Tionox 104
Specific performance properties:
- Strong surface tension reduction
- Highest dynamic surface tension reduction
- Destabilizing foam
- Extreme low CMC
- Lowest water sensibility
- Non-ionic surfactant
- Hydrophobic nature, HLB 4
- Multifunctional: acts as a wetting agent, defoaming agent, dispersing agent, leveling agent.
- Supplied as a 50% active liquid in various solvents
Surfactant 400-Series
- Chemically modified 104
- ionic surfactants
- Increasing water solubility with increased number
Tionox 400- Series
- SURFACTANT 420: lowest degree of ethoxylation, for best defoaming
- SURFACTANT 440: low degree of ethoxylation
- SURFACTANT 465: medium degree of ethoxylation, watersoluble ++
- SURFACTANT 485: highest degree of ethoxylation, for highest hydrophilicity
Tionox 104 in colours
- Very low static and dynamic surface tension
- Complete foam elimination during grind/dispersion
- Rapid initial defoaming and sustained antifoaming
- No significant viscosity increase
- No influence on water fastness
- Pigment grinding properties, reduced pigment particle size
- Prevents re-agglomeration
- Thermal stability over a broad temperature range
- Chemical stability from pH 3 to pH 12
Paper industry
Features & Benefits Tionox 104
- Low dynamic surface tension
- Efficient wetting agent and emulsifying agent for pigments and substrates
- No influence on the water quality
- Low viscosity increase
- Thermally stable
- Defoaming properties
Printing inks
Features & benefits Tionox 104
- Used are Tionox 104-NP, -E, -H, -PG
- Used in Flexo and offset inks
- Effective wetting agent, for pigments and substrates
- Unlike other surfactants: defoaming properties
- Low dynamic surface tension, optimizing printability
- Applied onto low surface tension substrates (plastics)
Adhesives
Features & Benefits Tionox 104
- Used are Tionox 104-E, -H, DPM, -PG
- Used in WB adhesives, pressure sensitive adhesives
- Effective substrate wetting agent
- Unlike other surfactants: defoaming properties
- Low dynamic surface tension, optimizing roller and spray application
- Enhances flow and levelling
- Applied onto low surface tension substrates (plastics)
Metal working fluids
Features & Benefits Tionox 104
- Used are Tionox -E, -440
- Excellent lubrification properties, interposing lubricant monolayers at metal interfaces
- Facilitate wetting of metal parts for more effective heat removal and lubricity
- Improving metal workability explained by the rapid migration from the bulk liquid to the newly formed metal surfaces
- Optimal heat transfer and cooling. Other surfactants typically form foam, which acts as heat insulator
- Suspension and removal of metal fines
- Eases cleaning of the metal surfaces
