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DOWANOL™ TPM Glycol Ether
Applications: Coatings & Finishes, Building Envelope, Chemical & Industrial Manufacturing
Product Families: Solvents & Carriers, Esters & Ethers, Functional Additives
Chemical Family: Glycols, Ethers, Glycol Ethers
End Uses: Solventborne Coating, Hard Surface Cleaners, Household Cleaners
DOWANOL™ TPM glycol ether is a hydrophilic, slow-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent active solvency and coupling power. DOWANOL™ TPM glycol ether is an ideal choice when high polymer solvency and extended system residence time are required. It can maintain rheological properties over time in products such as stamp pads and ball point pen inks. Its high boiling and flash points make it an excellent choice for use in oven cleaners, and as a tailing solvent in high-solids, solvent-based coatings.
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TERGITOL™ 25R2 Surfactant
Applications: Chemical & Industrial Manufacturing, Oil, Gas & Mining, Paper & Pulp
Product Families: Additives, Surface Protective Additives, Soaps & Surfactants
End Uses: Metalworking Fluids, Cleaners, Paper & Pulp
This readily biodegradable ethylene oxide / propylene oxide reverse block copolymer delivers low foam, excellent solvency, chemical stability and reliable formulation performance in a variety of processes such as cleaning, paper processing, water treatment, and metal working fluids. It is readily miscible in water and can be used in combination with other surfactants in a wide range of aqueous formulations. Benefits Defoamer Dispersant Lubricant Readily biodegradable
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Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ Solvent
Applications: Coatings & Finishes, Building Envelope, Building Materials
Product Families: Additives, Solvents & Carriers, Functional Additives
Chemical Family: Glycols, Ethers, Glycol Ethers
End Uses: Primer, Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating
Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ glycol ether is a fast-evaporating glycol ether with an excellent balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic character; excellent active solvency and coupling properties. Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ is a very versatile solvent product with a good balance of many different properties. With a nearly equal balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic character, Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ glycol ether provides excellent performance in coatings, cleaners, and many other types of products. It is one of our fastest evaporating glycol ethers. Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ glycol ether is compatible with a wide range of resin types, and it also offers 100% water solubility.
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DOWANOL™ DPM Glycol Ether
Applications: Coatings & Finishes, Building Envelope, Flooring & Surfaces
Product Families: Additives, Solvents & Carriers, Functional Additives
Chemical Family: Glycols, Ethers, Glycol Ethers
End Uses: Solventborne Coating, Waterborne Coating, Flexography Ink
DOWANOL™ DPM glycol ether is a mid-to slow evaporating solvent. This hydrophilic solvent has 100% water solubility and is ideally suited as a coupling agent in a wide range of solvent systems. DOWANOL™ DPM glycol ether has a higher flash point than DOWANOL™ PM glycol ether making it easier to handle, store, and ship. Often incorporated into latex emulsion coatings DOWANOL™ DPM glycol ether can be used to prevent shocking (coagulation of emulsion) when hydrophobic solvents are used. More broadly, its hydrophilic nature makes it an ideal coupling aid in water reducible coatings, and cleaning applications. DOWANOL™ DPM glycol ether’s intermediate evaporation rate allow it to be used in a potentially wider range of systems than many other solvents.
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Butyl CARBITOL™ Solvent
Applications: Building Envelope, Textiles & Nonwovens, Building & Construction
Product Families: Additives, Solvents & Carriers, Functional Additives
Chemical Family: Glycols, Ethers, Glycol Ethers
End Uses: Waterborne Coating, Screen Printing Ink, Solventborne Ink
Butyl CARBITOL™ is a slow-evaporating, hydrophilic glycol ether with excellent coalescing and coupling power. Butyl CARBITOL™ glycol ether can be considered a slower-evaporating analog of Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ glycol ether. It can be used in combination with Butyl CELLOSOLVE™ glycol ether to lower the evaporation rate and increase the hydrophobicity of the solvent package. In addition, Butyl CARBITOL™ glycol ether offers 100% water solubility.