ACUMER®

MINING POLYMERS

ACUMER® 9300
Dispersant Polymer for Mineral Slurries
CHARACTERISTICS - Calcium carbonate
(These figures are typical values and should not be considered as - Kaolin clay
specifications). - Titanium dioxide
Aspect clear solution* - Talcum
- Aluminium hydroxide...
Chemical nature acrylic homopolymer
STORAGE RECOMMENDATION
Grade sodium salt
Freezing or long term cold storage of ACUMER®
Average molecular weight 4500 (Mw)
9300 may cause some separation of the components.
3000 (Mn)
Although product performance is not impaired as
Total solids (%) ~45 long as the whole container is heated and well mixed,
pH as is (at 25°C) ~7 it is recommended to keep ACUMER® 9300 out of
freezing.
Bulk density (at 25°C) ~1.32
SAFE HANDLING INFORMATION
Viscosity Brookfield (mPa.s at 25°C) ~600
• Caution : - Contact may cause eye irritation and
*A slight haze may appear, this does not affect the intrinsic
slight skin irritation.
properties of the product or its performance.
• First aid measures :
CHEMISTRY AND MECHANISM OF ACTION - Contact with skin : wash skin thoroughly with soap
ACUMER® 9300 is the sodium salt of a polyacrylic acid and water. Remove contaminated clothing and
selected for optimizing the factors affecting dispersancy : launder before rewearing.
- polymer molecular weight - Contact with eyes: flush eyes with plenty of water
- polymer composition for at least 15 minutes and then call a physician.
- polymer structure
- If swallowed : if victim is conscious, dilute the liq-
- mode of surface adsorption
uid by giving the victim water to drink and then
DISPERSION PERFORMANCE call a physician. If the victim is unconscious, call a
Without dispersant, the particles in a slurry aggregate physician immediately. Never give an unconscious
resulting in an unstable slurry with unacceptable person anything to drink.
high viscosity. • Toxicity : - Acute oral (LD50) rats : > 5g/kg.
ACUMER® 9300 mining polymer stabilizes high MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS
solids slurries and allows lowering the viscosity to rel-
Rohm and Haas Company maintains Material Safety Data
atively low levels at the time of initial formulation and
Sheets (MSDS) on all of its products. These contain
maintains a low viscosity during storage.
important information that you need to protect your
DOSAGE employees and customers against any known health and
ACUMER® 9300 is effective at low dosage between 0.2 safety hazards associated with these products.
to 0.6 % polymer solids on slurry solids depending on We recommend you obtain copies of MSDS for our
the nature of the slurry and on the grinding (coarse products from your local Rohm and Haas technical rep-
or fine particles). resentative or the Rohm and Haas Company. We also
APPLICATIONS suggest that you contact your supplier of other materials
recommended for use with our products for the appro-
ACUMER® 9300 can be used efficiently for the dis-
priate health and safety precautions before using them.
persion of different slurries
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