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GENAPOL ED 3060

GENAPOL ED 3060
CAS NO :26316-40-5
SYNONYMS : ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-BLOCK-PROPOXYLATE) TETROL;1,2-Ethanediamine,methyloxirane,oxiranepolymer;1,2-Ethanediamine,polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane;Ethoxylated,propoxylatedethylenediamine;ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate;ETHY; 2-[1-[1-[2-[bis[2-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)propoxy]propyl]amino]ethyl-[2-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)propoxy]propyl]amino]propan-2-yloxy]propan-2-yloxy]ethanol;Tetronic 90R4;Tetronic 150R1;Ethoxylated,propoxylatedethylenediamine;ethylenediamine; ethoxylated; propoxylated;1,2-Ethanediamine;methyloxirane;oxiranepolymer;ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate;Ethylenediamine ethoxylated propoxylated polymer;1,2-Ethanediamine;polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane;ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-BLOCK-PROPOXYLATE) TETROL;Ethylenediamine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol;Tetronic 90R4;Ethylenediamine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol,Tetronic 90R4
;Ethylenediamine ethoxylated propoxylated polymer;EthylenediaMine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~7,200;EthylenediaMine tetrakis(propoxylate-block-ethoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~3,600;1,2-Ethanediamine,methyloxirane,oxiranepolymer;1,2-Ethanediamine,polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane;Ethoxylated,propoxylatedethylenediamine;ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate
;Ethylenediamine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol;Tetronic; 90R4; Ethylenediamine ethoxylated propoxylated polymer; EthylenediaMine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~7;200 EthylenediaMine tetrakis(propoxylate-block-ethoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~3,600; 1,2-Ethanediamine;methyloxirane;oxiranepolymer; 1,2-Ethanediamine;polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane Ethoxylated;propoxylatedethylenediamine ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate; ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(PROPOXYLATE-B-E THOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 15,000 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-B-PR OPOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 8,000 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(PROPOXYLATE-B-E THOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 3,600 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-B-PR OPOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 7,200 ethylenediamine; ethoxylated; propoxylated; Tetronic 90R4; Tetronic 150R1 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-BLOCK-PROPOXYLATE); TETROL 26316-40-5; C2H8N24C2H4Ox4C3H6On; -CH2NCH2CH2OxCH2CHCH3OyH22 C3H6OC2H8N2C2H4OX; Polymers
Genapol® ED 3060 is a low-foaming wetting and dispersing agent for aqueous paints and coatings. This yellowish liquid improves the compatibility of pigments and minerals with polymers and binders in aqueous coatings and improves the color strength of organic pigments like phthalocyanine blue or red and yellow azo pigments.Wetting and dispersing agent and tinting
strength enhancer for waterborne paints.Surfactants are molecules that spontaneously bond with each other to form sealed bubbles.[1] Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension (or interfacial tension) between two liquids, between a gas and a liquid, or between a liquid and a solid. Surfactants may act as detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, or dispersants.
The word "surfactant" is a blend of surface-active agent,[2] coined c.  1950.[3]
Agents that increase surface tension are "surface active" in the literal sense but are not called surfactants since their effect is opposite to the common meaning. A common example[of what?] is salting out: by adding an inorganic salt to an aqueous solution of a weakly polar substance, the substance will precipitate. The substance may itself be a surfactant - this is one of the reasons why many surfactants are ineffective in sea water.
Non-ionic surfactants have covalently bonded oxygen-containing hydrophilic groups, which are bonded to hydrophobic parent structures. The water-solubility of the oxygen groups is the result of hydrogen bonding. Hydrogen bonding decreases with increasing temperature, and the water solubility of non-ionic surfactants therefore decreases with increasing temperature.
Non-ionic surfactants are less sensitive to water hardness than anionic surfactants, and they foam less strongly. The differences between the individual types of non-ionic surfactants are slight, and the choice is primarily governed having regard to the costs of special properties (e.g., effectiveness and efficiency, toxicity, dermatological compatibility, biodegradability) or permission for use in food.[5]
Genapol® ED 3060 by Clariant is a non-ionic, APEO-free, low VOC (<1.0%) wetting agent for waterborne emulsion paints and acrylic lacquers. If used as compatibilizer in tinted coatings, the recommended dosage ranges between 0.5% and 1.5% based on the paint formulation. Complies with Ecolabels like Blue Angel and Ecoflower criteria and no hazardous labeling required according to CLP/GHS. Genapol® ED 3060 by Clariant is listed in REACH, AICS, DSL, ENCS, IECSC, KECI, NECI, NZloC, PICCS and TSCA. The shelf life is 2 years.
