Ester Alcohol - esterification for various industries

Ester alcohol is a VOC-free film-forming agent for aqueous coating materials. Particularly in water-based paint systems, it helps ensure optimal film formation, thus greatly enhancing the properties of paints and varnishes. A small amount is all it takes to allow dispersed polymer particles to form a homogeneous film. This is crucial in cases when the film-forming temperature of the binder is higher than the ambient temperature.

TERSol C-12 alcohol ester can also be used as a slow-evaporating solvent. In coil-coating systems, printing inks and enamels, the product extends the open time and is therefore a perfect coalescing agent. Coalescence is an extremely important process in the film formation of water-based paints or binder-based paints diluted with water. The addition of ester alcohol lowers the minimum film-forming temperature and surface tension. 

When ester alcohol is added as a coalescing agent to coatings, they become harder, more durable and therefore less susceptible to soiling and damage. The use of ester alcohol also gives coatings a natural gloss.

Another advantage of ester alcohols is that they are not considered VOCs because their boiling points are above 250 degrees Celsius. This means that these chemical compounds do not readily turn into a gas or vapor at room temperature.

As a specialty chemicals distributor, TER Chemicals focuses on this application of ester alcohol and works with reliable manufacturers to supply you with a product that can be applied to all kinds of surfaces (such as metal, wood, plastic, paper, concrete and masonry).

Ester alcohol is not only an excellent coalescing agent for paints and coatings, but also a very good organic solvent for adhesives. Solvent-based adhesives transition from their original liquid state to the final solid state as the solvent diffuses and evaporates.

Ester alcohol keeps an adhesive liquid and processable. It also has a very strong influence on adhesion, air-drying time and open time. This means ester alcohol can be used to improve wetting ability, loosen dried adhesives and modify drying time as required.