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Eastman AQ™ 1350 Copolyester

Eastman AQ™ 1350 Copolyester is another medium molecular weight branched sulfopolyester primarily used in hot melt adhesive applications. Here's a breakdown of its properties and uses:
Application/Uses:
- Hot Melt Adhesives
Key Attributes:
- 100% Water-dispersible
- Excellent adhesion to polyolefin substrates
- Repulpable under neutral and alkaline conditions
Product Description: Eastman AQ™ copolyester 1350 is a light-colored semi-solid with a fruity odor. It is completely dispersible in water at nonvolatile levels up to 30% without the need for surfactants or additives. This sulfopolyester is particularly useful in repulpable, aqueous, or hot-melt adhesive applications.
Typical Properties:
- Odor: Fruity
- Viscosity @ 177°C: 25,000-50,000 cP
- Ring and Ball Softening Point: 105°C
- Glass Transition Temperature (Tg): 0ºC ± 10ºC
- Hydroxyl Number: 51 mg KOH/g
- Color, Gardner: 4 max. (ASTM D 1544)
Comments: The properties mentioned are typical values and may vary slightly between different lots. Eastman does not guarantee that the material in any specific shipment will conform exactly to the given values.
Compatibility and Solubility: Eastman AQ™ polymers are compatible with some commonly used tackifiers and plasticizers in adhesive compounding. Compatible tackifying resins include Staybelite™ Resin-E, Foral™ AX-E, Picco™ 6100, and Kristalex™ 3100. The polymer is also compatible with benzoate plasticizers such as Benzoflex 9-88 and Benzoflex 352.
Storage: Eastman AQ™ polymer must be stored in dry conditions to prevent absorption of water, which can alter its properties. Care must be taken not to rupture packaging materials to prevent leakage.

Eastman AQ™ 1950 Copolyester

Eastman AQ™ 1950 Copolyester is a medium molecular weight branched sulfopolyester primarily used in hot melt adhesive applications. Here's a breakdown of its properties and uses:
Application/Uses:
- Hot Melt Adhesives
Key Attributes:
- 100% Water-dispersible
- Excellent adhesion to polyolefin substrates
- Repulpable under neutral and alkaline conditions
Product Description: Eastman AQ™ copolyester 1950 is a light-colored semi-solid with a fruity odor. It is completely dispersible in water at nonvolatile levels up to 30% without the need for surfactants or additives. This sulfopolyester is particularly useful in repulpable, aqueous, or hot-melt adhesive applications.
Typical Properties:
- Odor: Fruity
- Viscosity @ 177°C: 75,000-135,000 cP
- Ring and Ball Softening Point: 115°C
- Glass Transition Temperature (Tg): 2.5ºC ± 7.5ºC
- Hydroxyl Number: 57 mg KOH/g
- Form: Solid
- Color: 4 max. (ASTM D 1544)
Comments: The properties mentioned are typical values and may vary slightly between different lots. Eastman does not guarantee that the material in any specific shipment will conform exactly to the given values.
Compatibility and Solubility: Eastman AQ™ polymers are compatible with some commonly used tackifiers and plasticizers in adhesive compounding. Tackifying resins compatible with AQ polymer include Staybelite™ Resin-E, Foral™ AX-E, Picco™ 6100, and Kristalex™ 3100. AQ Polymer is also compatible with benzoate plasticizers such as Benzoflex 9-88 and Benzoflex 352.
Packaging: The standard packaging for Eastman AQ™ 1950 Copolyester is a 40-pound box containing four blocks, each weighing 10 pounds. Each block is wrapped in a batch inclusion bag to facilitate easy handling.
Storage: Eastman AQ™ polymer must be stored in dry conditions to prevent absorption of water, which can alter its properties. Care must be taken not to rupture packaging materials to prevent leakage.
It's worth noting that Eastman and its marketing affiliates do not take responsibility for the use of this information or any product, method, or apparatus mentioned. Users must determine the suitability and completeness of the information for their specific use cases, environmental protection, and the health and safety of their employees and customers. No warranty is made regarding the merchantability or fitness of any product mentioned.

