Surfactants directory: here is a look at the latest offerings from select surfactants suppliers. For more information on the products listed, please contact the company directly.

Clariant Corp.--Coatings and

Construction Chemicals Business Unit

Mount Holly, NC

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Surfactants offered: Fatty alcohol ethoxylates, ED-OP block copolymers, reactives, anionics

Product name: Dispersogen UDN

Attributes/Comments: Dispersogen UDN is a wetting and dispersing agent used in pigment preparations and paints. It can be used with organic and inorganic pigments and carbon black. Attributes of Dispersogen UDN are improved tint strength and lowered VOC, compared to standard APEO.

Product name: Genapol ED 3060

Attributes/Comments: Genapol ED 3060 is a wetting and dispersing agent for waterborne paints. It improves the wetting of the base paint and prevents the flocculation of organic pigments when added to the mill base, the color strength of pigment dispersions is improved.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Tarrytown, NY

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Web site: www.cibasc.com

Surfactants offered: Dispersants, wetting agents, defoamers, flow and leveling agents, slip aids, thickeners, anti-settling agents

Product name: EFKA 4585

Attributes/Comments: High molecular weight VOC-free dispersing agent made by controlled free radical polymerization (CFRP) technology suitable for organic and inorganic pigments, especially carbon black, in waterborne high end performance coatings.

Product name: EFKA 6225

Attributes/Comments: Utilizing fatty acid modified emulsifier (FAME) technology, this dispersing agent is ideal for universal colorants. The 100% solids product exhibits excellent compatibility in both water- and solventborne base paints and prevents dewetting in water-containing basecoats.

The Dow Chemical Company

Midland, MI

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Web site: www.dowsurfactants.com

Surfactants offered: Water-soluble nonionic modified alcohol ethoxylates based on seed oil alcohol

Product name: Ecosurf SA Surfactants

Attributes/Comments: Biodegradable nonionic surfactants that meet most environmental and handling safety standards worldwide. Ecosurf SA surfactants provide excellent wetting, rapid dynamic surface tension reduction, no aqueous gelling, rapid dissolution and fast foam collapse. Especially suited to pigment wetting and stabilization.

Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc.

Bayonne, NJ

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Web site: www.4kenrich.com

Surfactants offered: More than 60 commercial coupling agents

Product name: Ken-React KR TTS-Titanate Coupling Agent

Attributes/Comments: Soluble in isopropyl alcohol, xylene, toluene at concentrations less than 5%. Soluble in DOP and mineral oil. Insoluble in water. May be made water soluble via emulsification using surfactants such as sodium dodecylbenzene-sulfonate (anionic), ethoxylated nonyl phenol (non-anionic) or cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (cationic).

OM Group Inc.

Westlake, OH

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Web site: www.omgi.com

Surfactants offered: Flow and leveling additives

Product name: Borchi Gol LA 200

Attributes/Comments: Borchi Gol LA 200 is an additive based on a modified siloxane which provides good slip performance and reduces embedded air bubbles (air release) in cured films.

In addition, leveling performance during the application as well as scratch resistance is achieved. Borchi Gol LA 200 is suitable for all decorative and industrial paint and coatings, in particular for 2-pack waterborne polyurethane systems.

Product name: Borchi Gol LA 232

Attributes/Comments: Borchi Gol LA 232 is a novel silicone additive in the market which offers above average properties regarding surface slip reduction of cured films, constructed in a similar way to Borchi Gol LA 200, small quantities are required to obtain sufficient and constant low slip numbers, thus the risk of losing interact adhesion can be ruled out. Borchi Gol LA 232 is highly compatible in multiple performance coatings.

Tego Coating

Additives and Specialty Resins

Hopewell, VA

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Web site: www.tego.de

Surfactants offered: Polyether siloxane copolymers, non-ionic organic surfactants

Product name: Tego Wet 505

Attributes/Comments: Tego Wet 505 is a silicone-free, highly compatible dynamic substrate wetting additive. Tego Wet 505 improves pigment wetting and maintains recoatability while providing a significant degassing effect.

Product name: Tego Wet 270

Attributes/Comments: Tego Wet 270 is a highly effective substrate wetting additive for low-energy substrates. Tego Wet 270 provides an excellent reduction of static surface tension and prevention of craters.

Troy Corp.

Florham Park, NJ

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Web site: www.troycorp.com

Product name: Troysol LAC

Attributes/Comments: Promotes superior wetting for aqueous and water reducible inks applied to low energy surfaces. Low concentrations, reduce the coating surface tension resulting in improved adhesion, excellent flow and leveling, with the elimination of surface defects.

Product name: Troysol ZLAC

Attributes/Comments: Provides the same benefits and attributes long associated with Troysol LAC, but without the VOC. The product is particularly effective in wetting low energy and contaminated surfaces, without causing undesired fisheyes and other problems. Troysol ZLAC eliminates surface defects, improves adhesion, gloss, flow and leveling and color acceptance.