Products in Construction Chemicals

MITO® LIGRA™ is a water-soluble graphene-based binder designed for sustainability and accessibility. Its unique water-solubility allows easy dispersion in hydrophilic matrices, enhancing functionalization and strengthening the Z-axis dimension in components. Combined with MITO Powered™ + carbon fiber composite, it creates stronger, lighter components, reducing hydroplane for improved performance.

ZELEC® A081 is an alcohol phosphate that can be used to help decrease the viscosity of high-pressure compounds. It can also be used to reduce and stabilize viscosity and act as a color stabilizer in rubber. It also plays the role of a lubricant additive for plastic materials and provides antistatic properties in fiber lubricating oils. It can also be used as a spreading agent for oils and waxes and as an internal demolding agent for molding plastic and pultrusion. It is an additive that inhibits deposits of a corrosive nature during the soldering of light metals (aluminum and magnesium) and can be used in construction as a concrete additive. It is also used as a dispersing agent in ink formulations.

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 stands as an anionic surfactant that offers remarkable viscosity, foam characteristics, and mildness. This makes it an excellent candidate for an array of hi&i cleaning and personal care applications, as well as applications in agriculture formulations and construction products like concrete bases, firefighting foams, and dust control.

BIO-SOFT® N91-2.5 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate featuring a low hlb. This versatile product offers rapid wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. Its applications span laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, machine-based cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, and institutional and industrial cleaning contexts.

BIO-TERGE® PAS-8S is a low-foaming anionic surfactant with excellent coupling and wetting properties. Its versatility shines in formulating hi&i cleaners, covering areas like hard surface cleaning, carpet cleaning, machine dishwashing, and glass cleaning. Its compliance with the u.S. Epa safer choice program and cleangredients.Org adds to its appeal.

BIO-TERGE® AS-90 COARSE is a versatile, highly active anionic surfactant providing excellent wetting, foaming, and deterrent properties in alkaline, acidic, or neutral media and in the presence of metallic salts commonly found in hard waters. These characteristics make it suitable for a variety of personal care, household, and industrial applications, such as shampoo (bar soap), handsoap, bath products, and cleaning products, but it can also be used as a firefighting foamer or air-entraining agent for mortar and plaster.

BIO-SOFT® N91-8 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with an hlb of 13.9, suitable for oil-in-water formulations. It offers fast wetting and high foam, even in high-temperature cleaning, due to its elevated cloud point. With applications spanning laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning, it complies with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

STEOL® CS-230 HP MZ is a sodium lauryl ether sulfate derived from fatty alcohols, ethoxylated to an average of two moles, and sulfated via Stepan's continuous SO3 process. This continuous sulfation process ensures consistent, high purity, affording excellent reproducibility in formulations utilizing STEOL® CS-230 HP MZ.

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 HP is an anionic surfactant known for its viscosity, foam characteristics, and mildness. It has applications in various sectors, including cleaning, personal care, agriculture, and construction products. Its preservation strategy involves excess alkalinity, offering flexibility in choosing preservatives. It's in compliance with the u.S. Epa safer choice program and clean ingredients standards.

BIO-TERGE® PAS 7S is an anionic surfactant characterized by low foaming, excellent coupling properties, and good wetting. It's highly versatile and can be used to formulate various industrial and institutional (i&i) cleaners, such as carpet cleaners, hard surface cleaners, and machine dishwashing detergents.

BIO-TERGE® PAS-8S E is a high-quality, light-colored, aqueous solution of primary alkane sulfonate, known for its low-foaming, biodegradable anionic surfactant properties. It offers excellent coupling and hydrotropic properties across a wide pH range. With exceptional solubility in acidic and alkaline systems, it's versatile for formulating industrial and institutional cleaners, ensuring compatibility with detergent builders and bleach.

NACCONOL® 40G is a powdered, 40% active sodium salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid that boasts high foaming, rapid wetting, and emulsification properties. It is a versatile choice for various cleaning formulations where foam is desirable. Its powdered nature lends itself well to high-active and powder formulations, as well as applications in construction products like concrete admixtures, firefighting foams, and dust control additives.

ALPHA FOAMER® is an anionic foaming agent that plays a vital role in gypsum wallboard, firefighting foam applications, and the creation of foam-forming products. It is categorized under the alkyl ether sulfates chemical group and serves as a gypsum foaming agent.

