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easy-wet™ 20
wetting agent

description

Easy-Wet 20 wetting agent reduces the surface tension and contact angle of common formulations to
provide best-in-class wetting and spreading performance.

Easy-Wet 20 wetting agent significantly reduces equilibrium surface tension at low use levels. With a dilution
up to 200ppm (0.02 %), this proprietary wetting agent formula can reduce surface tension to less than 30
dynes/cm when comparative technologies can only achieve this at a higher concentration of 0.10 %. The
higher surfactant efficiency afforded by Easy-Wet 20 wetting agent provides greater formulation
compatibility within formulations and the tank mix.

key benefits

• excellent wetting and spreading

• ultra-low use level
• used as tank mix adjuvant or as co-formulant
• clear, stable water-based formulation
• good stability over a wide range of pH
• fast-acting

typical properties

Physical form: Clear liquid solution

pH (1/10 dilution): 4.0 - 6.0
Specific gravity: 0.92 - 0.95
Viscosity: 15 - 30
Flash point (°F): >288
Freezing point (°F): 41
Vapor pressure (100°F): <0.1 mm Hg
Solubility: soluble in water

application

A premium wetting agent and spreader technology, Easy-Wet 20 wetting agent can be used in industrial
formulations including inks, specialty coatings and mineral slurries and is ideal in agricultural water-dispersible
granules (WDG) and suspension concentrates (SC). Easy-Wet 20 wetting agent may be used in virtually any
nonfood agrochemical product around the world, given its minimal impact on the environment,
biodegradable profile, and compliance with the EPA’s Contaminant Candidate List 3 (CCL3).

All statements, information and data presented herein are believed to be accurate and reliable, but are not to be taken as a guarantee, an express
warranty, or an implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or representation, express or implied, for which Ashland and its
subsidiaries assume legal responsibility. ® Registered trademark, Ashland or its subsidiaries, registered in various countries. ™Trademark, Ashland or its
subsidiaries, registered in various countries. *Trademark owned by a third party. © 2018, Ashland.
11-2018
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recommended dose and use

• ink and printing: 0.01 – 0,5%

• coatings: 0.1 – 0.5%
• polymer wetting: 0.05 – 0.5 %
• tank mix additive: 0.05 – 0.1%
• soluble liquid formulations (SL) concentrate: 1-5%
• oil in water emulsion (EW) formulations: 1 – 2.5%
• suspension concentrate (SC) wetting agent: 0.5 – 1

packaging

Easy-Wet 20 is available in 55-gallon drums and can be available in 5 gallons pails and intermediate bulk
containers (IBCs). Standard 250ml samples are available upon request.

product safety

Read and understand the Safety Data Sheet before using this product.