 

GENAPOL ED 3060
CAS NO :26316-40-5
SYNONYMS : ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-BLOCK-PROPOXYLATE) TETROL;1,2-Ethanediamine,methyloxirane,oxiranepolymer;1,2-Ethanediamine,polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane;Ethoxylated,propoxylatedethylenediamine;ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate;ETHY; 2-[1-[1-[2-[bis[2-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)propoxy]propyl]amino]ethyl-[2-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)propoxy]propyl]amino]propan-2-yloxy]propan-2-yloxy]ethanol;Tetronic 90R4;Tetronic 150R1;Ethoxylated,propoxylatedethylenediamine;ethylenediamine; ethoxylated; propoxylated;1,2-Ethanediamine;methyloxirane;oxiranepolymer;ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate;Ethylenediamine ethoxylated propoxylated polymer;1,2-Ethanediamine;polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane;ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-BLOCK-PROPOXYLATE) TETROL;Ethylenediamine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol;Tetronic 90R4;Ethylenediamine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol,Tetronic 90R4
;Ethylenediamine ethoxylated propoxylated polymer;EthylenediaMine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~7,200;EthylenediaMine tetrakis(propoxylate-block-ethoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~3,600;1,2-Ethanediamine,methyloxirane,oxiranepolymer;1,2-Ethanediamine,polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane;Ethoxylated,propoxylatedethylenediamine;ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate
;Ethylenediamine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol;Tetronic; 90R4; Ethylenediamine ethoxylated propoxylated polymer; EthylenediaMine tetrakis(ethoxylate-block-propoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~7;200 EthylenediaMine tetrakis(propoxylate-block-ethoxylate) tetrol average Mn ~3,600; 1,2-Ethanediamine;methyloxirane;oxiranepolymer; 1,2-Ethanediamine;polymerwithmethyloxiraneandoxirane Ethoxylated;propoxylatedethylenediamine ethylenediaminetetrakis(ethoxylate-b-propoxylate; ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(PROPOXYLATE-B-E THOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 15,000 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-B-PR OPOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 8,000 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(PROPOXYLATE-B-E THOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 3,600 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-B-PR OPOXYLATE) TETROL; AVE. MN CA. 7,200 ethylenediamine; ethoxylated; propoxylated; Tetronic 90R4; Tetronic 150R1 ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAKIS(ETHOXYLATE-BLOCK-PROPOXYLATE); TETROL 26316-40-5; C2H8N24C2H4Ox4C3H6On; -CH2NCH2CH2OxCH2CHCH3OyH22 C3H6OC2H8N2C2H4OX; Polymers
Genapol® ED 3060 is a low-foaming wetting and dispersing agent for aqueous paints and coatings. This yellowish liquid improves the compatibility of pigments and minerals with polymers and binders in aqueous coatings and improves the color strength of organic pigments like phthalocyanine blue or red and yellow azo pigments.Wetting and dispersing agent and tinting
strength enhancer for waterborne paints.Surfactants are molecules that spontaneously bond with each other to form sealed bubbles.[1] Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension (or interfacial tension) between two liquids, between a gas and a liquid, or between a liquid and a solid. Surfactants may act as detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, or dispersants.
The word "surfactant" is a blend of surface-active agent,[2] coined c.  1950.[3]
Agents that increase surface tension are "surface active" in the literal sense but are not called surfactants since their effect is opposite to the common meaning. A common example[of what?] is salting out: by adding an inorganic salt to an aqueous solution of a weakly polar substance, the substance will precipitate. The substance may itself be a surfactant - this is one of the reasons why many surfactants are ineffective in sea water.
