DOWSIL™ RSN-0808 Resin

Package Type: 
Drum  (452 lbs)

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DOWSIL™ RSN-0808 Resin is a medium-soft, silanol-functional silicone resin binder, optimized for crafting heat-resistant maintenance paints and colored baking enamels. This resin is particularly recommended for decorative finishes on appliances like space heaters, incinerators, clothes dryers, and stoves, where excellent color and gloss retention are essential up to 540°C. Additionally, it serves well in protective coatings for outdoor signs, motor frames, air conditioning units, and more, offering superior weather resistance and the ability to withstand baking at elevated temperatures. For aluminum paints, DOWSIL™ RSN-0808 Resin ensures serviceability up to 650°C, especially when blended with DOWSIL™ RSN-0840 Resin for enhanced hardness.
Product No. 88296
Supplier Dow Inc.
CAS 100-41-4,108-88-3,1330-20-7,136-53-8,556-67-2
Synonyms Dimethyl, Diphenyl, Methyl, Phenyl Silicone Resin, Dow Corning 808 Resin (former trade name), XIAMETER RSN 0808 Resin (former trade name)
Applications Paints & Coatings
Characteristics Color: Pale Straw; Dynamic Viscosity: 80 to 200 Centipoise; Resin Content: 50%; Shelf Life: 1080 Days
Benefits
  • Excellent flexibility and gloss retention
  • Superior color retention
  • Enhanced corrosion resistance
  • Good heat resistance up to 540°C
  • Useful leafing properties in metallic pigmented paints
  • Outstanding weatherability

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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 intended for human injection. Not intended for food use. 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 Benzene, Ethylbenzene, which is/are known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Toluene, Benzene, which is/are known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproduct
Color
Clear, colorless, Pale Yellow
Density
1.006 g/cm3
Flash Point
27 °C (81 °F)
Odor
solvent-like
Partition Coefficient
Pow: log Pow:
Relative Density
1.006 Reference Material: (water = 1)

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