- Driers are metallic soaps
- Formed by reaction of metal salt & organic acid
- Metal is the active component
- The organic radical ensures driers solubility in resin or oil and determines the maximum metal percentage of the drier.
- Organic acids used: naphthenic, 2-ethyl hexanoic acid, neodecanoic
- Metals mainly: Co,Mn,Zr,Ca,Cu,Zn,Sr…
What Are Driers?
Uses Of Driers
- Accelerate drying of paint.
- Without driers paint would take an unacceptably long period to dry >24 hrs.
- Other functions:
- Lubricant additives, grinding aids, fuel, additives, PVC stabilisers, vinyl, chloride stabilisers, grease additives, fungicides.
List of Metallica Chemicals Driers
- Ink Drier
- AC CEL Mixed Drier
- Barium Nonyl Phenate
- Calcium Octoate 5%, 6% and 10%
- CAL-DRY Mixed Drier
- Cobalt Octoate 1%, 6%, 8%, 10% and 12%
- Cobalt Octoate 6% L.O.
- Cobalt Naphthenate 6%
- Copper Naphthenate 6%, 8% and10%
- Cobalt Octoate 6% in DOP
- Cobalt 7% in Tudalen T81
- Calcium Naphthenate 4%
- Potassium Octoate 10% and 15%
- Putty Drier LFC
- Mixed Drier CF
- Mixed Drier LF 9N
- Mixed Drier Neo 14
- Drier Blend WD
- GP Drier (Gen Purpose Mixed)
- Iron Naphthenate 6%
- Manganese Naphthenate 6%
- Manganese Octoate 8%, 9% and 10%
- Mixed Drier CRC
- Putty Drier LF
- Sodium Octoate 40% SOL
- Zinc Naphthenate 6% in Xylol
- Zinc Naphthenate 8% LG
- Zinc Naphthenate 12%
- Zinc Octoate 10%,12%, 16% and 22%.
- Zirconium Octoate 12%, 18% and 24%
- Zinc Naphthenate 7% L.G
- Mixed Drier LF 7
- Mixed Drier LF 9
- CAL-DRY PLUS
- Cerium Octoate 10%
- Mixed Drier LF 11
- Zinc Naphthenate 11% LG
- Magnesium Naphthenate 4%
