Selection Guide

Polyurethane additives for rigid appliance foam

As energy efficiency pushes the need for more advanced appliance foam, our
polyurethane additives help to create performance advantages. To achieve
improved insulation properties, our products help to improve the flowability
of foam through increasingly complex cabinet designs and also reduce foam de-
fects to meet new standards and ratings for energy loss. For improved insulation
of refrigeration appliances, such as household and commercial refrigerators and
freezers, we offer a full range of surfactants, amine catalysts, curing catalysts
and special performance additives to suit all application requirements.

Surfactants for rigid appliance foam

Nucleation System
Product Good choice for … Key performance benefit potency solubility

TEGOSTAB® B 8409 Water-blown formulations. Improves yield. • •••

TEGOSTAB® B 8460 A wide range of formulations. Improves fill in low reactivity systems. • •••

TEGOSTAB® B 8461 Systems with compatibility challenges. Improves solubility in CP/IP formulations. • •••

TEGOSTAB® B 8462 A wide range of formulations. Works in most formulations. •• ••

HFC/HFO or HFO/HC co-blown

TEGOSTAB® B 8465 formulations. Improves energy efficiency. ••• •

Systems with sufficient blowing agent

TEGOSTAB® B 8474 compatibility. Mitigates surface imperfections. ••• •

TEGOSTAB® B 8481 HFC/HFO-blown systems. Produces lowest lambda values. ••• •

Improves surface finish and flow around

TEGOSTAB® B 8491 HC-blown systems. obstructions. •• ••

Results in well-balanced physical

TEGOSTAB® B 8522 HC/HFC/HFO-blown formulations. properties. •• ••

•= Low ••= Medium •••= High - = Not applicable

Enables low lambda values in formula-
HC-, HFO-, HC/HFO-blown tions with good polyol-blowing agent
TEGOSTAB® B 84201 formulations with sufficient solubility. compatibility. ••• •

HC- or HFO-blown formulations with Allows for higher loading levels of

TEGOSTAB® B 84202 solubility challenges. blowing agent. • •••

HFO-blown formulations with sufficient

TEGOSTAB® B 84205 compatibility. Produces a flatter density profile. ••• ••

HC- or HFO-blown formulations without Combines very high nucleation potency

TEGOSTAB® B 84206 solubility challenges. with reasonable system solubility. ••• ••

HFO-blown formulations with solubility Improves insulation value in HFO-blown

TEGOSTAB® B 84210 challenges. formulations with poor solubility. •• •••

•= low ••= medium •••= high

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 Catalysts for rigid appliance foam
Blow Gel Curing
Product Description activity activity activity

Amine catalysts

POLYCAT® 5 Strong urea reaction, blowing amine catalyst. ••• • –

POLYCAT® 8 Widely applicable urethane reaction, gelling amine catalyst. • ••• –

POLYCAT® 9 Balanced gelation gelling and blowing amine catalyst with some surface cure activity. •• •• –

Moderately active curing amine catalyst with excellent gelling capability.

POLYCAT® 41 Recommended for use as a co-catalyst. • ••• •

Gel amine catalyst for HFO-1233zd(E) containing systems.

POLYCAT® 211 Provides low friability and good adhesion between the foam and substrate. • •• –

A novel, non-emissive and low odor blowing amine catalyst designed

POLYCAT® 218 to suit low-GWP agent blowing systems. ••• • –

Strong urea reaction, blowing amine catalyst. Preferred as a very active

DABCO® BL 11 co-catalyst used to catalyze particularly the blowing reaction. ••• • –

Low odor amine catalyst use to enhance surface cure and adhesion.
DABCO® 2040 Suitable for HFO-blown systems. • •• –

Curing catalysts

Quarternary ammonium-based, delayed action catalyst.

DABCO® TMR 2 Provides fast back-end curing to minimize post expansion. • ••• •

Quarternary ammonium-based, strongly delayed action catalyst.

DABCO® TMR 3 Provides fast back-end curing to minimize post expansion. • ••• •

Amine-based, delayed action gel/trimerization catalyst to support

DABCO® TMR 30 smooth back-end curing. • •• •

DABCO® TMR 31 Co-catalyst that promotes strong back-end cure and improves dimensional stability. • •• •

•= low ••= medium •••= high – = not applicable

Performance Additives for rigid appliance foam

Product Good choice for … Key performance benefit

Blowing agent enhancer designed to improve

DABCO® PM 301 the efficiency of HFC and HFO blowing agents. Reduced vapor pressure and viscosity of polyol formulation.

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Advice on the performance of catalysts, release agents, surfactants and other performance additives.
The performance of catalysts, release agents and surfactants – influencing the final physical properties of a polyurethane foam by supporting the emulsifiaction, nucleation, reaction profile and foam
­stabilization – highly depends on the individual formulation and foam processing conditions. Performance ratings of all catalysts, release agents and surfactants are only rough guidelines!

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