Manufacturer: We are facing a problem - after addition of filler calcium carbonate,
latex viscosity going up everyday! What could be the reason and how to
stop that?
John Woon (Senior Latex Consultant): Although calcium carbonate is
insoluble in water there are always traces of fee calcium ions that
could destabilise your latex compound, leading to an increase of latex
viscosity.
Therefore, an obvious solution is to add a chelating or sequestering agent agent such as sodium salt of EDTA (Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic acid) and SHMP (Sodium hexametaphosphate, (NaPO3)6) respectively to the filler dispersion and/or latex compound.
These would mop up the calcium ions rendering it harmless to the latex.
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