Description
Polyethyene polyamine is an economical, complex mixture of linear, branched and cyclic ethylene amines. Polyethyene polyamine offers more flexibility versus DETA,TETA, and TEPA type materials. It is recommended for epoxy coal tar systems, patch kits,two-pack adhesives, and other applications where color is not a limitation. In adhesives,Polyethyene polyamine yields much higher peel strength than DETA or TETA at comparable gel times and lower cost.This amine curing agent is hygroscopic and may pick up moisture and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Aliphatic polyamines are low viscosity, economical, fast reacting curing agents, imparting high chemical and solvent resistance and improved physical properties to the applied system. When cured under ambient conditions epoxy-polyamine coatings reach maximum physical properties in about four days, and maximum chemical resistance in seven days. These times can be accelerated by heat treatment. In epoxy coatings, aliphatic polyamines are generally used at or near stoichiometric concentration. Major concerns of aliphatic polyamines include their high volatility, toxicity, tendency to blush during cure and inconvenient mix ratios which must be weighed very accurately. Blush can be reduced through the use of higher molecular weight amines and application under low humidity conditions. See the Dow technical bulletin entitled, Aliphatic polyamines can be modified to form a variety of other curatives, including polyamides, polyamine-adducts, amidoamines, ketimines and Mannich bases.? Adhesives ? Casting and Tooling ? Civil Engineering ? Composites ? Marine and Protective Coatings ? Potting and Encapsulation