Another tense situation under control. You've got more than one kind of tension problem to deal with, right? How you handle personnel tension problems is up to you. But to reduce and control surface tension problems we highly recommend "Fluorad" Fluorochemical Surfactants. Only 3M offers you a family of fifteen "Fluorad" Surfactant products. These fluorochemical-based surfactants are dramatically efficient at reducing surface tension in a broad range of applications: etching, rinsing, plating, coating, foaming, dispersing, cleaning, and more. And in both aqueous and organic systems. "Fluorad" Surfactant can reduce surface tension values to about 20 dynes/cm in organic media including solvents of both high and low polarity and coating resins such as epoxies, acrylics, polyesters, and urethanes. In some aqueous systems, "Fluorad" Surfactants can reduce surface tensions to less than 16 dynes/cm. Use them in a variety of aqueous media over a wide pH range. And, if hostile environments have you hot under the collar, relax. Selected "Fluorad" Surfactants are chemically and thermally stable, even downright rugged and able to withstand temperatures up to 600°F and remain effective. That includes hot caustic soda, hot chromic acid, and hot concentrated sulfuric acid. Affordable, too.Typical usage in aqueous systems is .01% or less of the active fluorochemical surfactant. Use-levels of 50 parts per million aren't uncommon. To get you started in reducing and controlling surface tension, ask for our technical literature on "Fluorad" Surfactants. Test samples are also available. Send an outline of your problem and requirements to Commercial Chemicals Division/ 3M, Dept. 64,3M Center, St. Paul, MN 55101.
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