Eastman AQ™ 65S Polymer

Eastman AQ™ 65S Polymer is a polyester material supplied in pellet form. It finds applications in various industries, including industrial wood coating primers, overprints, and printing inks. Here's a breakdown of its properties and uses:
Application/Uses:
- Industrial wood coating primers
- Overprints
- Printing Inks
Product Description: Eastman AQ™ 65S polymer is a polyester material supplied as pellets. When dispersed in water, it provides aqueous dispersions with several desirable properties, including excellent water resistance, alcohol resistance, fast drying rates, low odor, and a consistently low coefficient of friction.
Typical Properties:
- Chemical Type: Polyester
- Form: Amber-colored pellets
- Solids: 100%
- Glass Transition Temperature (Tg): 63°C
- Odor: Low odor
Comments: The properties mentioned are typical values and may vary slightly between different lots. Eastman does not guarantee that the material in any specific shipment will conform exactly to the given values.
This polymer is valued for its ability to impart water and alcohol resistance, fast drying rates, and low odor, making it suitable for applications where these properties are crucial, such as wood coatings, printing inks, and overprints.

Cellulose Acetate Butyrate

Eastman™ Cellulose Acetate Butyrate (CAB-531-1) is a type of cellulose ester with various applications in industries like automotive, coatings, food-contact, nail care, etc. It's known for its toughness and resistance to marring and weathering. Here's a breakdown of its properties and uses:
Application/Uses:
- Automotive OEM
- Coatings for Automotive Plastics
- Coatings for plastic
- Food-contact applications
- Nail care
- Truck/Bus/Commercial Vehicles
Product Description: Eastman Cellulose Acetate Butyrate (CAB-531-1) has a higher butyryl level compared to other similar esters. It can produce tough films with good resistance to marring and weathering, especially when combined with thermoplastic acrylic resins. It's soluble in a wide range of solvents and is more flexible, requiring lower plasticizer modification. It's also environmentally friendly, being based on up to sixty percent cellulose, a renewable resource.
Typical Properties:
- Butyryl Content: 50 wt %
- Acetyl Content: 2.8 wt %
- Hydroxyl Content: 1.7%
- Viscosity: 5.6 poise
- Color: 50 ppm
- Haze: 15 ppm
- Acidity as Acetic Acid: 0.02 wt %
- Ash Content: 0.05%
- Refractive Index: 1.475
- Heat Test @ 160°C for 8 hr: Tan melt
- Melting Point: 135-150°C
- Glass Transition Temperature (Tg): 115°C
- Specific Gravity: 1.17
- Wt/Vol (Cast Film): 1.17 kg/L (9.75 lb/gal)
- Bulk Density:
  - Poured: 480 kg/m3 (30 lb/ft3 )
  - Tapped: 576 kg/m3 (36 lb/ft3 )
- Dielectric Strength: 787-984 kv/cm (2-2.5 kv/mil)
- Molecular Weight: 40000 (Polystyrene equivalent number average molecular weight)
- Tukon Hardness: 15 Knoops
These properties make it suitable for a wide range of applications where toughness, resistance, and flexibility are required, such as coatings, automotive parts, and food-contact materials.

