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At Mallard Creek Polymers, product innovation is vital to our business. Our goal is to offer the highest quality products, services and solutions to our our valued customers.

TYCHEM® 68710

TYCHEM® 68710 is a carboxylated styrene-butadiene based alkali swellable thickener. It provides superior thickening efficiency and a psuedoplastic rheology profile across a wide variety of different latex and cementitious formulations. The thickener can be easily incorporated into a broad assortment of industrial and commecial applications including, but not limited to, mastics, coatings, damp proof membrane, textiles, dry cast concretes, concrete precast and mortar.

Advantages: 

  • Neutralized with ammonia, amines or fixed alkali (pH ≥ 8.0 required)
  • Imparts significantly improved workability in cementitious mixtures
  • Imparts a pseudo plastic rheology
  • Passes 5 freeze-thaw cycle
  • Highly efficient: A neutralized 1% solids solution yields 45,000-60,000 cP
  •  (1% thickener in DI water, pH raised to > 8.5 with ammonia, RV, #7 spindle, 20 rpm)  

Find out more by requesting our application bulletin on TYCHEM® 68710.

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