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METHOCEL™ K100LV Premium

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METHOCEL™ K100LV Premium is a HPMC thickener with low impurity levels. It yields a viscosity of approximately 100 cPs at low addition levels in water.

Product Overview

METHOCEL™ K100LV Premium is a water-soluble cellulose ether manufactured with relatively low impurity levels. In terms of composition, it is a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) with a low hydroxypropyl substitution level. It generates a viscosity of approximately 100 cPs when added to water at 2%. 

Applications

METHOCEL™ K100LV Premium provides solutions with low viscosity, which makes it perfect for creating cleaners and coatings with improved workability and ceramics with better green strength. 

  • Cleaners: METHOCEL™ K100LV Premium increases viscosity and formulation stability in cleaners. It is highly stable in a wide variety of pH, making it ideal to improve surface contact and cling of cleaning formulations sprayed onto overhead or vertical surfaces. It has a slight degree of organosolubility, making it compatible with formulations containing organic solvent–water blends. 

  • Ceramics: METHOCEL™ K100LV Premium imparts reversible thermal gelation in ceramic bodies, helping reduce defects in technical ceramics. It also improves binding and rheology control in ceramics made through extrusion and casting. 

  • Paints and Coatings: METHOCEL™ K100LV Premium helps form films and improve adherence of paints and coatings to vertical and overhead surfaces. It also improves the stability of suspensions in these formulations.

Features & Benefits

Water soluble 
Low level of impurities 
Enables reversible thermal gelation with heating 
Thermoplastic 
Improves properties such as adhesion, spreadability, and homogeneity 
Provides wet tack and fast dry properties 
Reduces friction through high lubricity 

Product Specifications

Methoxyl content, %: 19.0–24.0 
Hydroxypropoxyl content, %: 7.0–12.0 
Apparent viscosity at 2% in water at 20°C, mPa·s: 80–120 
Moisture, as packaged (max): 3.0 
Sulfated ash, %: ≤1.5 
Moisture (loss on drying), %: ≤5.0 
Residue on ignition, %: ≤1.5 

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