Afcona 3758
- CASE Ingredients Features
- Anti-CrateringGood CompatibilityGood LevelingImproved Substrate WettingLow Foam StabilizationLow Surface Tension
- Chemical Family
- Acrylics & Acrylates
Afcona 3758 is a liquid additive formulated for radiation cure coatings, catering to various applications including automotive OEM coatings, architectural coatings, floor coatings, wood coatings, and industrial coatings. It enhances the performance of acrylics, alkyds, CAB, nitrocellulose, polyesters, and polyurethanes by providing anti-cratering, good compatibility, improved substrate wetting, and low surface tension.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Liquid
Identification
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Defoamer
Product families
- Foam Control
Other characteristics
- Brand
- Afcona
- End Uses
Coil Coating, Enamel, Radiation Curable Coating, Solventborne Coating, Wood Coating
- Functions
- Defoamer
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
Acrylics, Alkyds, Cellulose Acetate Butyrate (CAB), Nitrocellulose, Polyesters, Polyurethanes (PU)
- Markets
- Automotive & Transportation
- Building & Construction
- Paints & Coatings
- Appearance
- Clear to slight yellowish viscous liquid
- Shelf LIfe
- 5 years
- Cure
- Radiation Cure
- Coating Type
- Coil Coating
- Enamel
- Radiation Curable Coating
- Solventborne Coating
- Wood Coating
- Technology
- CASE Ingredients
- Incorporation
AFCONA-3758 should be added at the end of the batch preparation.
- Storage Condition
AFCONA-3758 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
In today coating world, polymers containing fluorocarbon is nearly banned in all coating related to electronic application. AFCONA – 3758 are mainly developed to replace fluorocarbon modified leveling agent where it gives the same leveling and anti-crater performance. AFCONA – 3758 is a special modified polyacrylic polymer. It reduces drastically surface tension of organic coating systems. This, together with good compatibility in most solvent-based systems and with minimal foam stabilizing effect, makes it very effective as an anti-crater and flow control agent for all solvent based coating. The leveling and anti-crater of AFCONA – 3758 can be further improve by combine with AFCONA any silicone containing or fluorocarbon containing, wherever it permitted, leveling agent. It will further improve the leveling, anti-crater and substrate wetting properties. AFCONA-3758 has below advantages and properties: 1) Fast leveling effect at begining of apply; 2) Remove the pollution of substrate as an anti-crater agent; 3) Almost no influence of adhesion between layers; 4) Good compatiblity in most glossy varnishes.
- Addition and Dosage
0.1- 0.7% on total formulation. In general under normal conditions, the dosage is 0.2 – 0.5% based on total formulation.
- Chemical Composition
- Polyacrylic polymer.
- Packaging Information
- 25kg and 180 kg non-returnable containers
Technical data
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4 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Active Ingredient | 50 - 53 | % |
| Density | 1.00 - 1.04 | g/cm³ |
| Refractive Index | 1.435 - 1.445 | — |
| Flash Point | 44.0 | °C |
