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Acrylic Additives and Modifiers

DOW offers a broad range of additives and modifiers to enable formulators to meet today’s performance demands.  These materials are the key to unlocking the potential in paint, inks, and coatings formulations.

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As a leading provider of innovative solutions, Dow offers an extensive range of acrylic additives and modifiers designed to unlock the full potential of paints, inks, and coatings formulations. With a commitment to meeting today's rigorous performance demands, Dow's portfolio empowers formulators to achieve exceptional results.

Explore the versatile line of ACRYSOL™ rheology modifiers, engineered to optimize flow and leveling properties, enhancing the overall application and appearance of your formulations. Complement your solutions with Dow's TAMOL™ dispersants, which facilitate efficient pigment dispersion and stability, ensuring vibrant and consistent colors. 

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    Additionally, Dow's ROPAQUE™ opaque polymers provide unparalleled hiding power and opacity, enabling you to create stunning, high-quality finishes that captivate your customers. Whether you're formulating architectural coatings, industrial paints, inks, or specialized applications, Dow's acrylic additives and modifiers offer the perfect blend of performance and versatility. 
     
    With a steadfast dedication to innovation and customer success, Dow continues to expand its offerings, ensuring that formulators have access to cutting-edge solutions that elevate their products to new heights. 

    Advancion's high-purity ULTRA PC™-grade amino alcohols are designed to deliver robust multifunctional performance and broad formulating latitude across a wide range of beauty and personal care applications. With efficient neutralization and buffering properties, as well as superior compatibility with a broad spectrum of other well-known formulating ingredients, ULTRA PC-grade amino alcohols aid in the formulation of beauty and personal care products with improved performance, enhanced stability, and exceptional aesthetic properties.

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    ACRYSOL™ Rheology Modifiers

    ACRYSOL™ ASE and HASE rheology modifiers are associative thickeners offering a range of performance attributes including leveling, sag resistance and film build.

    ACRYSOL™ HEUR rheology modifiers are non-ionic associative thickeners that offer excellent flow and leveling.

    The combination of ACRYSOL™ HASE and HEUR products provide the formulator the opportunity to develop optimized performance properties.

    Product Highlight: ACRYSOL™ RM-995 Rheology Modifier

    An APEO-free*, solvent-free*, hydrophobically modified ethylene oxide urethane (HEUR) rheology modifier that utilizes ACID SUPPRESSION™ technology. This mid-shear (KU) viscosity rheology modifier offers improved performance in viscosity stability upon tinting and excellent sag resistance while maintaining the key properties of HEUR technology. ACRYSOL™ RM-995 has applicability in both interior and exterior latex coatings. It is provided as a low-viscosity material for ease of use in the manufacturing process.

    Uses

    • Premium and standard interior and exterior paints
    • Flat to gloss formulations
    • Water-based architectural and industrial coatings
    • White base to neutral base paints

    Benefits

    • Efficient KU and Brookfield viscosity build
    • Unique rheology profile allows for excellent flow and leveling and also very good sag resistance
    • Helps improve viscosity stability of paints tinted with high levels of colorant
    • Rapid viscosity equilibration
    • Delivered as a low-viscosity,  high-solids, solvent-free* liquid for easy handling in manufacturing facilities
    • APEO Free*

    *made without APEO-containing surfactant

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    TAMOL™ Dispersants

    DOW offers several different types of dispersants for waterborne coatings application: polyacid, hydrophilic copolymer, hydrophobic copolymer and polymeric dispersants.  Dispersant choice depends on pigment type, dispersing efficiency, rheology modifier compatibility, ZnO compatibility, and dry film performance requirements for the formulation.

    The TAMOL™ family of dispersants include both the polyacid and acrylic or polycarboxylate copolymer types.

    TAMOL™ Dispersant Benefits

    • Ultra-low VOC capable
    • Easy to Pour
    • Dispersant efficiency
    • Gloss potential
    • Water and Stain Resistance

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    ROPAQUE™ Opaque Polymers

    ROPAQUE™ polymers are light-scattering pigments that offer partial replacement of higher cost titanium dioxide. These polymers can reduce paint’s environmental impact by reducing the carbon footprint of TiO2.

    ROPAQUE ™ Ultra EF is an APEO-free synthetic hollow-sphere pigment offering increased light scattering with a lower odor profile than the ROPAQUE™ Ultra.

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    AMP ULTRA PC™
    AMPD ULTRA PC helps to reduce emulsion particle size and enhance rheological properties. It aids in pigment dispersion and improves dispersion stability, making it particularly well-suited for use in mascara and color cosmetics.
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    AMP ULTRA PC™
    AMPD ULTRA PC helps to reduce emulsion particle size and enhance rheological properties. It aids in pigment dispersion and improves dispersion stability, making it particularly well-suited for use in mascara and color cosmetics.
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    AMP ULTRA PC™
    Advancion’s high-purity ULTRA PC™ multifunctional amino alcohols are specifically designed to deliver robust performance across a broad array of personal care and cosmetics applications, including hair care and styling, color cosmetics and skin care
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    AMP ULTRA PC™
    Advancion’s high-purity ULTRA PC™ multifunctional amino alcohols are specifically designed to deliver robust performance across a broad array of personal care and cosmetics applications, including hair care and styling, color cosmetics and skin care
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    TAMOL™ 1124 Dispersant Dow Inc. Technical Drum 524.70 lbs --
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    TAMOL™ 681 Dispersant Dow Inc. Technical Drum 425.47 lbs --
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