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  airless carbomer gel ?

  Posted by angelz on January 5, 2016 at 8:27 am

  is there a way to make carbomer gel that dont trap air at all ?

  ashish replied 9 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  ashish

  Member

  January 5, 2016 at 8:46 am

  Try to soak carbomer for 15-20 mins. in water and then stir slowly. It may be helpful.

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  Chemist77

  Member

  January 5, 2016 at 11:14 am

  Which carbomer are you going to use, the ones with short flow will have persistent air bubbles but as @ashish pointed out try to mix very slowly although I am not sure if slow mixing wouldn’t be a disadvantage??

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  angelz

  Member

  January 6, 2016 at 2:07 am

  hi, thank you for the reply..

  i’m using carbomer 940 which is short flow..

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  ashish

  Member

  January 6, 2016 at 4:17 am

  U r using traditional version, please try Ultrez series of carbomer from Lubrizol.

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  Chemist77

  Member

  January 6, 2016 at 4:23 am

  @angelz That’s the cheapest carbomer you are using and if you want to upgrade then Ultrez is not  cheap option (IIRC 4-6 times costlier). 

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  ashish

  Member

  January 6, 2016 at 4:32 am

  Then why don’t u use carbomer ready made dispersion which are Acrylate copolymer, they are easy to mix even with less air entrapment & moreover cheap also. 

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