Performance additives to color your world
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Recommended products
v-cap™ / v-pyrol™ reactive diluents
- Ideal for radical-initiated UV radiation curing used in inks
- low viscosity
- Provides excellent solvency and viscosity suppression in combination with oligomers
- Increased cure speed
- Improved adhesion
- Enhanced hardness and increased tensile strength
pvp k-series polymers
- Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) nonionic amphiphilic polymers
- Multifunctional additive film-former (high glass transition temperature), protective colloid and suspending agent, helps control viscosity
- Soluble in water and most polar solvents
- Can be used as media components in digital ink jet printing
- Improves pigment dispersion
- Complexing agent / dye-receptive resin / binder and stabilizer
- Adhesive and cohesive
- Representative grades: pvp k-30
klucel™ hpc
- More hydrophobic cellulose polymer; combines water and polar organic solvent solubility
- Rheology modifier with good thickening efficiency and reduced water sensitivity
- Dispersant, film-former, adhesive and provides surface activity
- Good flexibility, lack of tack, good heat sealability (mid to higher MW) derivatized from naturally occurring and sustainable cellulose
- Representative grades: klucel™ e
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