STEOL® DES32-IS functions as an anionic surfactant, playing a pivotal role in gypsum wallboard manufacture and textile applications. Its influence is particularly pronounced as a gypsum foaming agent. It finds relevance in neutral scouring textile applications and textile wet processing.

ZELEC® A130 can be used as a wetting agent in the paint and coating industries. In this application, it could also contribute to the improvement of corrosion resistance, gloss, color acceptance, wet scrub resistance, and the hiding power of the film. It can also be used as an antistatic agent in textile and leather finishing and processing and in rubber, plastic, and composite processing. It can also act as an emulsifier and corrosion inhibitor in metalworking fluid, printing pressrooms, and oil fields. It can also be used as a demolding agent in a construction area and in rubber, plastic, or composite processing. It also has lubrication properties for metalworking fluids and textile and leather finishing and processing, including extreme-pressure and anti-wear properties.

CEDEPAL® FA-406 is a unique surfactant known for its remarkable foaming capabilities across various conditions, including soft and hard water, saturated brine, and gypsum solutions. It serves as a versatile foaming agent applicable for multiple purposes. Widely used in wallboard applications for its foaming power, it also proves its worth in gas and oil field drilling operations, as well as concrete admixtures.

NACCONOL® 90G is a high-active sodium salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid, renowned for its high foaming, fast wetting, and emulsification attributes. It finds use in cleaning formulations where foam is desirable and is versatile enough to be used in high-active, powder formulations, as well as construction products like concrete admixtures, firefighting foams, and dust control additives.

BIO-SOFT® N91-6 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low pour point and high hlb, excelling in fast wetting, moderate foam, emulsification, and detergency. Applications include laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning. It satisfies the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

ALPHA FOAMER® G stands out as an anionic surfactant tailored for maximum foaming in diverse conditions, including challenging scenarios like hard water and gypsum solutions for gypsum wallboard production. Primarily utilized as a gypsum foaming agent, it finds application in the construction market, specifically within gypsum-based material production.

BIO-TERGE® AS-90 BEADS is a high-active, spray-dried anionic surfactant that excels in wetting, foaming, and detergency. Its applications span household, personal care, and industrial contexts, including shampoos, liquid hand soaps, bath products, dust control, concrete and firefighting foams, suspension concentrates, suspoemulsions, and agricultural applications.

STEOL® CS-230 KE is a mild anionic surfactant notable for good foaming, wetting, and high detergency. This low-active, 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate is preserved with cit or mit. Its uses encompass laundry products, liquid dishwashing products, car and vehicle washes, textile applications, industrial foamer specialties, as well as shampoos, bath products, and body washes.

STEOL® CS-230 is a low-active, 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate lauded for its excellent foam properties regardless of water hardness and low skin irritation characteristics. It's a versatile anionic surfactant that extends its applications beyond cleansing. It finds use as a gypsum additive, scouring agent, and additive in textile processing.

STAR-POL® 136 Starch Polymer is an easily dispersible, highly substituted, nonionic water soluble polymer designed to be used at lower solids levels in wall treatments, adhesives, tile mortar, tile grout, oil drilling mud as well as a number of other applications. STAR-POL® 136 is a modified waxy corn based starch polymer. Pregelatinization allows the polymer to hydrate and build high viscosity in water at low temperatures. The STAR-POL® 136 polymer is modified to give enhanced water holding capacity which allows this product to serve as an excellent fluid loss control agent. In addition, STAR-POL® 136 is also crosslinked to provide resistance to shear breakdown.

SILRES® BS 1702 is a solvent-free mixture of silane and siloxane that can be applied either in undiluted form or diluted with organic solvents. It is specifically designed as a high-quality specialty water repellent for impregnating fiber cement. When applied to fiber cement, SILRES® BS 1702 acts as an effective water repellent, helping to protect the material from moisture absorption and potential damage caused by water.

SILRES® BS 6042 is a solventless, water-dilutable emulsion of a modified silicone resin that is specifically designed to be used as a standalone silicone in the production of silicone resin emulsion paints and plasters. When incorporated into coatings, SILRES® BS 6042 imparts several beneficial properties. These include long-lasting reduced water absorption, efficient resistance to early rain, and high water vapor permeability. These characteristics contribute to the overall performance and durability of the coatings, ensuring they maintain their effectiveness over time.

