The Characterization of Waterborne Adhesives

Waterborne adhesive formulators experience increased pressure to tailor their products faster & at lower cost in order to meet their customers very specific end-use requirements. This productivity gain cannot be achieved without reviewing development process & using your lab material at its full potential... Join this course and you will:

1. Speed your WB adhesives developments with a smarter use of physical variables (glass transition temperature Tg...)
2. Use YOUR simple laboratory material at its full ability to predict tack level, high shear potential...
3. Get advice on your own technical challenges by interacting live with a season formulator (nearly 40 year experience)

Intermediate to skilled WB adhesive formulators

1. The three regions of Adhesive to be Characterized

2. The 3 key variables:

• The Polymer phase
  • The monomers and their ratios
  • The polymer Tg
  • The polymer molecular weight with additives / functionality

• The Aqueous phase
  • The aqueous solids and viscosity
  • The molecular weight of the aqueous phase

• The Particle distribution
  • Particle / particle interactions
    • Critical Packing Factor - Cpf
    • Mean Particle Size - Xn