Eastman Vantex® T

Vantex T™ is a colorless to light yellow liquid with a slight amine-like odor, primarily used in paints, coatings, and resins. Here's a breakdown of its application, key attributes, product description, and typical properties:
Application/Uses:
- Paints, coatings, and resins
Key Attributes:
- Enables paint manufacturers to achieve reduced VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) targets
- Enables paint producers to make lower odor paints
- Allows the use of a broad range of resin types
- Exhibits excellent film forming properties and multifunctional performance
- Demonstrates excellent water resistance, durability, and overall performance
Product Description:
- Vantex T™ is a pioneering amine additive that facilitates the formulation of environmentally friendly, low-odor, zero-VOC paint formulations. It serves as a coalescent neutralization amine additive, enabling the production of high-quality, low VOC paints with virtually no amine odor. The product has very low vapor pressure and odor, making it not considered a VOC by calculation or measurement. It can replace current paint neutralization systems and serve as an effective coalescing aid, reducing or eliminating the need for coalescing solvents.
Typical Properties:
- Boiling Point @ 760 mm Hg: 283°C
- Coefficient of Cubical Expansion: 0.0008/°C
- Density @ 20°C: 0.963-0.980 g/cm3
- Dissociation Constant, pKa: 8.9
- Flash Point (Closed Cup): 141°C
- Freezing Point: -70°C
- Molecular Weight: 161.3 g/mol
- Octanol-Water Partition Coefficient, log Pow: 0.48
- Refractive Index @ 20°C: 1.462-1.468
- Vapor Density: 5.5 g/cm3
- Vapor Pressure @ 25°C: <0.01 hPa
- Viscosity @ 15°C: 100 mPa·s
- Water Solubility: Completely soluble

Eastman Solus™ 2100

Eastman Solus™ 2100 Performance Additive is a dry, free-flowing powder designed for use in industrial 2K coatings, particularly in applications such as automotive refinish. Here's an overview of its application, key attributes, product description, and typical properties:
Application/Uses:
- Industrial 2K coatings, such as automotive refinish
Key Attributes:
- Ease of sanding
- Excellent anti-sag behavior
- Faster dry-to-touch time
- Improved gloss
- Wider window of polishability
Product Description:
- Eastman Solus™ 2100 Performance Additive is a dry, free-flowing powder that is easy to handle. It is soluble in a wide range of solvents and compatible with most high solids coatings systems.
Typical Properties:
- Appearance: Free-flowing white powder
- Solids: 100%
- Bulk Factor (Poured lb/ft3): 31-39 (0.49-0.62 kg/L)
- Polymer Density (lbs/gal): 9.89 (1.2 kg/L)
- Hydroxyl Content: 1.2-1.9 wt%
- Tg (Glass Transition Temperature): 70-80°C

Eastman Advantis™ 510W

Eastman Advantis™ 510W is a waterborne product designed as an adhesion promoter primarily for thermoplastic polyolefin-based plastics (TPO, PP). Here's a breakdown of its application, product description, and typical properties:
Application/Uses:
- Adhesion promoter for paints
- Automotive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)
- Automotive refinish
- Coatings for Automotive Plastics
- Coatings for plastic
- Truck/Bus/Commercial Vehicles
Product Description:
- Eastman Advantis™ 510W is Eastman's next-generation waterborne product for promoting adhesion to TPO and PP plastics. It's chlorine-free and does not contain APEOs (alkylphenol ethoxylates).
- It's primarily used as a blend-in resin in waterborne primers and basecoats for automotive bumper applications. It can also serve as a wash primer and is suitable for adhesion promotion beyond automotive applications.
- This product provides excellent adhesion on non-flame-treated EPDM rubber-modified polypropylene substrates.
Typical Properties:
- Appearance: Off-white milky liquid
- Color: Off-white
- Solids: 24 wt%
- pH @ 25°C: 8
- Neutralization: Amine
- Stability:
  - Shelf life: 1 year at room temperature
  - No significant change at 40°C for 4 weeks
- Flash Point: 98°C
- Viscosity @ 25°C: <75 cP
- Water: 76 wt%
- Density: 970 g/l (8.1 lbs/gal)
- Particle Size: 0.03 microns
- Specific Gravity in Water: 0.970
- Tg (Glass Transition Temperature): < 0°C
Eastman Advantis™ 510W offers compatibility with waterborne systems, providing effective adhesion promotion properties for various plastic substrates in automotive and other applications.

