SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant is a self-emulsifiable, non-ionic wetting agent based on acetylenic diol chemistry. It combines excellent wetting properties with good foam control and ease of incorporation in waterborne systems. In addition to wetting, it also has antifoaming properties in many aqueous formulations. It forms stable emulsions in water at concentrations up to 75% by volume. This improves the ease of incorporation into aqueous systems. In most cases, brief mixing is all that is required to achieve a homogeneous formulation.
Typical Applications
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
The low surface energy of silicone and plastic film release liners requires strong wetting agents to achieve proper adhesive coverage. SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant's ability to provide excellent wetting under dynamic conditions ensures consistent adhesive quality while controlling or reducing foam problems. Once in the dried adhesive, SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant will not adversely affect the adhesive’s water sensitivity.
Printing Inks
SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant is particularly useful in printing ink applications where FDA compliance is required, such as food packaging. The product has excellent properties such as nonfoaming wetting in water-based inks for either rapid penetration of absorbent substrates or coverage over nonporous films and foil. Since the product is based on acetylenic diols, water sensitivity is minimized as compared to conventional surfactants.
Metalworking
SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant can be used in waterbased lubricants to improve lubricity, heat transfer, wetting and cleaning, and suspension of metal fines. SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant can be used to enhance performance of synthetic can-making lubricants for aluminum and tin plate, and also in aluminum cutting fluids and rolling tubes. Other applications included functional fluids, wire drawing lubricants, and lubricants for forming operations on other metals. Additionally, SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant is chemically stable from pH2 to pH12 and resists oxidation and degradation over a wide range of use conditions.
Internal Can Coatings
When used in internal can coatings, SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant provides surface tension modification for substrate wetting with minimal foam.
Other Applications
The ability of SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant to provide excellent wetting without generating foam indicates that this product will improve the performance of many water-based systems, including industrial coatings, agricultural chemicals, textiles, pigment dispersions and general adhesives.
The low surface energy of silicone and plastic film release liners requires strong wetting agents to achieve proper adhesive coverage. SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant's ability to provide excellent wetting under dynamic conditions ensures consistent adhesive quality while controlling or reducing foam problems. Once in the dried adhesive, SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant will not adversely affect the adhesive’s water sensitivity.
Printing Inks
SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant is particularly useful in printing ink applications where FDA compliance is required, such as food packaging. The product has excellent properties such as nonfoaming wetting in water-based inks for either rapid penetration of absorbent substrates or coverage over nonporous films and foil. Since the product is based on acetylenic diols, water sensitivity is minimized as compared to conventional surfactants.
Metalworking
SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant can be used in waterbased lubricants to improve lubricity, heat transfer, wetting and cleaning, and suspension of metal fines. SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant can be used to enhance performance of synthetic can-making lubricants for aluminum and tin plate, and also in aluminum cutting fluids and rolling tubes. Other applications included functional fluids, wire drawing lubricants, and lubricants for forming operations on other metals. Additionally, SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant is chemically stable from pH2 to pH12 and resists oxidation and degradation over a wide range of use conditions.
Internal Can Coatings
When used in internal can coatings, SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant provides surface tension modification for substrate wetting with minimal foam.
Other Applications
The ability of SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant to provide excellent wetting without generating foam indicates that this product will improve the performance of many water-based systems, including industrial coatings, agricultural chemicals, textiles, pigment dispersions and general adhesives.
Benefits at a glance
- SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant promotes substrate wetting by effectively lowering the surface tension of aqueous systems. This is demonstrated by the low equilibrium and dynamic surface tension values of 0.1% solution in water
- In actual applications, SURFYNOL® SE-F Surfactant will quickly migrate to newly formed surfaces and provides excellent wetting of low-energy or contaminated substrates. And since this product is based on acetylenic dio chemistry, it is inherently a non-foaming wetting agent, and in some systems can perform as a defoamer