Anionic Emulsifiers for Asphalt Tack Coats and Pavement Sealers
What are Anionic Emulsifiers?
Anionic emulsifiers are used to manufacture asphalt emulsions for tack coats, pavement sealers, and industrial coatings. These emulsions provide the stability, particle size control, and curing characteristics needed to produce durable pavement treatments and protective coatings.
For pavement sealers and coatings, high emulsion stability and fine particle size are essential for efficient manufacturing, extended shelf life, and consistent spray application. For tack coats, strong pavement bonding and resistance to tracking are critical for long-lasting pavement performance.
How Anionic Emulsifiers Improve Performance
Stable Emulsion Manufacturing
ArrMuls® anionic emulsifiers are engineered to withstand demanding compounding, shearing, and mixing conditions while maintaining excellent storage stability and extended product shelf life.
Superior Spray Application
The technology produces emulsions with a small, uniform particle size that allows smooth application through fine spray nozzles while promoting faster drying and curing after placement.
Improved Tack Coat Performance
High-performance anionic emulsifiers create stronger pavement bonds while reducing tack coat tracking, helping contractors improve pavement quality and accelerate construction.
Benefits of Anionic Emulsifiers
- Excellent emulsion stability
- Extended product shelf life
- Fine particle size for consistent spray application
- Faster drying and curing
- Reduced emulsion reprocessing and tank clean-up
- Improved production efficiency
- Longer-lasting pavement performance
Arkema's ArrMuls® Anionic Emulsifier Solutions
The Road Science® anionic emulsifier technologies, ArrMuls® are specifically engineered for high-performance tack coat emulsions, pavement sealers, and industrial coatings.
Our slow-setting emulsifiers are designed to withstand the demanding mixing and compounding conditions required during production while providing exceptional long-term stability. The resulting emulsions deliver consistent sprayability, excellent curing characteristics, and reliable field performance.
For tack coat applications, ArrMuls® Tack Technology (ATT) addresses one of the industry's biggest challenges—tack coat tracking.
ATT utilizes an easy-to-use two-part chemical system that transforms paving-grade asphalt into a non-tracking tack coat. By minimizing tack pickup by construction vehicles, ATT improves bond strength between pavement layers, accelerates paving operations, enables faster traffic return, and contributes to longer-lasting pavements.
Backed by Arkema's laboratory capabilities and field technical expertise, ArrMuls® technologies help customers manufacture stable, high-quality emulsions that improve both production efficiency and pavement performance.
Optimize Emulsion Performance
Explore ArrMuls® anionic emulsifier technologies or contact Arkema's technical experts to identify the right solution for your tack coat, pavement sealer, or industrial coating application.
