DOWSIL™ 52 Additive

Package Type: 
Drum  (419 lbs)

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DOWSIL™ 52 Additive is an ultra-high molecular weight silicone dispersion designed to enhance mar resistance and slip in water-borne systems. This innovative additive is ideal for use in wood coatings, inks, overprint varnishes, and both interior and exterior paints. Offering customizable slip performance, DOWSIL™ 52 Additive is effective alone or when used with wax emulsions, without impacting the existing properties of the formulation. It provides enhanced scratch and abrasion resistance, excellent sandability, and improved anti-blocking, making it suitable for a wide range of applications.
Product No. 90912
Supplier Dow Inc.
CAS 100-41-4,1330-20-7,556-67-2,68131-40-8
Applications Paints, Inks & Coatings
Characteristics Milky white color with a viscosity of 3,000 to 5,000 cSt. 360 day shelf life.
Benefits
  • Customizable slip performance
  • Effective at low addition levels
  • No impact on mechanical properties
  • Enhanced scratch and abrasion resistance
  • Good sandability and recoatability
  • Improved anti-blocking
  • Compatible with multiple formulations
  • Easy incorporation and dispersion
  • Good hand feel

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Product Details

Grade
Technical
Form
Liquid
Prohibited Uses
This product is neither tested nor represented as suitable for medical or pharmaceutical uses. Not for human injection. For further information please refer to Dow's product safety page https://www.dow.com/en-us/support/product-safety.html
Appearance
liquid
Boiling Point
> 100 °C (> 212 °F)
California Prop 65
WARNING! This product can expose you to chemicals including Acetonitrile, 2,2-dibromo-, Ethylbenzene, which is/are known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Toluene, metanol, which is/are known to the State of California to cause birth defects
Color
white
Flash Point
> 101.1 °C (> 214.0 °F)
Kinematic Viscosity
3500 mm2/s
Odor
slight
Partition Coefficient
Pow: log Pow:
Relative Density
0.98 @ 25 °C (77 °F) Reference Material: (water = 1)
Solubility in Water
not determined

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