K-FLEX 500

HIGH SOLVATING, ECONOMICAL PLASTICIZER FOR ADHESIVES AND CAULKS, AS WELL AS OTHER PVC AND PVA APPLICATIONS
  • Product Type: Dibenzoate
  • Master Product Number: MITM12108
  • Product SKUs: ITM24211, ITM19476, ITM19480

Product Details

K-FLEX® 500 is a dibenzoate plasticizer that optimizes the excellent performance of K-FLEX® DP with improved handling, due to its low temperature flexibility. K-FLEX 500 is a very cost-efficient plasticizer that brings value to applications such as waterborne adhesives, hot melt adhesives, and latex caulks.
 
As a high solvating plasticizer, K-FLEX 500 offers excellent compatibility with polymers such as PVC or polyvinyl acetate, resulting in an impressive balance of performance and economy.
 
Attribute Value
Specifications
Acidity% (as benzoic acid, maximum %) 0.1
Assay% (As benzoate ester, Minimum,% ) 98.0
Color Maximum (APHA) 100
Typical Properties
Boiling Point (5 mm Hg,°C) 191
Color (APHA) 50
Density, ASTM D1475, 25°C g/ml 1.15
Density, ASTM D1475 ,25°C lbs/gal 9.6
Flash Point, ASTM D92, °C 210
Freeze Point, °C 6
Glass Point, by DSC, °C -54
Moisture Content, % 0.02
Refractive Index, 25°C 1.5306
Solubility, in water, % 0.07
Solubility Parameter, Small’s Hildebrands 9.7
Specific Gravity, 25/25°C 1.14
Surface Tension, ASTM D1331, 25°C, dynes/cm 44.4
Viscocity, Brookfield RVT, 20 RPMs at 25°C, cps and mPa.S 80
Viscosity, Kinematic, 25deg;C, cSt 70
VOC, ASTM D2369, % 2.9

Typical Applications

Application Group Application Description
Adhesives Hot-melt Adhesives Effective plasticizer for hot-melt adhesives
Adhesives Water-based Latex Adhesives Effective plasticizer for water-based latex adhesives
Paints & Coatings Exterior Latex Paint Effective coalescent in exterior latex paints
Paints & Coatings Industrial Coatings Effective coalescent for industrial coatings applications
Paints & Coatings Interior Latex Paint Effective coalescent in interior latex paints
Paints & Coatings Lacquers – Nitrocellulosic & Acrylic Highly recommended coalescent for nitrocellulose and acrylic lacquers
Vinyl Plastisol Flooring Effective, economical plasticizer for plastisol flooring

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