Eastman Advantex™

Advantex™ is a colorless to light yellow liquid with a mild amine-like odor used as a neutralizing amine additive for coatings. Here are its key attributes and typical properties:
Application/Uses:
- Advantex™ is primarily used in paints, coatings, and resins.
Key Attributes:
- Excellent emulsion stability
- Outstanding syneresis control
- Superlative pigment dispersion
- Provides corrosion protection
- Offers protection against flash rust
- Very low odor
Product Description:
- Advantex™ is a neutralizing amine additive that not only provides excellent buffering capacity but also enhances the performance of paint through improved pigment dispersion properties.
Typical Properties:
- Autoignition Temperature: 300°C
- Boiling Point: 197.7°C
- Coefficient of Cubical Expansion: 0.001/°C
- Density @ 20°C: 0.89 g/cm3
- Dissociation Constant, pKa @ 25°C: 9.7
- Flash Point Closed Cup: 97.5°C
- Freezing Point: -2.5°C
- Molecular Weight: 117.2 g/mol
- Octanol-water Partition Coefficient, log Pow: 0.64
- Refractive Index @ 20°C: 1.445-1.446
- Vapor Density (air = 1): 3.6
- Vapor Pressure @ 20°C: 0.1394 hPa
- Viscosity: 19.7 mPa·s
- Water Solubility: Miscible

Deuterol 201 E

Deuterol 201 E is a wetting and dispersing additive with defoaming properties specifically designed for water-based systems. Here's a breakdown of its key features:
Product Description:
- Deuterol 201 E is a non-ionic surface-active material diluted in hexylenglycol.
- Its active ingredient enhances pigment and filler dispersibility, surface wetting, and prevents foam during grinding and dispersing processes.
- The defoaming properties are based on deaeration and do not actively destroy foam bubbles. For optimal results, it's recommended to use Deuterol 201 E in combination with a defoamer.
Applications:
- Suitable for various applications including water-based systems such as primers, fillers, and topcoats, as well as pigment preparations, printing inks, unsaturated polyester, adhesives, and sealants.
- Particularly effective for wetting and dispersing additives, deaeration in dispersing and grinding processes, and substrate wetting.
Dosage:
- For dispersing and substrate wetting: 0.5 - 1.0%
- For foam prevention: approximately 0.5%
Product Characteristics:
- Appearance: Clear, colorless liquid
- Bulk Density: Approximately 0.92 g/cm3
- Viscosity: Approximately 80 mPa*s
- Active Content: 50%
- Solvent: Hexyleneglycol
Processing:
- Add Deuterol 201 E prior to any dispersing steps, as it prevents foam formation during dispersing and grinding.
Storage Conditions:
- Can be stored for 24 months at room temperature and dry conditions. Storage temperature should not exceed 35°C.

Deuterol Emulgator BI

Deuterol Emulgator BI is an emulsifier specifically designed for the production of bituminous emulsions with water or for further processing in road surfaces. Here's what you need to know:
Product Description:
- Deuterol Emulgator BI is a synthesis product of multifunctional organic bases and fatty acids with chain length from C14 to C20, mainly C18, with amines.
- It produces colloidal mixtures of road bitumen and water, making it suitable for bitumen emulsions.
- The product is soluble in organic solvents such as alcohols or esters but insoluble in water.
- It exhibits stability in a wide temperature range from 0 °C to 300 °C without causing turbidity or changes in the aggregate state.
Applications:
- Primarily used as an emulsifier for the production of bituminous emulsions with water or for further processing in road surfaces.
- Commonly applied in liquid cold bitumen for road repair works.
Dosage:
- The dosage varies based on the application and processing conditions and should be checked and adjusted for each specific case.
Product Characteristics:
- Appearance: Yellow liquid
- Density: Approximately 0.93 g/cm3
- Viscosity: Approximately 250 mPa*s
- Ionogenicity: Cationic
Processing:
- The bitumen is mixed with the emulsifier and then with water in an emulsifying device.
- It can also be mixed with gravel and sand to fill holes and gaps in the road surface.
- After the water leaves the bitumen/water/filler/water mixture (drying), the emulsion/dispersion breaks up, and the bitumen forms a hard mass. The layers are typically cured and ready for traffic after approximately 6 hours.
Storage Conditions:
- Can be stored for 24 months at room temperature and dry conditions. The storage temperature should not exceed 35 °C.