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Additives for Paints


Rilsan® polyamide 11 is a high molecular weight technical thermoplastic polymer.

 

Compatible with a wide range of paints, Rilsan® D provides a unique group of properties including:

 

  • High degree of scratch and abrasion resistance
  • Matting effect
  • Covering properties with mass pigmented products
  • Special multicolour effects with mass coloured grades
  • Good chemical resistance
  • A unique touch
  • Low density
  • Thanks to a wide granulometry range a coating aspect from finely granulated to sharply structured


Rilsan® D exhibits a full dispersibility in liquid media and a regular size distribution which provide a regular structured coating aspect.

 

 

Product List:

 

 Rilsan®

 D

 40

 Natural

 Commercial name

Polyamide 11

 Dispersion

grade in liquid media

Average

Paricle size (μm)

 Natural or mass

coloured grade

  • Natural grades: D 30 Nat, D 40 Nat, D 50 Nat, D 60 Nat
  • White grades: D 20 White, D 40 White
  • ES MAC Color

 

Click to zoom on the graphs below:

 

Particle Size Distribution by Volume - Click on the graph to zoom on it

 

Particle Size Distribution 

By volume

 

Coating With Rilsan® D paint - Click on the graph to zoom on it

 

 Coating with Rilsan® D

 

 

Properties: Increased abrasion resistance

 

Abrasion Resistance

(Taber abrasimeter ISO 9352:93, Wheel CS17, 1000g)

 

  • Polyurethane coating without additive
  • Polyurethane coating with polyamide 12
  • Polyurethane coating with polyamide 11: Rilsan® D

 

 

 Coating

 Polyurethane 

Polyurethane with Rilsan® D

 Clemens scratch test

(Arkema Norm)

 600 g

 800 g

 

 

Matting Effect:

Example: Rilsan D polyurethane paint

 Rilsan® D amount (% WT)

 Gloss (60°)

 30 %

21%

2%

59% 

 

 

Multicolour effect:

  

 

   

Among Rilsan® fine powder grades, mass coloured ES MAC or T MAC can be used as additives and offer to the coating:

  • Covering properties thanks to the incorporation of pigments in

     the polymer matrix.

  • Multicolour effects:

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