Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Name
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Chemical Structure
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- CASE Ingredients Features
- Product Benefits
- Lowers viscosity while maintaining performance
- Preserves chemical and water resistance
- Good dilution and acceleration effects
- Improves flexibility
- Improves pigment wetting properties
- Usable on both sides on an epoxy formulation
- Low migration rate
- Low volatility and high flash point
- Non-toxic
- Based from natural, renewable, non-food raw material feedstock
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
- Coating Type
- Use Level
- max. 20% (of total resin weight)
- Product Applications
- Cardolite NX-2021 was designed as an accelerator and formulation tool to reduce VOC levels and viscosity on coating systems used in heavy duty marine, protective, industrial, and floor coatings.
- Although higher in viscosity than some other modifiers, the structure of this product gives excellent dilution efficiency to help rapidly reduce viscosity for improved pigment wetting, flexibility, and general application properties.
- Coating physical properties such as water resistance, corrosion protection, chemical resistance, and gloss are not significantly compromised with the addition of NX-2021.
- This product can be added to either component of an epoxy system to provide good cure acceleration and replace or reduce levels of hazardous accelerators like nonylphenol.
Properties
- Appearance
- Yellow brown liquid
- Typical Properties
- Specifications
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Flash Point | 260.0 | °C | ASTM D93 |
| Solid Content | max. 0.5 | % | - |
| Bio Content (Calculated) | 98.0 | % | - |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Color | max. 18 | Gardner | ASTM D1544 |
| Viscosity (at 25°C) | 45 - 75 | cPs | ASTM D2196 |
| Density (at 25°C) | 0.925 - 0.945 | kg/l | ASTM D1475 |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Chemical Inventories
Technical Details & Test Data
- Dilution Properties
Cardanol grades show much higher dilution power than Nonyl phenol.
- LCA Results
Results for each kg of NX-2021 Produced Impact category Unit Nut China Abiotic depletion (minerals) kg Sb-eq 1.47E-07 Abiotic depletion (fossil fuels) MJ 7.24 Global warming (GWP100a)* kg CO2-eq 0.72 Ozone layer depletion (ODP) kg CFC-11-eq 4.12E-08 Photochemical oxidation kg C2H4-eq 1.38E-04 Acidification kg SO2-eq 3.53E-03 Eutrophication kg PO4- eq 1.47E-03 - Acceleration Effect
Cardanol grades do not reduce gel time as much as Nonyl phenol.
- Impact Resistance
Cardanol grades improve impact resistance of epoxy systems due to long aliphatic side chain. Improvement is more significant than for Nonyl phenol.
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 12 months
- Storage Condition
Cardolite products may absorb moisture and carbon dioxide when left in open containers, which could result in increased viscosity, discoloration, reduction of reactivity, and/or crystallization of the products. These products should be kept tightly sealed in their original containers when not in use, and stored in a cool, dry place.