Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- CASE Ingredients Features
- Product Attributes
- Easily tinted and enhanced color development as a colorant dispersion aid
- Engineered fine particle size for higher gloss
- Improved scratch and abrasion resistance in surface coatings
- Regulatory-compliant (silica deficient)
- Increase loading potential in solvent clears to lower VOCs
- Transparent filler (refractive index similar to most common binders) for high clarity and low haze finishes.
- Accelerated cure rate of UV curable clear systems
- Higher loading in clears based on superior optics
- UV/EB cure compatible and optimization and reduction of photoinitiator usage level
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
- Cure Method
- Product Applications
MINEX® specialty grades use proprietary processing technologies to produce engineered mineral filler products. Ultra-fine MINEX 12 are especially useful for higher gloss coatings and are the preferred choice for clear systems.
Properties
- Typical Properties
- Chemical Analysis
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Particle Size (Passing through 30 Mesh) | 100.0 | — | Laser Diffraction |
| Particle Size (Passing through 20 Mesh) | 100.0 | — | Laser Diffraction |
| Particle Size (Passing through 15 Mesh) | 100.0 | — | Laser Diffraction |
| Particle Size (Passing through 10 Mesh) | 99.9 | — | Laser Diffraction |
| Particle Size (Passing through 5 Mesh) | 99.0 | — | Laser Diffraction |
| Median Particle Size | 1.5 | — | Laser Diffraction |
| Hegman Value | 7.0 | — | ASTM D1210-79 |
| Specific Surface Area | 6.2 | m²/g | BET |
| Brightness | 92.0 | — | TAPPI |
| Moisture Content | 20.0 | % | ASTM C-566 |
| Oil Absorption | 34.0 | — | ASTM D-281 |
| pH | 10.5 | — | AFS 113-87-S |
| Density | 21.7 | lbs/gallon | ASTM D-153 |
| Bulking Value | 0.0459 | — | ASTM C-29 |
| Refractive Index | 1.51 - 1.53 | — | ASTM D-801 |
| Specific Resistance | 3000.0 | ohm-cm | ASTM D-2448 |
| Hardness | 6.0 | Mohs | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Silicon Dioxide | 60.2 | % | — |
| Aluminum Oxide | 0.08 | % | — |
| Sodium Oxide | 23.6 | % | — |
| Potassium Oxide | 0.35 | % | — |
| Calcium Oxide | 0.02 | % | — |
| Iron Oxide | 4.8 | % | — |
| Magnesium Oxide | 10.5 | % | — |
| Loss on lgnition | 0.42 | % | — |
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Regional Availability
- Product Availability
IBC, 50 lb Paper Bags.