DISPERBYK® 2022 is a wetting and dispersing additive for solventborne industrial coatings and both binder-free and binder-containing pigment concentrates. It offers broad compatibility and outstanding adhesion, particularly when applied directly to metal surfaces. This additive enhances color strength, high gloss, and transparency, while providing excellent salt spray resistance and reducing mill base viscosity. It is ideal for wood and metal coatings, ensuring superior adhesion and performance in pigment concentrates. DISPERBYK® 2022 is also effective in improving dispersion and stability in a variety of industrial applications.

Chemical Family: Polyacrylates

Labeling Claims: Urethane-free

Features: Excellent Adhesion, High Color Strength, High Gloss, Reduces Mill Base Viscosity, Salt Spray Resistance, Transparency

Enhanced TDS

Identification & Functionality

Features & Benefits

Labeling Claims
CASE Ingredients Features
Key Features
  • DISPERBYK® 2022 deflocculates pigments and stabilizes them by means of steric hindrance.
  • It prevents a possible coflocculation, which leads to non-floating coloring in pigment blends.
  • The deflocculation of the pigments results in increased gloss, color strength, transparency or hiding power, and a reduced millbase viscosity.
  • The additive is urethane-free and has a broad compatibility with a focus on low-polarity and medium-polarity systems.
  • If the coatings are applied directly to metal, the adhesion is outstanding and a positive influence on salt-spray resistance has been observed.

Applications & Uses

Markets
Applications
Compatible Substrates & Surfaces
Coating End Applications
Industrial Additives End Use
Use Level
5 - 10 % (Inorganic Pigments), 1 - 3 % (Titanium Dioxides), 15 - 75 % (Carbon Blacks), 10 -35 % (Organic Pigments)
Processing Instructions
  • Wetting and dispersing additives should generally be added to the millbase.
  • Only in this way can they be fully effective.
  • In the case of binder-free grinds, the solvent components of the millbase are pre-mixed with the additive whilst stirring, before the pigment is added.
  • If the grinds contain binder, the binder, solvent, and additive should be homogenized prior to adding the pigment.
Recommended Uses
  • Pigment grinding with DISPERBYK® 2022 can take place either with or without binder.
  • The additive is suitable for single grinds and co-grinds.

Properties

Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Flash Point41°C-
SolventsMethoxypropylacetate--
Non-Volatile Matter (10 min, at 150°C)60%-
Density (at 20°C)1.04g/ml-
Amine Value61mg KOH/g-
SDS Physical and Chemical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Dynamic Viscosity (at 20°C)4371mPa.sP/K 20°C
Ignition Temperaturemin. 392°CDIN 51794
Miscible InWater--
Density (at 20°C)1.043g/cc4 (Oscillating U-tube, at 20°C)
Flash Point41°C48 (Abel-Pensky)
Vapor Pressure (at 20°C)3.37hPaDerived
Initial Boiling Point146°CDerived
Melting Pointmax. 32°CDerived
pH Value (at 20°C)8--
OdorCharacteristic--
AppearanceAmber aqueous solution--
Special Note
  • Deflocculated pigments have a greater tendency to settle.
  • This particularly applies to inorganic pigments which have a greater density. The use of liquid rheology additives, such as BYK-410 or BYK-430, in the grinding phase counters this phenomenon.