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PARALOID DM-55 100%

SOLID GRADE THERMOPLASTIC ACRYLIC RESIN FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH ACRYLICS, VINYLS, EPOXIES, AND POLYESTER
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  • Product Type: Acrylic Dispersant
  • Master Product Number: MITM04041
  • Product SKUs: ITM13318, ITM13364
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Product Details

PARALOID™DM-55 Solid Grade Thermoplastic Acrylic Resin (100%) is a very efficient pigment grinding vehicle, with excellent compatibility with a wide variety of other resins including acrylics, vinyls, epoxies, and polyester. PARALOID™ DM-55 Solid Grade Thermoplastic Acrylic Resin is soluble in a wide range of solvents having solubility parameters in the 8.5 to 11.5 range. It also possesses good tolerance to aliphatic solvents.

PARALOID™ DM-55 Solid Grade Thermoplastic Acrylic Resin is supplied at 100% solids to provide a wide formulation latitude.

Benefits

  • Excellent pigment wetting characteristics - reduces grinding times and energy demand
  • Excellent compatibility with a wide variety of resins
  • Soluble in a wide range ofsolvents - Good tolerance to aliphatic solvents
  • APEO Free*
  • Formaldehyde Free**
*made without APEO-containing surfactant
**does not have added formaldehyde, or formaldehyde generators

Typical Applications

  • Grinding of difficult to disperse pigments such as carbon black, transparent iron oxide and quinacridoces. PARALOID™ DM-55 Solid Grade Thermoplastic Acrylic Resin has excellent pigment wetting characteristics reducing grinding times and energy demand during the grinding process.
  • Production of universal solventborne pigment concentrates which allows the formulator to reduce the number of pigment concentrates in his inventory. These can be used to produce a wide variety of solvent-based paints.

Typical Physical Properties

(These properties are typical but do not constitute specifications)
Property Typical Value
Chemistry 100% Acrylic
Solids, by weight % 40.5
ECO Benefits APEO-free, Formaldehyde-free
Performance Benefits Dispersing Pigments
Resistance Solvent
System Solvent-based
Type 1 part

About Dow Coating Materials

Dow Coating Materials leads innovation in technologies that help advance the performance of paints and coatings. Its water-based acrylic emulsion technology revolutionized the global paint industry, and was named a historic chemical landmark by the American Chemistry Association. Dow Coating Materials offers a broad portfolio of binders, dispersants, rheology modifiers and surfactants for a wide variety of end markets.

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