Non-ionic surfactants have covalently bonded oxygen-containing hydrophilic groups, which are bonded to hydrophobic parent structures. The water-solubility of the oxygen groups is the result of hydrogen bonding. Hydrogen bonding decreases with increasing temperature, and the water solubility of non-ionic surfactants therefore decreases with increasing temperature.
Non-ionic surfactants are less sensitive to water hardness than anionic surfactants, and they foam less strongly. The differences between the individual types of non-ionic surfactants are slight, and the choice is primarily governed having regard to the costs of special properties (e.g., effectiveness and efficiency, toxicity, dermatological compatibility, biodegradability) or permission for use in food.[5]
Genapol® ED 3060 by Clariant is a non-ionic, APEO-free, low VOC (<1.0%) wetting agent for waterborne emulsion paints and acrylic lacquers. If used as compatibilizer in tinted coatings, the recommended dosage ranges between 0.5% and 1.5% based on the paint formulation. Complies with Ecolabels like Blue Angel and Ecoflower criteria and no hazardous labeling required according to CLP/GHS. Genapol® ED 3060 by Clariant is listed in REACH, AICS, DSL, ENCS, IECSC, KECI, NECI, NZloC, PICCS and TSCA. The shelf life is 2 years.
Product group:  EO/PO block copolymer
Active content: 100%
Appearance: yellowish liquid
pH value: 10 -11
Solubility: soluble in water
Density: approx. 1.03 g/cm3
Viscosity: approx. 1300 mPas
Pour point:  -39 °C
Flash point: approx. 220 °C
Benefits of Genapol ED 3060
In waterborne coatings, in particular in emulsion paints dispersing agents are added to disperse inorganic pigments like titanium dioxide and „extenders“ like calcium carbonate, talc, China clay, and others.
These dispersing agents are suitable for inorganic pigments but don’t improve the compatibility of organic pigments with the binder system.
Clariant’s Genapol ED 3060 is a wetting and dispersing agent for organic pigments and carbon blacks and improves the compatibility of binders in waterborne paints with organic pigments. Genapol ED 3060 offers an increased tinting strength and prevents rub out at dosages of 2 - 5 g/kg of paint.
Particularly organic blue, green and purple pigments and carbon blacks show rub out and reduced tinting strength due to uncontrolled fl occulation during the drying of the paint film. Genapol ED 3060 prevents the flocculation of these organic pigments. Rub out does no longer occur and a maximum tinting strength is offered.
Genapol ED 3060 additionally reduces the foam build up during the aint manufacture. Genapol ED 3060 releases entrapped air and helps to reduce and save foam control agents in the paint formulation.
Block copolymers consisting of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) can self-assemble in water and water/oil mixtures (where water is a selective solvent for PEO and oil a selective solvent for PPO) to form thermodynamically stable spherical micelles as well as an array of lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophases of varying morphology. Significant advances have been made over the past year on the identification of different morphologies, the delineation of the composition-temperature ranges where they occur, and the structural characterization of the morphologies using primarily small angle scattering techniques. Important new findings on the copolymer micellization in water as affected by cosolutes, and on the time-dependency of the surface activity have also been reported.
• Wetting agent for pigments and fillers in the mill base of
waterborne paints
• Tinting strength enhancer for organic pigments
• No hazardous labeling required according to CLP/GHS
• Very low VOC (<0.5%) content
• APEO free
• For very low odor paints
• Suitable for Ecolabels: compatible with Blue Angel and
Ecoflower criteria
Principle of performance
Genapol ED 3060 improves the compatibility of organic pigments with emulsion binders and overcomes rub out. Bridging of the pigments with the binders prevents fl occulation during drying of the paint film.
The pigments don’t fl oat or settle but are kept well dispersed in the polymer matrix.
The paint industry is on the constant look-out for sustainable solutions that improve performance and increase customer choice. Such a solution is available with Genapol® ED3060, a wetting agent for emulsion paints from Clariant that has outstanding wetting and low foaming properties at very low addition levels. It improves the compatibility of binders with numerous organic pigments that are difficult to disperse in the paint, making it easier to formulate a wide range of paint colours.
The low foaming properties of this novel product mean that formulators need to add less defoaming agents to the paint. Its high compatibility with pigments makes it easier to produce such paint colours as violets and pinks that are made with hydrophobic polycyclic pigments.
