PICCOLASTIC™ A5
Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
Features & Benefits
- Light color
- Liquid
- Made from purified aromatic monomers
- Non-migrating plasticizer
Applications & Uses
- Adhesives/sealants-B&C
- Bookbinding
- Carpet construction
- Case and carton closures
- Casting wax
- Commerical printing inks
- Concrete
- Film modification
- Hygiene adhesives
- Labels non food contact
- Marine
- Packaging components non food contact
- Packaging tape
- Paper chemicals
- Polymer modification
- Protective coatings
- Roofing
- Solvent borne packaging adhesives
- Specialty tape
- Tape non food contact
- Tires
Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Cloud Point DACP | max. -50 | °C | - |
| Cloud Point MMAP | -6.0 | °C | - |
| Cloud Point OMS | -29.0 | °C | - |
| Color, Gardner | 2.0 | - | ASTM D 6166 |
| Melt Viscosity 10 poise | 45.0 | °C | - |
| Melt Viscosity 100 poise | 30.0 | °C | - |
| Melt Viscosity 1000 poise | 25.0 | °C | - |
| Molecular Weight Mn | 300.0 | - | - |
| Molecular Weight Mw | 360.0 | - | - |
| Molecular Weight Mw/Mn | 1.3 | - | - |
| Molecular Weight Mz | 560.0 | - | - |
| Refractive Index at 25°C | 1.57 | - | - |
| Ring and Ball Softening Point at 25°C | Liquid | - | ASTM E 28 |
Compatible with a wide variety of paraffin and microcrystalline waxes, alkyd resins, drying oils, epoxy resins, rosin and modified rosins, rosin esters, and vinyl resins, non-migrating where compatible. Soluble in aromatic, aliphatic, and chlorinated hydrocarbons; ketones; pyridine; carbon bisulfide; ethyl and butyl acetates; and turpentine. Insoluble in alcohols and glycols. Compatible at all ratios, or in limited but practically useful proportions, with a wide variety of materials, including SBR and SBR block copolymers; neoprene, nitrile, polybutadiene, and acrylic polymers; chlorinated rubber; EVA resins (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers); styrenated, vinylated, and drying oil alkyds; rosin resins; and EHEC (ethyl-hydroxy-ethylcellulose). For low or zero VOC systems Piccolastic A5 is soluble in the VOC exempt solvents t-butyl acetate and perchlorobenzenetetrafluoride (PCBTF) and will tolerate some acetone and/or methyl acetate as a diluent in solvent systems based on TBA and/or PCBTF. VOC exemptions and environmental regulations vary regionally and compliance with local standards should be verified before any claims about VOC content are made.
Packaging & Availability
Liquid, in heavy-gauge metal drums (420 lbs, 190.5 kg, net wt) or bulk tank truck.
Storage & Handling
It is recommended that strict control of inventory be observed at all times, taking care that the oldest material is used first. Hydrocarbon resins have been stored for up to two years with no observable change in properties. For storage periods exceeding two years the material should be re-tested to verify compliance with product specifications, but there is no indication that these products cannot be stored for many years without affecting performance.
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