Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Blend
- No
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Chemical Family
- Function
- Crosslinking Agent
- Product Code
- MITM00284
- Single Ingredient
- Yes
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- CASE Ingredients Features
- Product Benefits
- High solids
- Very fast cure
- Water solubility
Applications & Uses
- Coating End Applications
- Compatible Polymers & Resins
- Compatible Substrates & Surfaces
- Markets
- Applications
- Product Applications
- Wood coating formulations
- Foil and paper coating formulations
- Textile coatings
Properties
- Physical Form
- Soluble In
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Contains any chemicals listed on Prop 65 (including impurities, residues, catalysts, monomers, and by-products and excluding heavy metals)?
Technical Details & Test Data
- Technical Data
- CYMEL UM-15 resin contains mainly methoxymethyl functionalities making it a very effective crosslinker for backbone polymer resins containing hydroxyl or amide functional groups, such as found on alkyd, polyester, acrylic and cellulose based resins.
- The optimum level of CYMEL UM-15 resin in a given formulation should be determined experimentally. Depending on the application, 20 to 40%, based on resin solids can be taken as a starting point
- Catalysis Information
- CYMEL UM-15 resin will respond best to sulfonic acid catalysts, like CYCAT® 4040 catalyst.
- Generally, 0.5 to 1.0% catalyst solution on total binder solids of the formulation is sufficient to provide good cure for industrial formulations at baking schedules of 15 minutes at 120°C or 5 min at 150°C.
- For wood, foil and paper coatings higher amounts of catalyst are required and the catalyst added before use as a 2K formulation.
Packaging & Availability
Principal Information
- Group Principal Number
- S000001
- Principal
Storage & Handling
- Storage Conditions
- CYMEL UM-15 resin has a shelf life of 4 years from the date of manufacture when stored at temperatures between 5°C and 30°C.
- Although lower temperatures are not detrimental to stability, its viscosity will increase, possibly making the resin difficult to pump or pour.
- The viscosity will reduce again on warming, but care should be taken to avoid excessive local heat as this can cause an irreversible increase in viscosity.
Other
- Appearance
- Clear liquid
- Appearance (SDS)
- Viscous liquid
- Color (SDS)
- Clear
- Item Number
- Odor (SDS)
- Formaldehyde
- Other Hazards
- Not applicable
- USA/DOT Proper Shipping Name
- Combustible liquid, N.O.S.
- USA/DOT Technical name (N.O.S.)
- Urea-formaldehyde resin
- USA/DOT UN Number
- NA1993
- Optical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Color Scale max. 70.0 APHA Color Scale max. 70.0 Gardner ISO 6271 - Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Free Formaldehyde Content 0.5 % Sulfite Method - Shelf Life & Stability
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Shelf Life 4.0 yr - Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Viscosity 6800.0-17000.0 mPa.s at 23°C - Material Composition
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Non-Volatile Content 96.0-100.0 %(W/W) at 45°C, foil, 45 min - SDS Physical and Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Density (SDS) 1.1-1.3 g/cm³ Flash Point (SDS) 76.0 °C Abel-Pensky Method Volatile Content (SDS) 2.0-4.0 %(W/W)