Talk about new active ingredients as well as delivery systems and controlled release technologies are being developed to address needs for in-can and dry-film preservation, as well as for newapplications such as antimicrobial surfaces at ECC "Novel Biocide Technolgoy IV”
1 Jul 09
Two-way benefits
A newly introduced neutralising amine for waterborne coatings, secondary-butyl ethanolamine or sBEA, has an amphiphilic structure, through which it can assist dispersants in separating and binding topigment particles. Tests on a blue tinting base show that sBEA provides greater pigment efficiency and better flow properties than classical amines such as DMEA.
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