In addition to its exceptional wetting power, excellent low foaming properties and broad pigment compatibility, Genapol ED 3060 has other important advantages: first, it prevents flocculation of organic paint pigments – a problem particularly noticeable with blue, green and purple pigments, as well as carbon black - and so helps to minimize rub-out problems; as a result, it enables higher tinting strength than other products.
Furthermore, by containing very low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and being completely free of alkylphenolethoxylater (APEO), Genapol ED 3060 is in keeping with actual market trends in the paint industry.
Genapol ED 3060 can be used in architectural emulsion paints for indoor use (which typically use styrene acrylic or vinyl acetate binders) and for outdoor applications (silicone-based types, for example). Addition rates are normally around 0.3 percent. “A little goes a long way,” says Hendrik Ahrens, Paints &Coatings development chemist of Clariant. “Genapol ED 3060 lets paint makers get the most out of their products with low environmental impact. In terms of performance, it has no rival.”
Wetting agents are added to waterborne coatings to increase the wetting ofthe substrate, to improve the compatibility with pigments and other components, as well as, to reduce rub-out effects. At the same time wetting agents
might have an influence on the coating’s storage stability, gloss, scrub resistance and foaming behavior.
Tinted paints are highly complex systems. It can be a technical challenge for the paint formulator to select the right wetting agent to develop a stable, high performing coating formulation, especially when considering that the product’s sustainability aspects, such as low VOC / SVOC or ecolabel suitability, need to be taken into account.
The industry can choose from a variety of wetting agent chemistries. As a key supplier to paint formulators, Clariant understands that it is important to a paint formulator to identify in a short time the most appropriate product which
solves formulation problems with respect to incompatibility. Clariant has therefore evaluated its range of wetting agents for acrylic lacquers and emulsion paints according to the following set of parameters. Our objective is to deliver our customers the best application solution for a long-lasting and sustainable business.
Block copolymers have a long history as industrial surfactants. The major types of block copolymers, such as those made from ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) or EO and styrene, are cheap and easy to tailor-make for specific applications. The water-soluble EO-PO block copolymers are stable over a wide pH range and compatible with all other types of surfactants. In addition, they are mild to the skin and hair, a property related to their high molecular weight. In the manufacture of an amphiphilic block copolymer for a specific application there are several degrees of freedom as compared with the synthesis of conventional, low-molecular weight surfactants: (1) the size of both the hydrophilic and the hydrophobic part can be varied at will, (2) the molecular weight can be varied within wide ranges while maintaining constant hydrophilic-lipophilic balance, and (3) the properties and function of a block copolymer at an interface, e.g. oil-water, can be governed by the molecular architecture. As an example, an EO-PO-EO triblock polymer is preferred as steric stabilizer of oil-in-water emulsions whereas water-in-oil emulsions may be better served with a copolymer of PO-EO-PO type. In more recent times slow degradability in the environment of the major type of water-soluble block copolymers, the EO-PO based compounds, has become a major obstacle for both household and industrial use of the products. Improved biodegradability is probably the strongest driving force for the development of new surfactants today and products which do not meet the OECD guideline in rate of degradation into carbon dioxide and water are challenged by alternative products, even if these are more expensive or not as good in terms of technical performance. Environmental considerations have already limited the use of EO-PO block copolymers and are likely to do so even more in the future. Even so, water-soluble block copolymers are still an important surfactant class. The various types of EO-PO based products, often referred to as Pluronics or Polaxamers, which are commercial trade names, constitute the vast majority but ethylene oxide-butylene oxide (EO-BO) copolymers are also on the market. The three smallest alkylene oxide monomers, EO, PO and BO, all give a linear polymer backbone consisting of a repeating C-C-O- segment
Product properties:
very low VOC (< 0.5%)
free of alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEO)
hazard label free
easy to handle (liquid material; soluble in water)
suitable for ecolabel certified paints
Formulation benefits:
increased tinting strength
prevents the rub-out effects 
improved wetting of the coated surface
good adhesion on metal and polyethylene
improved compatibility of pigments with polymers and binders
reduced water absorption
reduces haze
reduces the foam build up
no side effects on surface drying, overpaintability or yellowing

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