Viscolam: Lamberti Acrylic Thickeners

Rheology and application properties

 Acrylic thickeners: ASE/HASE

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 ASE: Thickening mechanism

Unsoluble polymer:
acid form

H bond Soluble polymer:

Water
anionic form

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 HASE: Thickening mechanism

Unsoluble polymer:
acid form

H bond Soluble polymer:

Water
anionic form

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 Rheology/application

asdasdas
dasda

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 Rheology/application
Low shear Medium shear High shear
Anti Higher hiding
sagging power

No leveling
Less Higher brush
dosage resistance

Sagging
More Lower brush
asdasdas dosage resistance
dasda
Lower hiding
Leveling
power

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 Rheology/application
Low-medium Low & High Medium-high
shear shear Medium shear shear

Viscolam
630 Viscolam
4948
Viscolam
Viscolam HRV
330
Viscolam
600
asdasdas
dasda Viscolam
635

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 Rheology modifiers: main families

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 Effect of rheology on real application

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 Main thickeners families

Low medium • Increase stability

• Prevent settling
shear thickeners • Increase in can viscosity effectively

Low and high • Prevent settling

• Increase hiding power
shear thickeners • Higher dosages required (not suitable for QC purpose)

Medium shear • Affect only in can viscosity with low dosages

• Suitable for QC purpose
thickners • Don’t affect rheology of already balanced formulations

Medium high • Suitable for adjusting QC viscosity and hiding power at

the same time

shear thickeners • Not as efficient as medium and mid-low thickeners

High shear • Suitable for increasing hiding power without changing

all the other parameters/rheology

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 Low-Medium shear thickeners

PVC = 60
Styrene acrylic paint

ESACOL ED 20W (baseline)

ESACOL ED 20W + Viscolam 600

ESACOL ED 20W + Viscolam 630

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 Low-Medium shear thickeners

PVC = 60
Styrene acrylic paint

ESACOL ED 20W (baseline)

ESACOL ED 20W + Viscolam 600

ESACOL ED 20W + Viscolam 630

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 Low-Medium shear thickeners: chart
high shear viscosity
10
stability (50°C) 9 low shear viscosity
8 PVC = 60
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6
5
dosage 4 levelling
3
2
1
0
viscosity retention colour strength

VISCOLAM 600

wet scrub resistance colour acceptance ESACOL ED 20 W

VISCOLAM 630
antispattering dirty pick up

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 Overall features: low-mid shear

1 • High thickening efficiency

2 • High sagging and settling

resistance

3 • Highly system-dependent
(hydrophobic associations)

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 Main thickeners families

Low medium • Increase stability

• Prevent settling
shear thickeners • Increase in-can viscosity effectively

Low and high • Prevent settling

• Increase hiding power
shear thickeners • Higher dosages required

Medium shear • Affect only in can viscosity with low dosages

• Suitable for QC purpose
thickners • Don’t affect rheology of already balanced formulations

Medium high • Suitable for adjusting QC viscosity and hiding power at

the same time

shear thickeners • Not as efficient as medium and mid-low thickeners

• Suitable for increasing hiding power without changing

all the other parameters/rheology
High shear
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 Low and High shear thickeners

PVC = 60
Styrene acrylic paint

ESACOL ED 20W + VISCOLAM 330

ESACOL ED 20W (baseline)

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 Low and High shear thickeners

PVC = 60
Styrene acrylic paint

ESACOL ED 20W + VISCOLAM 330

ESACOL ED 20W (baseline)

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 Low and High shear thickeners: chart 1
high shear viscosity
10
stability (50°C) 9 low shear viscosity PVC = 60
8 Styrene acrylic paint
7
6
5
dosage 4 levelling
3
2
1
0

viscosity retention colour strength

Esacol ED 20 W
wet scrub resistance colour acceptance
VISCOLAM 330

antispattering dirty pick up

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 Low and High shear thickeners: chart 2
high shear viscosity
10
9
stability (50°C) low shear viscosity PVC = 60
8
7 Styrene acrylic paint
6
5
4
dosage 3 levelling
2
1
0

viscosity retention colour strength

VISCOLAM 330

antispattering colour acceptance VISCOLAM 4948

dirty pick up

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 Overall features: Low and High shear thickeners

