Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Blend
- No
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Chemical Family
- Chemical Name
- Function
- Rheology Modifier, Stabilizer, Water Retention Agent, Thickener
- Product Code
- MITM16409
- Single Ingredient
- Yes
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
Applications & Uses
- Coating End Applications
- Product Applications
- Bermocoll® EHM Extra can be used as a thickener in all types of latex paints, both in interior and exterior formulations.
- Bermocoll® EHM Extra improves high shear viscosity, roller spatter, flow and leveling. Bermocoll® EHM Extra offers enhanced color and heat stability, good color acceptance with minimal flocculation even when the most problematic colorants are used.
- Normal dosage is 0.1 to 0.8%, calculated on the total paint weight. In order to facilitate dispersion in water, Bermocoll® EHM Extra has been treated to give a pH-dependent dissolving.It should be added to neutral or slightly acid water. To speed up the dissolving process, pH should be increased to above 8 by using alkaline ingredients such as ammonia or alkaline pigment dispersants.If adjustment of the final paint viscosity is necessary, a highly concentrated slurry either in water or in an organic solvent should be used. It is not recommended to add the product as a dry powder after pigment grinding, due to the risk of lump formation at alkaline conditions.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Soluble In
- Note
Bermocoll® EHM Extra is a specialty hydrophobically modified methyl ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose.
Regulatory & Compliance
- Contains any chemicals listed on Prop 65 (including impurities, residues, catalysts, monomers, and by-products and excluding heavy metals)?
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Packaging Information
- Like many industrial processed powdery materials, cellulose ether dusts are combustible and can cause dust explosions.
- Dust formation must be avoided or kept to a minimum.
- Care should be taken to prevent ignition from heat, spark, open flames or hot surface.Bermocoll® EHM Extra is packed in polyethylene bags.
- Net weight 20 kg bags are available.
- We recommend emptying the bags from the bottom.
- The empty bags can be recycled or burned.
Principal Information
- Group Principal Number
- S003175
- Principal
Storage & Handling
- Storage Conditions
- Unopened bags of Bermocoll® EHM Extra can be stored for several years in a cool, dry place.
- In opened bags, the moisture content of Bermocoll® EHM Extra will be influenced by the air humidity.
- At temperatures above 250 °C (480 °F), charring of Bermocoll® EHM Extra will occur.
Other
- Appearance
- Whitish powder
- Appearance (SDS)
- Powder
- Color (SDS)
- Off - white
- Dust Explosion Class (SDS)
- St2
- Flammable Nature (SDS)
- Combustible solids
- Item Number
- Odor (SDS)
- Odorless
- Other Hazards
- Dust can form an explosive mixture in air
- Oxidizing Properties (SDS)
- Not oxidizing
- USA/DOT UN Number
- Not Applicable
- Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions pH 5.0-7.0 - 1% solution - Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Sieve Fractionation (Retained) 98.0 % % +500 µm Mesh Sieve Fractionation (Through) 98.0 % % - 500 microns Mesh Viscosity 250.0-450.0 mPa.s mPa.s Brookfield Viscometer at 20°C, 1% solution - Material Composition
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Salt Content max. 6.0 % % - Application Information
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Dosage (Use Level) 0.1-0.8 % % - SDS Physical and Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Autoignition Temperature (SDS) 170.0 °C °C DIN EN 15188 Burning Number (SDS) 5.0 - Deflagration Index (SDS) 200.0-300.0 bar.m/s bar.m/s Flammable Limits (SDS) 30.0 g/m³ g/m³ Ignition Energy (SDS) 10.0 MJ MJ Viscosity (SDS) 250.0-450.0 mPa.s mPa.s at 20°C, pH 7 at 1% solution pH (SDS) max. 6.5 -