Green and economically priced alternatives to AMP

Ammonia is the most commonly used amine, being low cost, but is highly odorous and has high volatility resulting in pH instability. To overcome these disadvantages formulators have looked at successfully incorporating various Alkanol-amines. In addition to lower volatility and lower odour, these Alkanol-amines also allow superior corrosion resistance, VOC reduction in formulation, excellent pH buffering and very good pigment dispersion properties.

The product CODIS™ BIO is more than 75% based on renewable raw materials and is additionally VOC/SVOC free and label free. In CODIS™ 95, the biobased content is greater than 40%. Both products are also FDA compliant for direct and indirect food contact.

The most important advantages of both products are listed here:

CODIS™ 95

• > 40% biodegradable
• Very good, cost efficient pH-buffer
• Cost efficient Co-dispersant
• Enhances wet-scrub resistance
• Excellent early water resistance
• In-can corrosion protection (flash rust)
• Low odour
• Low VOC - medium volatility
• Non-yellowing
• Effective CO2 scavenger
• Very good emulsifying properties
• Allows emulsification of > 17.5% water in solvent based systems

CODIS™ BIO

• > 75% biodegradable
• Very efficient neutralizing agent
• Improves tinting strength
• Improves storage stability
• Improves open-time
• In-can corrosion protection (flash rust)
• No odour
• No VOC/SVOC
• Non-yellowing
• Aerobic and anaerobic biodegradable
• LABEL FREE!

Please contact us at any time if you would like any samples or further information.

Further performance tests of the CODIS™ products, including a comparison with AMP 95 (2-amino-2-methylpropanol) are available in the following documents:

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