Wetting Agents
Additives for Polymer Dispersions
Adding a droplet for perfect surfaces.
Wetting agents are used to achieve very different effects, ranging from the wetting of critical substrates, e.g. label applications, to the wetting of fillers in construction adhesives or to enlarge open times of formulated adhesives.
The right selection of wetting agents makes it possible to adjust an adhesive formulation to meet the demand of the special field of application. Evonik offers a range of wetting agents based on different chemical technologies such as organic modified siloxanes, alkoxylates and sulfosuccinates.
The following chart gives an overview about the main characteristics:
Properties of our polymer wetting agents
Properties | Sulfosuccinates | OMS | Alkoxylates |
Surface tension (dest. water 0.1%) | approx. 29 mN/m | < 25 mN/m | approx. 30 mN/m |
Dy. surface tension (dest. water 0.1%, 10 Hz) | 38 - 40 mN/m | 46 - 54 mN/m | 37 - 39 mN/m |
Foam tendency | strong foaming | medium foaming | low foaming |
Dosage | ≥ o.6 w% | ≥ o.3 w% | ≥ o.3 w% |
Product Listing
- SURFYNOL® AS 5000
Nonionic Dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5020
Nonionic low-foam dynamic wetting agent and molecular defoamer.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5040
Non-foaming dynamic wetting agent.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5060
Nonionic low-foam dynamic wetting Agent.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5080
Nonionic organic superwetter.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5100
Dynamic Wetting Agent.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5120
Proprietary wetting agent.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5140
Formulated liquid, wetting agent based on proprietary combination of surface active chemistries.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5160
Solution of sodium diisooctyl sulfosuccinate in ethanol/water.
- SURFYNOL® AS 5180
Alcohol alkoxylate.
- TEGOPREN® 5840
Solvent free polyether siloxane
- TEGOPREN® 5885
Hydrophobic, non-ionic, polyether siloxane based wetting and dispersing agent
- TEGOPREN® 5890
Organomodified siloxane based wetting agent and antifoam.
- TEGO® Surten W 111
Alcohol alcoxylate