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Thetawet™ FS-8200 is a 100% actives anionic fluorosurfactant that provides excellent wetting and leveling for coating, inks, and adhesives to difficult-to-wet surfaces, such as metal, glass, plastic, oily substrates, waxy surfaces, and fluoropolymer-treated surfaces.
Thetawet™ FS-8200 is a solvent-free surfactant based on short-chain fluorosurfactant technology from ICT Chemicals. A 100% active solids product, it is engineered to deliver performance on-par with standard long-chain alternatives. Thetawet™ FS-8200 is insoluble in water, and is thus suitable for use in water-sensitive systems, 100% solids or high solids applications. It provides exceptional wetting and leveling benefits to a range of substrates, including glass, plastics, metals, oily substrates, and waxy surfaces. Thetawet™ FS-8200 contributes a range of other benefits to formulations, including block resistance, reduced foaming properties, and enhanced gloss development. It helps forms a tough, durable film resistant to harsh operational and environmental conditions, protecting surfaces from abrasions, soiling, and weathering. It also withstands UV degradation when used in interior and exterior coating applications.
In coatings, its powerful leveling performance allows for a smoother, defect free surface devoid of craters, fisheyes, orange peels, and pin holes. Thetawet™ FS-8200 can also be used in floor finishes, sealers, lacquers, polishes, automotive finishes and top coats, and industrial and architectural paints and coatings. Thetawet™ FS-8200 can be used effectively at low end use concentrations relative to other hydrocarbon surfactants, which allows for lower surfactant consumption for more cost effectiveness.
Appearance: Colorless to pale amber, viscous liquid that solidifies to a colorless to pale yellow solid over time
Odor: Mild
Solids, %: 100
Ionic character: Anionic
Water solubility: Insoluble
pH: 2.5 to 4.0
Density @ 25°C: 1.80 g/ml
Melting point: 55°C to 65°C
Flash point: None
Short-chain fluorosurfactant
100% active
Anionic
Excellent wetting and leveling properties
Improves gloss development
Reduces surface defects
Imparts block resistance
Resistance to soil, UV, and weathering
Reduces foaming tendency
Improves film quality
Effective at low use rates
Low wetting of formulations on low–surface energy substrates
High cost of formulations due to using high surfactant concentrations
Surface defects
Inability for formulations to wet oily substrates, pastes, waxy surfaces, or silicones
Poor gloss development on surfaces
Damage to surfaces from soiling and weathering
Floor finishes and sealers
Adhesives
Caulks and sealants
High solids coatings
Automotive finishes and topcoats
Lacquers and polishes
Industrial and architectural paints and coatings
Mold release
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