Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
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Features & Benefits
- Ready-to-Use Product Features
- Product Features
- Colorless, transparent, with excellent gloss.
- Excellent dielectric breakdown strength.
- Chemical resistant.
- Can be deposited as a conformal or planarizing coating. Planarizing coatings have very low surface roughness (Ra).
- Can be used to seal porous substrate materials.
- Can be synthesized to meet reduced trace metal requirements.
- Product Highlights
- Adhesion: Excellent on degreased and corrosion free surfaces, including trimetal, brass, aluminum, steel, stainless steel, glass, quartz, and ceramics.
- Process temperature: Dry process temperature range up to 230°C.
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Application Area
- Curing Time
<5 min possible with high thermal budget substrates.
Typical curing time for coatings on glass, aluminum, and stainless steel. Actual curing times may vary depending on application and equipment specifications.
Substrate Temp Cure Time (min) °C Convection SW-IR 135 600 120 150 180 60 180 20 10 200 10 8 220 4 3 Short wave IR – 1.3μm peak output
Properties
- Color
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Curing Method (IR/Convection) | Thermal | — | — |
| Solid Content | 7.5 | Wt% | — |
| Viscosity (Brookfield cone/plate) (typical) | 14 - 17 | cP | — |
| Specific Gravity | 1.03 | — | — |
| pH | 3.5 | — | — |
| Film Thickness (up to 20 µm with multilayer) (max thickness is substrate and temp. dependent) | 3 - 5 | µm | — |
| Coverage | 65.0 | m2/liter/µm | — |
Technical Details & Test Data
- Performance Data
Property Value Abrasion Resistance
(ASTM 4060)13 mg/1000 cycles
(Taber 5135, 1 kg, CS-10)
(mass loss of 4 mg/1000 cycles
possible with formulation variant)Pull-off Adhesion
(ASTM D4541)17.3-21 MPa (metals/ceram)
> 7 MPa (a-Al)Hardness 17-18 (microVickers)
150-160 MPa (Martens)
6-7H (Pencil)Chemical Resistance
100 double rubsPass - MEK, Methanol,
Toluene, Butyl acetate,
Hexane, WindexThermal Cycling Pass 100 cycl. -50°C – 150°C
Pass 100 cycl. 25°C – 175°CIntrinsic Roughness 0.02 µm Ra (10 µm coating)
(Ra up to 0.3 µm possible with
formulation variant)Optical TL > 90%, Haze < 1%
(Translucent, hazy coating possible
with formulation variant)- Performance Graphs
Off-gassing data for Thixorion on Type III anodized-Al
Dielectric breakdown strength versus coating thickness
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life (20°C, do not freeze)
- 1+ Year