PAT-ADD AF 16 is a readily dispersible defoamer designed for waterborne coatings, inks, and pigment dispersions. It is mineral oil-based and provides effective defoaming and anti-foam performance during both manufacturing and application processes.
Properties:
- Coatings: Ideal for water-based, solvent-based, and air-drying paints, including industrial, decorative, and automotive coatings.
- Printing Inks: Used in water-based, solvent-based, and paste inks, including flexographic and gravure inks.
- Plastics: Can be used for coloring plastics.
- Other: Also used in road marking paints and synthetic leather.
Benefits:
- Color: Greenish yellow, with a shade between Pigment Yellow 1 and Pigment Yellow 3.
- Type: Monoazo organic pigment.
Properties: Good lightfastness, high tinting strength, and good dispersion. - Applications: Widely used in coatings (industrial, decorative, automotive, powder, coil) and printing inks (water-based, solvent-based, paste).
- Specific Surface Area: Pigment Yellow 74 comes in various particle sizes, with specific surface areas typically ranging from 10 to 70 m²/g.
- Hiding Power: Larger particle sizes provide higher hiding power.
- Resistance: Exhibits good resistance to acids, alkalis, alcohols, esters, benzene, ketones, soap, bleeding, and migration.
Applications:
Emulsion paints, wood coatings, primers, adhesives, plasters, and Inks.