Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Benefits
- Di-functional epoxy with good reactivity.
- Increases flexibility while maintaining performance.
- Excellent chemical and water resistance.
- Compatible with all epoxy resins and Hardeners.
- Based on natural, renewable, non-food raw material.
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Coating Type
- Cardanol Based Reactive Diluent
- Lowers viscosity of epoxy resins.
- Gives flexibility to coating and good wetting to the substrate.
- Good dilution effect.
- Good adhesion to marginally prepared surfaces.
- Good corrosion resistance in epoxy systems.
- Compatible and usable in a variety of coating materials.
- Natural, renewable, non-food raw material feedstock.
- Cardanol Based Non-Reactive Diluents
- Lowers viscosity while maintaining performance
- Gives flexibility to coating and good wetting to the substrate.
- Good dilution effect.
- Good adhesion to marginally prepared surfaces.
- Good corrosion resistance in epoxy systems.
- Excellent brush and roller application.
- Compatible and usable in a variety of coating materials.
- Natural, renewable, non-food raw material feedstock.
Properties
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Solids Content | Solvent free | % NVM | — |
| Color | 10 | Gardner | — |
| Viscosity at 25°C | 70-90 | cps | — |
| Hydroxyl Value | 160-200 | mg KOH/g | — |
| PHR with Epoxy Resin (EEw-190) | 2-20 | — | — |
Safety & Health
- Epoxidized Cardanol (RESIN Modifier)
- Useful for making Solvent free high solid coatings.
- Recommended Use Level is 20 – 30 % without affecting drying properties.
- Ideal replacement of flexible 1, 6- hexanediol diglycidyl ether.
- Enhanced workability without sacrificing other performance properties.
- Excellent product to achieve long pot-life at ambient & low temperatures.
- Non-toxic and non-corrosive.
- It is usable in many epoxy applications.