Databook of Surface Modification Additives

Eleven groups of additives are commercially available for improvement and surface modification of manufactured materials. These include additives improving anti-scratch and mar resistance, gloss, surface flattening, tack reduction, tack increase (tackifiers), surface tension reduction and wetting, surface cleaning, hydrophobization, anti-cratering, and leveling, dirt pickup resistance, and coefficient of static friction. A large number of final products benefit from the application of these additives, with major groups of industrial products including adhesives, appliances, automotive, bookbinding, building and construction, business machines, cellular phones, coatings, concrete, electronics, flooring, footwear, furniture, graphic arts, lacquers, leather, optical films, packaging, paints, paper, plastics, printing inks, rubber, sealants, wire and cable, and wood.

Databook of Surface Modification Additives contains extensive data on the most important products in use today. The information on each additive included in the Databook of Surface Modification Additives is divided into five sections: General information, Physical properties, Health and safety, Ecological properties, and Use & performance. The data belong to over 130 data fields, which accommodate a variety of data available in the source publications. The description of each section below gives more detail on the composition of information.

Physical-chemical properties section contains data on State, Odor, Color, Color (Gardener), Color (platinum-cobalt scale), Acid number, Acidic residue, Boiling point, Bulk density, Cloud point values of DACP, EMDA, MMAP, ODM, and OMSCP, Critical micelle concentration, Density, Dynamic mechanical analysis, Erichsen scratch visibility test, Evaporation rate, Foam, Gel sediment, Glass transition temperature, Grind, HLB value, Hydroxyl number, Iodine number, Kinematic viscosity, Melt flow rate, Melting point, pH, Refractive index, Relative density, Softening point, Solubility in solvents, Solubility in water, Specific gravity, State, Static coefficient of friction, Surface tension, Vapor density, Vapor pressure, Viscosity, Volatility, Water absorption, and Yellowness index.

The Ecological properties section contains data on Aquatic toxicity LC50 (Green algae, Bluegill sunfish, Daphnia magna, and Fathead minnow), Bioaccumulative (BCF factor), Biodegradation probability, and Partition coefficient (log K_oc and log K_ow).

Use & performance section contains information on Manufacturer, Outstanding properties, Potential substitutes, Recommended for polymers, Recommended for products, Recommended applications, Processing methods, Concentration used, and Food approvals.

The above data are given, whenever available, for over 410 of the most important surface modification additives produced and used today.

The data included in the Databook of Surface Modification Additives represent major suppliers and are based on the most recent available information regarding additives selection. The examples of applications are also discussed.

In addition to this book, the Handbook of Surface Modification Additives has been simultaneously published to cover scientific and theoretical aspects of the application of these additives. Both books do not overlap but complement each other.