• Increase both low and

1 high shear viscosity at
once

• No system-dependency
2 (hydrophobic associations:
e.g. pigment compatibility)

3 • High storage stability and

film build

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 Main thickeners families

Low medium • Increase stability

• Prevent settling
shear thickeners • Increase in-can viscosity effectively

Low and high • Prevent settling

• Increase hiding power
shear thickeners • Higher dosages required

Medium shear • Affect only in-can viscosity with low dosages

• Suitable for adjusting final viscosity
thickeners • Don’t modify rheology of already balanced formulations

Medium high • Suitable for adjusting QC viscosity and hiding power at

the same time
•• Suitable for increasing hiding power without changing
shear thickeners Not as efficient as medium and
all the other parameters/rheology
mid-low thickeners

High shear
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 Medium shear thickeners

PVC = 60
Styrene acrylic paint

ESACOL ED 20W + VISCOLAM 600

ESACOL ED 20W (baseline)

ESACOL ED 20W + VISCOLAM HRV

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 Medium shear thickeners

PVC = 60
Styrene acrylic paint

ESACOL ED 20W + VISCOLAM 600

ESACOL ED 20W (baseline)

ESACOL ED 20W + VISCOLAM HRV

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 Medium shear thickeners: chart

dosage PVC = 60
10 Styrene acrylic paint
stability (50°C) 9 high shear viscosity
8
7
6
5
viscosity retention 4 low shear viscosity
3
2
1
0
wet scrub resistance levelling

Viscolam 600
antispattering colour strength
Viscolam HRV
dirty pick up colour acceptance

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 Overall features: Mid shear thickeners

1 • High thickening efficiency

2 • No effect on already balanced

formulations

3 • Viscolam 600 is not system-dependent

(weak hydrophobic interactions, i.e.
good pigment compatibility)

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 Main thickeners families

Low medium • Increase stability

• Prevent settling
shear thickeners • Increase in-can viscosity effectively

Low and high • Prevent settling

• Increase hiding power
shear thickeners • Higher dosages required

Medium shear • Affect only in-can viscosity with low dosages

• Suitable for adjusting final viscosity
thickeners • Don’t modify rheology of already balanced formulations

Medium-high • Suitable for adjusting final viscosity and improving

hiding power at the same time
shear thickeners • Not as efficient as medium and mid-low thickeners

High shear
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 Medium-high shear thickeners

PVC = 34
Acrylic enamel paint

VISCOLAM 635

VISCOLAM 630

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 Medium-high shear thickeners

PVC = 34
Acrylic enamel paint

VISCOLAM 635

VISCOLAM 630

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 Medium-high shear thickeners: Chart
Dosage
10
9
Viscosity retention PVC = 34
High shear viscosity 8 Acrylic enamel paint
10%
7
6
5
4
3
Low shear viscosity 2 Colour strength
1
0

Antispattering Colour acceptance

Viscolam 635

Viscolam 630
Leveling Sag resistance

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 Medium-high shear thickeners: overall comparison

High and low

PVC = 34
Acrylic enamel paint

Newtonian

VISCOLAM 635

VISCOLAM 630
Pseudoplastic
VISCOLAM 4948

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 Overall features: Mid-high shear thickeners

1 • High thickening efficiency

2 • High film build

3 • Better flowability/leveling

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Viscolam product range

Low- Low & Medium-

Medium
medium High high
shear
shear shear shear

Viscolam Viscolam
4948 HRV
Viscolam Viscolam
630 635
Viscolam Viscolam
330 600
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