Product Information
Water Repellent
for Mineral Wool
FEATURES & BENEFITS
 Good water repellency
 Good compatibility with phenolic
resin binder solutions
 Excellent dilution stability
Dow Corning® HV 495 Emulsion
APPLICATIONS
 Hydrophobing agent for mineral wool products
TYPICAL PROPERTIES
Specification Writers: These values are not intended for use in preparing
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Test* Property Unit Result
CTM0176 Appearance Milky white liquid
CTM0862 Non volatile content % (w/w) 38–42
CTM 0050 Viscosity mPa•s 75,000–200,000
CTM0007 pH 6.5–9.0
Emulsifier type Anionic
*
CTMs (corporate Test Methods) correspond to standard ASTM tests in most instances. Copies of
CTMs are available upon request.
DESCRIPTION HANDLING PRECAUTIONS
Dow Corning® HV 495 Emulsion is an PRODUCT SAFETY
aqueous emulsion of polydimethyl INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR
siloxane. SAFE USE IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THIS DOCUMENT. BEFORE
When applied, this product imparts HANDLING, READ PRODUCT
effective hydrophobicity at low dosing AND MATERIAL SAFETY DATA
level. SHEETS AND CONTAINER
LABELS FOR SAFE USE,
HOW TO USE PHYSICAL AND HEALTH
If used in a resin system, Dow Corning HAZARD INFORMATION. THE
HV 495 Emulsion can be added as MATERIAL SAFETY DATA
prediluted form in water. Although this SHEET IS AVAILABLE ON THE
emulsion has good compatibility with DOW CORNING WEBSITE AT
some phenolic resins it may be DOWCORNING.COM, OR FROM
necessary to mix it with the resin YOUR DOW CORNING SALES
immediately before coating the APPLICATION ENGINEER, OR
substrate. DISTRIBUTOR, OR BY CALLING
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As a starting addition rate, it is SERVICE.
recommended that Dow Corning HV
495 Emulsion is added at 0.2% (weight
percentage) of the untreated mineral
wool substrate.
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When stored at or below 40C in the
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