Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Carrier
- Chemical Family
- Industrial Additives Functions
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Industrial Additives Features
- Special Features
- Concentrate
- Dilutable with water
- Easy to use
- Excellent durability
- Excellent pH stability
- Good heat stability
- High alkali-resistant
- Low yellowing
- Water-based
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Textile Finishing
- Softeners & Hydrophilic Softeners
- Textile & Leather
- Application Details
Application of POWERSOFT® UP 68 on textiles can be done either by padding or exhaustion method. Emulsions prepared of POWERSOFT® UP 68 are diluted to the optimum concentration for the specific fabric. POWERSOFT® UP 68 can be applied either alone or together with resins and other finishing agents. POWERSOFT® UP 68 may also be combined with different organic, nonionic and cationic fabric softeners. The compatible ratio of POWERSOFT® UP 68 and organic softener must be tested prior to use on a case-by-case basis.
Processing
Typical recipe for woven and knitted materials of cotton and synthetic fibers:
- 0.5 ml/l acetic acid 60 %
- 10-20 g/l POWERSOFT® UP 68
- Padding, liquor pick-up about 70 %
- Drying at 150 °C / 3 min.
Properties
- Appearance
- Clear slightly yellowish
- Soluble in
- Water
- Typical Properties
- Properties
- POWERSOFT® UP 68 is particularly suitable in softener formulations for the impregnation of fibers and textiles. POWERSOFT® UP 68 imparts a soft, drapable and elastic touch to woven and knitted fabrics. In comparison to usual silicone-based, medium hydrophilic softeners POWERSOFT® UP 68 shows excellent stability in the presence of salt and resins even under high shearing conditions.
- POWERSOFT® UP 68 is readily dilutable with cold water to any desired concentration. Dilutions of the product are extremely resistant to high alkaline conditions up to pH 11.
- Furthermore POWERSOFT® UP 68 can be used in direct combination with many optical brighteners due to its high compatibility with such compounds. However, the compatibility should be tested on a case-by-case basis. In contrast to many conventional silicone softeners, POWERSOFT® UP 68 does not turn cotton and other hydrophilic substrates completely hydrophobic.
- Cotton treated with POWERSOFT® UP 68 shows medium hydrophilicity which offers advantages if overdyeing of the fabric is required. When applied under normal conditions as part of a softener formulation, POWERSOFT® UP 68 has no effect on the whiteness degree.
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| pH | 11 | — | — |
| pH | 4.5 - 6 | — | Indicator strips |
| Solid Content | approx. 60 | % | Microwave oven |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Country Availability
- Packaging Type
- Regional Availability
- Packaging Information
- 0.45 kg bottle
- 25 kg hobbock
- 145 kg drum
- 950 kg IBC