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The State-of-the-art additive for UV coatings
ImerCure™ X10 - A Novel Additive for UV Curable Wood Coating
ImerCure™ X10 gives the ability to improve performance in UV cured clear coatings. Improvements in mechanical properties such as modulus, strength and hardness can be seen whilst maintaining other aspects of the coating such as clarity, haze and scratch resistance.
Due to its specific particle size and shape distribution, ImerCure™ X10 also contributes to matting control, reducing gloss level as a function of concentration, without impacting the macro surface smoothness of the film.
By the partial replacement of expensive UV-curable resin with ImerCure™ X10, formulators can achieve significant cost savings without sacrificing coating performance.
Multiple Benefits
ImerCure™ X10 is a functional additive which possesses many special properties which can help formulators to optimize and improve the quality and performance of their products.
Physico-Chemical Characteristics
ImerCure™ X10 is specially designed for high solids UV systems, its specific production process making it very easy to disperse into a coating formulation.
ImerCure™ X10 is created from the highest quality materials. Its exceptional purity, low light absorption, and particle size distribution are among the key parameters which make it suitable
for a broad range of UV curable coatings. The base for this additive is a non toxic, environmentally friendly engineered alumino-silicate.
ImerCure™ X10 Performance
ImerCure™ X10 is suitable in a broad range of different UVcurable coatings. ImerCure™ X10 can be added to the formulations at up to 15% by weight, maintaining a constant resin/monomer ratio.
Benefits
ImerCure™ X10 is suitable in a broad range of different UV curable coatings. ImerCure™ X10 can be added to the formulations at up to 15% by weight, maintaining a constant resin/monomer ratio.
Increase in stiffness
Increase in strength / modulus with no loss of elongation at break
Reduction in brittleness/internal stress of coating
ImerCure™ X10 can contribute substantially to gloss reduction and can partially eliminate the need for specific matting agents
Added into “soft” UV systems, ImerCure™ X10 helps to reduce surface tack whilst maintaining the improvement in mechanical performance
The impact of ImerCure™ X10 on clarity and haze is limited even with a loading up to 15% by weight. ImerCure™ X10 provides an excellent balance between cost reduction, improvement of mechanical performance and a high quality appearance
For detailed formulation advice please contact us.
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ImerCure™ X10 - A Novel Additive for UV Curable Wood Coating [502KB]
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