Chemal Alkoxylated alcoholss are generally low foam surfactants which provide wetting, detergency, and defoaming properties. They are used in rinse aids and mechanical dishwashing detergents, spray metal cleaning, formulations, and other detergent products where low foaming properties are required. Chemal LF-40B is primarily recommended for evaluation in defoaming, wetting and detergent applications.
Chemal LF-40B is a nonionic surfactant belonging to the group of alkoxylated fatty alcohols. This product is based on a short carbon chain alcohol and has a chemical description of “alcohols, C8-10, ethoxylated, propoxylated”. Chemal LF-40B may be used in mechanical dish wash formulations and any spray cleaning applications for metal and hard surface substrates. The product may be also used in textile and cleaning applications wherever there is a need for the formulation of low to non-foaming products.
Chemal LF-40B is a clear to slightly hazy liquid with a maximum color of 2 Gardner at 25°C. The product is sold in 100% active form which may become hazy when cooled. Low heat and mild agitation will easily restore the material to clarity if this occurs. Chemal LF-40B forms a clear solution in water at ambient temperature. As the chemistry will cloud out at temperatures above ~42°C, it provides low foaming and defoaming properties to aqueous cleaning and wetting solutions to cleaning systems at elevated temperatures.
This product is characterized by an HLB value of 15 and may be mixed with other nonionic, cationic, and anionic agents. Chemal LF-40B exhibits a surface tension of 31.2 d/cm @ 25°C and a Draves wetting speed of 18.1 seconds @ 25°C.
PCC Chemax Inc. is specialized in the production of surfactants and chemical specialist additives used, i.a. in the metallurgical, textile, refinery and mining, and plastics industry.
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