Coatex Thickeners and DispersantsArkema Coating Resins now represents the Coatex family of thickeners and dispersants for use in coatings applications in North America. Coatex is a sister company to Arkema Coating Resins, and their line of synthetic thickeners and dispersants has an excellent reputation in the markets they serve.
You can now rely on your Arkema Coating Resins representative to help you specify the right additive to meet your formulating needs. We believe you will appreciate the convenience and efficiency available from this new relationship, as well as the outstanding performance of Coatex products in coatings formulations.
The product lines represented by Arkema Coating Resins are designed to help formulators meet the latest formulating standards, including low VOC and APEO-free systems. Coatex products offer a wide range of rheology performance with excellent efficiency. They include ECODIS™ and COADIS™ polyacrylate dispersing agents; RHEOTECH™ associative acrylic thickeners; and COAPUR™ polyurethane thickeners. Combined with the POLYPHOBE® line of rheology modifiers, Coatex offers one of the broadest portfolios of rheology solutions available in the North American coatings market. Thickeners Product | Chemistry | Solids | Low VOC
| APEO Free
| Rheological Profile | Characteristics | VISCOATEX™ 730 | ASE | 30 | Yes | Yes | Pseudoplastic | Very effective; stability of high PVC formulations; anti-sagging properties; alone or in combination | THIXOL™ 53 L | ASE | 30 | Yes | Yes | Pseudoplastic Thixotropic | Real thixotropic effect; improved compromise between leveling and sagging: a better leveling without sagging | | RHEOTECH™ 2800 | HASE | 30 | Yes | Yes | Newtonian to balanced | Outstanding appearance and creaminess to paints; remarkable properties to tinting systems, application comfort; improved sag/leveling compromise; easy finishing touches (touch up); good water resistance | | RHEOTECH™ 3800 | HASE | 30 | Yes | Yes | Balanced to pseudoplastic | Outstanding medium shear behavior; outstanding behavior towards coloring; improved sag/leveling compromise; easy finishing touches; good water resistance | | RHEOTECH™ 4800 | HASE | 30 | Yes | Yes | Pseudoplastic | High performance, attractive cost/performance ratio; outstanding application comfort; remarkable properties to tinting systems; improved sag/leveling compromise; easy finishing touches; good water resistance | | POLYPHOBE® TR-115 | HASE | 40 | Yes | No | Pseudoplastic | Most efficient of the TR series for building Stormer viscosity | | POLYPHOBE® TR-116 | HASE | 40 | Yes | No | Balanced | Provide outstanding combination of Stormer and ICI efficiency | | POLYPHOBE® TR-117 | HASE | 40 | Yes | No | Newtonian | Highly effective at building high shear viscosity | | COAPUR™ 2025 | HEUR | 25 | Yes | Yes | Newtonian | Excellent leveling | | COAPUR™ XS 22 | HEUR | 25* | Yes | Yes | Newtonian | Optimized balance between high, medium and low shear viscosities | | COAPUR™ 3025 | HEUR | 25 | Yes | Yes | Newtonian | Excellent film build; excellent spatter resistance; improved leveling | | COAPUR™ 817 W | HEUR | 17.5* | Yes | Yes | Balanced | High reactivity towards most of the solvent free and solvent containing binders | | COAPUR™ XS 71 | HEUR | 17.5* | Yes | Yes | Balanced to pseudoplastic | Highly effective at low shear rates | | COAPUR™ 6050 | HEUR | 50 | Yes | Yes | Pseudoplastic | High thickening efficiency for low shear rate |
Note: Typical properties; not to be considered specifications
*Active content Dispersants Product | Chemistry | Solids (%) | Cation | Low VOC | APEO Free | Applications | COADIS™ 123 K | Copolymer | 24 | K+ | Yes | Yes | Excellent water resistance - gloss & semi-gloss paints - dispersion of organic pigments | COADIS™ BR 40 | Copolymer | 40 | K+ | Yes | Yes | Gloss & semi-gloss paints - high water resistance - excellent forTiO2, Fe203, ZnO | | ECODIS™ P 30 | Polyacrylate | 42 | Na+ | Yes | Yes | Odorless flat paints - versatile dispersant | | ECODIS™ P 50 | Polyacrylate | 40 | Na+ | Yes | Yes | Odorless interior flat paints & thick film coatings | | ECODIS™ P 90 | Polyacrylate | 40 | NH4+ | Yes | Yes | High water resistance; robust, high efficiency dispersant for flat paints |
Note: Typical properties; not to be considered specifications
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