ACRYSOL™ DR-5500

ACRYSOL™ DR-5500 is a new associative thickener that delivers the same performance as ACRYSOL RM-5, but without the use of APEO surfactants. ACRYSOL™ DR-5500 provides excellent gloss, film build, and flow in latex paints. Being both APEO-free and solvent-free, ACRYSOL™ DR-5500 is ideally suited to meet the latest regulatory requirements for waterborne paints and coatings. This product enhances high shear (ICI Cone and; Plate) viscosity, resulting in coatings with high film build characteristics, improving hiding and appearance. Additional benefits for manufacturers include minimal roller spatter and the full realization of gloss potential in latex paints. Since ACRYSOL™ DR-5500 uses hydrophobically-modified alkali-soluble chemistry, it offers a high degree of resistance to bacterial and enzymatic attack, ensuring long-term paint viscosity stability.

Principal: Dow Coating Materials

Functions: Thickener, Thickener

Chemical Family: HASE Thickener

End Uses: High Gloss Coating, High Gloss Paints, Latex Paint, Semi-Gloss Paints, Trim Coating, Wall Coating, Water Repellent Coating, Waterborne Coating, Waterborne Paint

Labeling Claims: Alkylphenol Ethoxylate (APEO)-free, Solvent-free

Physical Form: Liquid

Features: Easy Handling, Enzyme Resistance, Excellent Flow, Good Antiblocking Properties, Good Leveling, Good Shear Viscosity, High Gloss, Microbiological Attack Resistance, Spatter Resistance, Viscosity Stability

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Identification & Functionality

Features & Benefits

CASE Ingredients Features
Labeling Claims
Key Features and Benefits

Features:

  • Outstanding Application Properties
  • APEO-free manufacturing process
  • Excellent Finished Paint Appearance
  • Paint Stability and Consistency
  • Supplied as Low Viscosity Liquid
  • Biostable

Benefits:

  • Excellent flow and leveling, brush load, good roller transfer, low spatter
  • Formulate GS-11 and GreenSeal compliant coatings
  • Excellent gloss development, high film build and
  • hiding, very good block resistance
  • Good flow when tinted
  • Easy to incorporate during the manufacturing process
  • Resistance to microbial attack

Applications & Uses

Application Method
Coating End Applications
Markets
Applications
Product Uses
  • ACRYSOL™ DR-5500 thickener is recommended for use in interior flat through gloss paints.
  • It can also be used in exterior coatings as long as formulators exercise caution to minimize potential water sensitivity problems such as early blister.
  • If water sensitivity is an issue, a nonionic HEUR associative thickener such as ACRYSOL™ DR-5500 or ACRYSOL™ RM-5000 may be effective.
  • ACRYSOL™ DR-5500 thickener is supplied as a low viscosity liquid that is easy to handle and incorporate during the manufacturing process. It is ideally suited for automated or metered addition systems.

Properties

Physical Form

Packaging & Availability

Storage & Handling

Handling Information
  • Keep combustible and/or flammable products and their vapors away from heat, sparks, flames and other sources of ignition including static diskharge.
  • Processing or operating at temperatures near or above product flashpoint may pose a fire hazard. Use appropriate grounding and bonding techniques to manage static diskharge hazards.
  • Failure to maintain proper volume level when using immersion heaters can expose tank and solution to excessive heat resulting in a possible combustion hazard, particularly when plastic tanks are used.

Storage - Store product in tightly closed original containers at temperatures recommended on the product label.

Other

Active Content
30.0 %
Appearance
Milky white liquid
Boiling Point (SDS)
100.0 °C
Bulking Value
0.113 gal/lb
Color (SDS)
White
Density
8.8 lb/gal
Evaporation Rate (SDS)
max. 1.0 %
Item Number
Melting Point (SDS)
0.0 °C
Principal
Relative Vapor Density (SDS)
max. 1.0
Solid Content
30.0 %
Specific Gravity (SDS)
1.0-1.2
Vapor Pressure (SDS)
17.0 mm Hg
Viscosity
max. 15.0 cPs
Volatile Content (SDS)
69.0-71.0 %
pH
3.5
pH (SDS)
2.6-3.8
Chemical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
pH3.5-
Physical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Bulking Value0.113 gal/lbgal/lb
Density8.8 lb/gallb/gal
Viscositymax. 15.0 cPscPsBrookfield Viscometer at 25°C, as supplied
Material Composition
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Active Content30.0 %%
Solid Content30.0 %%
SDS Physical and Chemical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Boiling Point (SDS)100.0 °C°CWater
Evaporation Rate (SDS)max. 1.0 %%Water
Melting Point (SDS)0.0 °C°CWater
Relative Vapor Density (SDS)max. 1.0-Water
Specific Gravity (SDS)1.0-1.2-
Vapor Pressure (SDS)17.0 mm Hgmm HgAt 20°C, Water
Volatile Content (SDS)69.0-71.0 %%Water
pH (SDS)2.6-3.8-