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FAIRLAWN, Ohio -- OMNOVA Solutions has announced the
introduction of a line of electronics grade PolyFox® fluorosurfactants
and fluorochemicals for wetting, flow, leveling and modification
of coatings used in electronics manufacturing.
These fluorosurfactants and fluorochemicals offer refractive indices
in the 1.4 range or lower and can be useful in applications such as anti-reflection
coatings. PolyFox fluorosurfactants and fluorochemicals can be delivered
with low ppm or ppb levels for alkali, alkaline earth and transition metal
impurities. In addition, some PolyFox products are delivered at 100% solids
or in an aqueous solution without co-solvent, potentially eliminating
contribution to total VOC levels and other processing concerns. The technology
platform is based on an oligomeric poly(oxetane) backbone with short (<C4F9)
perfluoroalkyl groups. PolyFox materials are neither prepared from PFOA,
PFOS or telomer-based fluorochemicals of concern nor can they degrade
into such materials. As a consequence, PolyFox fluorosurfactants and fluorochemicals
have gained regulatory approval from a number of agencies globally including
the US EPA and the EU through REACH registration.
About OMNOVA Solutions Inc.:
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. is a technology-based company with
proforma 2007 sales of $836 million and a current workforce of 2,730 employees
worldwide. OMNOVA is an innovator of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals,
and decorative and functional surfaces for a variety of commercial, industrial
and residential end uses.
Source: OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
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