Rhodoline 3000 Series

New APE Free Wetting & Dispersing Agents

Providing Unique Solutions for Low & Zero
VOC Colorants
Rhodoline 3000 series are efficient wetting and dispersing agents for low and zero VOC
colorants. Rhodoline 3000 series are unique hydrophobes featuring strong adsorption
that increases colloidal stability.

Properties

Rhodoline
3100

Rhodoline
3200

Rhodoline
3300

Rhodoline
3400

Slightly yellow
liquid

Yellow liquid

Colorless to
yellow liquid

Light yellow
liquid

Appearance

85

90

100

80

3000 max

3000 max

ca. 1300

ca. 1000

Character

Nonionic

Nonionic

Nonionic

Nonionic

HLB range

11 - 13

8 - 11

13 - 14

14 - 16

10

6.5

6.5

Properties

Rhodoline
3500

Rhodoline
3600

Rhodoline
3700

Appearance

Clear liquid

Light yellow
paste

Yellow liquid

70

100

97

Brookfield
viscosity, cPs

ca. 2000

6100 (50C)

ca. 4800

Character

Nonionic

Anionic

Anionic

HLB range

> 16

n/a

n/a

Brookfield
viscosity, cPs

pH

Solid, %

pH

Key Features

Effective dispersants

Physical properties

Solid, %

TECHNICAL BULLETIN

(5% aqueous solution)

< 2.5

(10% solution)

Dosage
Rhodoline 3000 series typical usage recommendations are between
5.0 - 90.0% active based on organic pigment and carbon black weight
for pigment preparations, 0.1 - 0.5% as wetting agents for paint
formulations and 1.0 - 2.0% based on pigment wetting.

10

(5% solution)

for colorants

Dispersants for low to

high HLB range organic

pigments

APE free
Low VOC

Performance

Rhodoline 3000 series are versatile products that can be utilized across and wide range of HLB organic pigments. Preliminary
results are shown below for Rhodoline 3100, Rhodoline 3200 and Rhodoline 3500. Evaluation is still underway for the
complete Rhodoline 3000 series.
Dispersants
Pigments

Usage

Rhodoline 3100

Rhodoline 3200

Rhodoline 3500

Active, %

Phthalo blue PB 15:2

++

10 - 20

Phthalo blue PB 15:4

++

5 - 15

DPP red PR 254

++

5 - 15

Organic red PR 122

++

12 - 20

Organic red PR 188

++

++

5 - 12

Violet pigment PV 19

++

++

10 - 20

Organic yellow PY 65, PY 74, PY 83, PY 97

++

5 - 20

Yellow Y 151

++

++

4 - 10

Green PG 7

10 - 25

Orange PO 34

++

5 - 10

Key : ++ Recommended; + Suitable; - Not suitable; Evaluation underway.

Rhodoline 3100, Rhodoline 3500 and Rhodoline 3700 are unique dispersants for carbon black pigments used in
architectural, industrial and conductive applications.
Architectural
grades
Properties

Raven
500

Raven
1170

Industrial grades
Raven
5000
Ultra II

Color
black
FW171

Color
black
FW 200

Color
black
FW 255

Conductive
Color
black
FW 285

Emperor
2000

Printex
XE - 2B

Recommended
dispersant

Rhodoline 3100

Rhodoline 3500

Rhodoline 3600
Rhodoline 3700

Usage level, %

15 - 20

45 - 50

80 - 90

Rhodoline 3000 series can be used with a wide range of HLB organic and carbon black pigments for optimum dispersing.

North America
Phone: + 1-800-973-7873

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Phone: +33 01 53 56 50 00

Asia Pacific
Phone: +65 62 91 19 21

Latin America
Phone: +55 11 3747-7637

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