Magnetorheological Fluid

Basonetic® 2040
Advanced shock absorption
for damper applications
 MR-Fluid Basonetic® 2040
Magnetorheological Fluid (MRF) for damper applications

Basonetic® 2040 is a hydrocarbon-based magnetorheological fluid (MRF), suitable for use in devices that can be
electronically tuned using magnetic fields.
Basonetic® products are suspensions of Carbonyl Iron Powder (CIP) and can change their physical properties in
milliseconds, from liquid to solid and back again, when subjected to a magnetic field.

Valve mode Enabling valve mode applications

Basonetic ® 2040 is optimized for devices using the MRF
‘valve mode’, especially adaptive shock absorbers, dampers,
Pressure
hydro-bushings and mounts.
MRF
Stability against sedimentation and outstanding low temperature
properties support damping devices with a high on/off stroke
Magnetic induction and high reliability.

Off-State Properties (no magnetic field) On-State Properties

Technical Data

Quantity Value
Density at T = 25 °C (g/cm³) 2.47

Flash point (°C) 160.0

Sedimentation stability after 28 days at 25 °C (% supernatant) 1.1

Ease of redispersibility after 28 days at 25 °C (mJ) 0.53 (excellent)

Saturation magnetization Ms (kAm –1) 420

Remanence Mr (kAm –1) 1.7

Relative permeability µr 3.98

Shear stress at B = 0 T and apparent shear rate 100 s–1 and T = 40 °C (Pa) 50 ± 4

Shear stress at B = 0.7 T at shear rate 100 s and T = 40 °C (kPa) [Brass]

–1
20 ± 2

Shear stress at B = 0.7 T at shear rate 100 s–1 and T = 40 °C (kPa) [Steel] 38 ± 2

Rheological characterization methods

Advanced shock absorption

a) Rotational rheometer with concentric cylinder geometry (CC27, Anton Paar,
Austria) for off-state measurements
b) Rotational rheometer with BASF customized twin gap magnetocell MRD 180/1T
(Anton Paar) with on-line flux density measurement for on-state measurements
(Laun et al., Journal of Rheology 2009, submitted)

for damper applications

c) C apillary Rheometer (Göttfert, Germany) with BASF magneto-slit die for
high shear rate measurements for damper type MRF (Gabriel C, Laun HM,
Rheologica Acta 48 (2009) 755)

MR-Fluid Basonetic® 2040

for your application
Basonetic® 2040 is a MR-Fluid ideally suited to the requirements of a wide variety
of different applications. Please contact us in case of unmet needs – BASF also
tailors MR formulations to your application.

Magnetization MR-Fluid Basonetic® 2040

Please contact us to discuss the requirements of your
MR application – BASF tailors MR-Fluids to meet your needs.

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Note
The data contained in this publication
are based on our current knowledge
and experience. In view of the many
factors that may affect processing and
application of our product, these data
do not relieve processors from carry-
ing out their own investigations and
tests; neither do these data imply any
guarantee of certain properties, nor
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