 1 of this article series,1 we discussed a new class of reactive surfactants, both nonionic and anionic, for use in both conventional aqueous emulsion polymers and in UV-curable coatings that contain two polymerizable moieties.


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Universal Mar and Slip Additive

December 3, 2012
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Troysol™ Z372 is a high-performance universal mar and slip additive that improves the wetting of low-surface-energy and contaminated substrates, resulting in uniform film coverage.


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New Reactive Surfactants for Emulsion Polymerization, Part 1

Charles F. Palmer Jr.
October 1, 2012
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Emulsion polymerization is a useful technique for preparing waterborne latexes used in coatings and inks.


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Reducing VOCs from Surfactants in Coatings

Melanie Sharp Kip Sharp
October 1, 2012
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Over the past two decades, government regulations and customer preferences have led the coatings industry to reduce VOCs in coatings formulations.


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Air Products Introduces Three New Products

May 9, 2012
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At Booth #1911, Air Products is introducing two new superwetting surfactants and one new pigment dispersant for use in the coatings industry.


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Ashland Presenting a Range of Solutions to the Coatings Industry

May 8, 2012
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Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., is presenting a range of innovative application solutions for the coatings industry at Booth #823.


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