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Crosslinkers are chemicals that react with polymers to improve the physical and chemical properties of a coating. VOC-free crosslinkers can be used in the coating system to improve chemical resistance significantly. A much denser network, which helps to modify or improve the following properties:
- Increased strength and hardness
- Improved abrasion resistance
- Improved chemical resistance
- Improved hydrolysis resistance
- Increased adhesion to substrates
There are two major mechanisms by which crosslinkers can react:
- reacting with a polymer
- reacting with itselves forming a so-called interpenetrating network with the polymeric binder
Kimya Exir ARISA crosslinker range offers water-based and solvent-based systems based on four different chemistries:
- Isocyanate
- Carbodiimide
- Melamine resins
- Aziridine
carbodiimide crosslinkers are an excellent alternative for more hazardous isocyanate and aziridine crosslinkers. To further build on the success of o polycarbodiimide crosslinkers, we recently represented VOC-free new crosslinker versions with extreme long pot-life.
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