This book offers an overview of the most important aspects and applications of additives for waterborne systems in diverse market segments. Wernfried Heilen helps to understand how additives work and elucidates all kinds of mechanisms in great detail. Furthermore he dispels a lot of myths surrounding paint additives with an excellent combination of theory and practice. This enables a deep insight into all the different application areas for additives in waterborne paint systems.
Wernfried Heilen
Wetting and dispersing additives Alkali-swellable emulsions: ASEs and HASEs Flow and levelling additives Influence of the pigment volume concentration Deaerators Synthetic rheology modifiers Light stabilisers Influence of additives in the continuous phase Slip Coatings Wetting and dispersing additives Requirements for rheology modifiers Improving performance with co-binders Wax additives Substrate wetting additives