Afcona 3034
- Chemical Family
- Polysiloxane, OrganomodifiedPolysiloxane Organomodified
Afcona 3034 is a solvent-based additive formulated to enhance coating performance by reducing surface tension, improving substrate wetting, and providing excellent anti-cratering and leveling properties, especially on vertical surfaces. It promotes good intercoat adhesion and compatibility across various substrates and resins, including polyurethanes and thermoplastic acrylics.
Product families
- Dispersing & Wetting Additives
- Foam Control
- Functional Additives
- Surface Modifiers
Other characteristics
- Brand
- Afcona
- End Uses
Radiation Curable Coating, Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating, Wood Coating
- Features
Good Compatibility, Good Leveling, Improved Substrate Wetting, Improves Intercoat Adhesion, Low Surface Tension, Surface Tension Reduction
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
- Polyurethanes (PU), Thermoplastic Acrylic
- Carrier
- Methoxy Propanol
- Solvent-based
- Markets
- Automotive & Transportation
- Building & Construction
- Paints & Coatings
- Appearance
- Transparent To Slight Yellowish
- Shelf LIfe
- 5 years
- Cure
- Radiation Cure
- Coating Type
- Radiation Curable Coating
- Solventborne Coating
- Waterborne Coating
- Wood Coating
- Technology
- CASE Ingredients
- Incorporation
AFCONA-3034 can be added at any stage of production process.
- Storage Condition
AFCONA-3034 should be stored in a cool dry place. When kept in an original unopened container, it will keep up to 5 years from the date of manufacture. The expiry date is indicated on the container
- Product Properties
With the fluorocarbon modification, AFCONA-3034 itself has very low surface tension. Thus, this additive normally is used as real problem solver for critical condition on surface tension. The present of fluorocarbon further improves the performance of a normal polysiloxane on anti-crater, substrate wetting and leveling. To solve the vertical leveling problem AFCONA – 3034 often is used together with our fluorocarbon modified acrylic leveling additives such as, AFCONA – 3670, AFCONA – 3700 and AFCONA – 3777. These combinations also can solve critical crater problems and among all, the best combination will be with AFCONA – 3700. AFCONA-3034 is extremely compatible with most paint systems and can be used in both water and solvent-based industrial coatings. The advantage of improved substrate wetting, caused by reduced interfacial tension, also results in foam stabilization in most cases. Therefore, it is appropriate to use suitable defoamers at the same time. AFCONA – 3034 is recommended in below systems: 1) Plastic coatings like PU, UV and thermoplastic acrylic system. It gives good leveling as well as improved substrate wetting. Eliminates common problems of plastic coatings like crater and leveling. 2) Industrial baking systems where anti-crater and vertical leveling is needed. 3) Other solvent based coating where anti-crater, substrate wetting and vertical leveling are needed.
- Addition and Dosage
0.05 – 0.5% on total formulation. In general under normal conditions, the dosage is 0.05 – 0.2% based on total formulation.
- Chemical Composition
Fluorocarbon containing organically modified polysiloxane
- Packaging Information
- 25 kg and 180 kg non-returnable containers
Technical data
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4 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Active Ingredient | 50 - 54 | % |
| Denisty (at 20°C) | 0.97 - 0.99 | g/cm³ |
| Refractive Index | 1.420 - 1.430 | — |
| Flash Point | 32.0 | °C |
