About Elkem Silicones

Founded in 1904 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Elkem is one of the world's leading providers of advanced silicon-based materials for a sustainable future. Elkem’s offerings for paints and coatings improve flow and leveling properties and provide excellent substrate wetting of critical surfaces. Elkem’s mission is to provide advanced material solutions that shape a better and more sustainable future, adding value to the stakeholders globally. Elkem offers US FDA-approved additives, monomers, and resins for paints and coatings applications. Their product portfolio includes additives like catalysts, photoinitiators, water repellents, adhesion promoters, and lubricants, monomers like acrylates/methacrylates, and resins like silicones and acrylic copolymers.

Bluesil™ PI 2074

BLUESIL™ PI 2074 by Elkem Silicones is a (tolylcumyl) iodonium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate. Acts as a cationic photoinitiator. It is compatible with epoxy resins, vinyl ethers or any other type of oligomer which polymerizes cationically. It is also suitable to the formulation of hybrid radical/ cationic systems. Recommended dosage level is <1%, combined with a photosensitizer, isopropyl thioxanthone type, for the formulation of inks, pigmented coatings or varnishes applied in thicknesses of greater than 10 microns. BLUESIL™ PI 2074 is used in fiber optics coatings.

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Silcolease® UV CATA 243

Silcolease® UV CATA 243 by Elkem Silicones is a UV cationic silicone. It is a low odor, non-flammable and easy to use liquid photoinitiator. It has low migration potential and zero VOC solvent. Offers high efficiency PI in low toxicity, very high catalysed bath stability and excellent compatibility with all UV epoxy polymers. It is made by patented iodonium borate photoinitiator technology. It may also be used with epoxy resins, vinyl ethers or any other type of oligomer which reacts via a cationic polymerization mechanism. It is also suited to the formulation of hybrid radical/cationic systems.

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Bluesil™ TCS 7534 A/B

BLUESIL™ TCS 7534 A/B is a two-component heat curing silicone elastomer dispersion (100 parts BLUESIL™ TCS 7534 A & 10 parts BLUESIL™ TCS Catalyst). It cures by a polyaddition reaction using solvent-less technology. Exhibits high bond strength without primer, fast cure at elevated temperature, low viscosity, low thermal conductivity (high insulation properties) and long bath life at room temperature (more than 16 hours). Provides high tear strength and high comb stripping resistance. Is easily pumpable to sustain high coating speed and allows low coat weight. Suitable for textile coating applications, such as coating of airbag fabrics and technical fabrics for insulation, safety & protection. BLUESIL™ TCS 7534 A/B has a pot life of 16 hours.

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