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
Alkali-swellable emulsions: ASEs and HASEs Coatings Deaerators Flow and levelling additives Improving performance with co-binders Influence of additives in the continuous phase Influence of the pigment volume concentration Light stabilisers Requirements for rheology modifiers Slip Substrate wetting additives Synthetic rheology modifiers Wax additives Wetting and dispersing additives Wetting and dispersing additives