Carbosperse™ K-700 Polymers Overview 

Carbosperse™ K-700 water treatment polymers are deposit control agents sold to water treatment service companies for use as formulation components for water treatment (e.g., cooling, boiler) programs.  Carbosperse K-700 polymers are also used in a variety of industrial applications, including paint and coatings, textile, and agricultural formulations.

• Carbosperse K-700 polymers include solvent and water polymerized polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, acrylate copolymers, and acrylate terpolymers.
• Carbosperse K-700 polymers are multi-functional anionic polyelectrolytes that disperse particulates (e.g., silt, clay, iron oxide, pigments), and inhibit scale formation (e.g., calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, calcium oxalate, barium sulfate, calcium phosphate, calcium phosphonate) over a broad pH range, and sequester di- and trivalent cations (e.g., calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, chromium, zinc).
• Used around the world, Carbosperse K-700 polymers have earned a reputation for high quality, consistency, stability, formulating flexibility, high total and active solids, and narrow molecular weight distributions.
  

Figure 1. Iron Oxide Particles in Water
Carbosperse^TM K-700 polymers disperse and deflocculate particles by adsorbing on particle surfaces,
breaking down particles, and causing particles to remain in suspension.

Figure 2. Calcium Carbonate and Calcium Sulfate Crystals
Carbosperse™ K-700 Polymers distort calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate crystals.