Product Profile of Synthetic Thickener Used In Distempers
Apcotex Industries Ltd. Offers Synthetic Thickener. Apcotex Industries Ltd. Is a producer of Synthetic Lattices and Synthetic Rubber [HSR, SBR] in India and it is an ISO 9001: 2008 Company.
This Synthetic Thickener APCOTEX AS 60 is a poly acrylic thickener giving superior thickening performance than conventional thickeners like CMC, HEC in waterborne coatings. It is developed for use in water based acrylic emulsion paints and distempers.
The technical specifications of the Apcotex AS 60 are:
- Appearance: Milky White Pourable Liquid
- Emulsifying System: Synthetic anionic
- % Total solids: 28.0 + 1.0
- Brookfield viscosity LVF [CPS] SP. 1, 60 RPM at 25°C.: 50.0 max
- Viscosity of 1% neutralized solution.
Brookfield LVF [CPS] SP. 3, 12 RPM at 25°C: 3500.0 + 1500.0
The key advantages with Apcotex AS 60 are:
- Easy preparation after neutralization with a variety of standard bases.
- Can be added directly to coatings containing free base for in situ thickening.
- Filler acceptance and compound stability.
- Can be used for viscosity adjustment of emulsions and latex compounds.
- No fungal or bacterial attack as compared to thickeners like CMC, HEC.
