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23 JANUARY 2025

Clever Sulfosuccinates for Better Paints and Coatings

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Looking for a surfactant that ensures great wetting performance and works well with your other components?

Sulfosuccinates serve several important roles in an emulsion polymer application, from stabilising the initial framework to providing desirable surface characteristics when used as a post-additive.

When choosing from Innospec’s EMPIMIN® range of emulsifiers, users can benefit from very low particle sizes, narrow particle size distribution and low levels of coagulation.

Users can also control the level of foaming to suit their application.

EMPIMIN® OT 75 / EMPIMIN® OP 70

Diester sulfosuccinate emulsifier with broad food contact approval and excellent wetting properties. Available as a solution in water/ethanol (OT 75) or water/propylene glycol (OP 70).



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EMPIMIN® PCA 507

Monoester sulfosuccinate emulsifier with high solids content at a workable viscosity. Imparts good mechanical and electrolyte stability, and good resistance to moisture and yellowing.



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