Acriflow Dispersing Agents

A series of polyacrylic acids and their salts with a range of molecular weights used as dispersing agents in a wide number of industrial applications to eliminate inorganic deposits or reduce the viscosity of inorganic slurries

Acriflow Properties

	Acriflow UL2	Acriflow 041-S	Acriflow 141-S	Acriflow 641-S
Viscosity (cps)	70 – 120	100 – 400	300 – 650	3000 – 7000
Molecular Weight	1500 – 2500	3500 – 5500	7000 – 11000	30000 – 70000

These are typical properties for the standard sodium polyacrylate. Potassium, ammonium or other salts can be provided to special order, as can the un-neutralised acid.

Acriflow products may be used to increase the solids loading of the required mineral dispersion, or to reduce the working viscosity at a given solids content. This increases process efficiencies and reduces costs. Optimum conditions for each application can be determined by the preparation of viscosity-concentration curves as illustrated below.

In water treatment applications Acriflow assists in the prevention of scale formation, thereby improving operating efficiency and reducing downtime. Other benefits that have been observed include rapid wetting-out, finer dispersion characteristics, higher solids loading, improved stability and lower fuel costs.