VINNAPAS® 827 ED is an all-round construction dispersion for two-component dry mix mortars and ready-to-use dispersion-based construction products. It is specifically suitable for ETICS/EIFS applications as a cement admix dispersion or sole binder in ready-to-use ETICS/EIFS base or top coats. VINNAPAS® 827 ED is a semi-flexible, medium-particle-size synthetic resin dispersion based on a terpolymer of vinyl acetate, ethylene, and vinyl chloride, and it contains a protective colloid.

SILRES® BS 280 CF is a solvent-free silicone concentrate based on silane or siloxane. Like SILRES® BS 280, it can be diluted with organic solvents. Diluted solutions of SILRES® BS 280 CF serve as high-quality water repellents for impregnating mineral building materials, particularly silicate-free natural stones like limestone or gypsum. It also develops its water-repellent effect through a reaction with atmospheric humidity.

VINNAPAS® CEZ 3031 is a medium-particle-size, protective colloid-containing aqueous dispersion of a terpolymer of vinyl acetate, ethylene, and vinyl chloride. The principal feature of VINNAPAS® CEZ 3031 is its wide range of uses in coating systems containing opacifying pigments. The dispersion is low in odor and is produced without the use of alkylphenol ethoxylate (APEO)-containing compounds.

SILRES® BS 66 is a liquid oligomeric siloxane that is primarily designed for the in-plant water-repellent treatment of aerated concrete. Its main purpose is to provide water repellency to aerated concrete during the manufacturing process. Additionally, it can be diluted with organic solvents and used as a water repellent for facades. When used undiluted, SILRES® BS 66 acts as a water-repellent admixture for aerated concrete. Even in small quantities, it has a significant impact on reducing water absorption and optimizing the pore structure of the concrete. This helps improve the overall performance and durability of the aerated concrete by minimizing water penetration and enhancing its resistance to moisture-related issues.

VINNAPAS® 530 ND is a construction dispersion for primers, cement admixes, and repair mortars. VINNAPAS® 530 ND is based on a vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer. It reduces the elastic modulus and enhances adhesion. VINNAPAS® 530 ND is an unplasticized 55% dispersion of a vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer in water.

VINNAPAS® 561 ED is a low Tg polymer dispersion based on vinyl acetate and ethylene. It exhibits excellent elongation, flexibility, and water resistance, making it ideal for numerous construction applications. VINNAPAS® 561 ED exhibits high filler loading capabilities and is compatible with both fully and partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohols, as well as other synthetic latex polymer dispersions (such as styrene/acrylic and pure acrylic dispersions).

ETONIS® 1400 S is a polymer dispersion designed for soil stabilization purposes. When applied to the soil, this product creates polymer bridges between the soil or aggregate particles and the hydrated cement particles. These bridges contribute to the formation of a flexible and strong network that is both durable and resistant to water.

SILRES® BS 17 is a solventless concentrate that is based on silanes and siloxanes. It is specifically used in water-diluted form for the hydrophobation (waterproofing) of silicate-based mineral construction materials that are produced in plants. One of the key advantages of SILRES® BS 17 is that it is a water-free and solventless silicone concentrate. It can be easily diluted with drinking water without the need for sophisticated mixing devices. This allows for convenient and efficient dilution, making the application process simpler for users.

DEHESIVE® 929 is a solvent-free, addition-curing silicone fluid designed for release applications. This product has good curing properties, very good flow properties and coverage, an extremely stable release, excellent bath life, and excellent long-term anchorage to a wide variety of substrates.

VINNAPAS® EP 709 is characterized by its high cohesive strength and tensile strength, thanks to its Tg (glass transition temperature) of about +7 °C. It exhibits excellent adhesion to hard substrates and demonstrates great compatibility with inorganic fillers. As a result, VINNAPAS® EP 709 finds application in joint compounds and other building chemical applications.

SILRES® BS 45 is a water-dilutable, solventless emulsion of a silicone resin that serves as a binder in the production of silicone resin emulsion paints and plasters. It is primarily used as the main binder in these formulations, playing a crucial role in their performance. The use of SILRES® BS 45 also contributes to low water absorption, which helps to minimize water ingress and enhance the durability of the coatings and plasters. Additionally, products formulated with SILRES® BS 45 have a low tendency to accumulate dirt and soil, maintaining a cleaner appearance over time.