Parameters

Paint Samples

With CMC

(test)

With CMC

(commercial)

Without CMC

NIS specification

(with CMC)

Viscosity

9.80 ± 0.10

11.50 ± 0.20

5.00 ± 0.10

8 - 12

pH

8.9 ± 0.02

8.00 ± 0.01

4.5 ± 0.02

7.5 - 9.5

Spreading Rate (m²/l)

10 ± 0.01

11 ± 0.03

12 ± 0.02

9 - 11

Specific gravity

1.05 ± 0.03

1.0 ± 0.04

0.85 ± 0.04

1.0 - 1.5

B/C(strokes)

505 ± 0.20

600 ± 0.20

150 ± 0.30

>500