Afcona 5071

• Afcona-5071 helps reduce interfacial tension between hydrophilic pigments/extenders and the binders. It stabilizes the pigments through electrical charge repulsion forces.
• Afcona – 5071 has the following special properties:
  • The main reason for using Afcona- 5071 in the formulation is anti-settling and anti-sagging properties.
  • This product is mainly used for inorganic pigments and extenders in waterbased coatings. Afcona-5071 is also suitable for solvent based coatings, where it may be selected due to its good anti-settling performance.
  • Afcona-5071 also offers wetting and dispersing properties and will not reduce the gloss of the system.
  • Afcona-5071 is suitable for use in low- to high-polarity solvent systems, as well as in waterbased coatings. It can be used to reduce flooding and settling in non-polar systems, e.g. air drying alkyd paints.
  • Combination of Afcona-5071 and Afcona-4560 at a ratio of 1:3 is very effective to disperse inorganic pigments and fillers. This dispersion leaves a very dilute viscosity, such as F#4 cup at 8 – 12 second, which remains for many hours without stirring. Soft settling will form but many systems will not experience separation (depending on the particles size of the filler; greater than 15μm may have separation) or hard settling.

Note: Afcona – 5071 will become slightly hazy at temperatures below 5° C. This will not influence the performance of the product.

• 0.5 - 2% based on inorganic pigments
• 2.5 - 5% based on organic pigments

Afcona-5071 should be added prior to the dispersion process.

55 lb and 397 lb non-returnable containers.

Afcona-5071 should be stored in a cool, dry place and protected against frost.