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  oily gels

  Posted by rodb1958 on March 19, 2019 at 11:56 pm

  hello, any suggestions as to what i could use to slightly gel an anhydrous oily liquid to allow it to suspend some zinc and/or titanium oxides. Perhaps something shear thinning to permit either a spray dispenser or shaking to resuspend any settled oxide?
  many thanks, rodb1958

  Fekher replied 5 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  em88

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  March 20, 2019 at 7:48 am

  https://www.alfa-chemicals.co.uk/products/sucragel 

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  Sponge

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  March 22, 2019 at 11:40 pm

  I don’t know if you’re going to get a viscosity high enough to suspend oxides with the shear thinning necessary for a spray. 

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  rodb1958

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  April 2, 2019 at 1:35 am

  thanks Sponge & EM88.
  -have tried sucragel in the past and found that, while Ok in the lab, it is difficult to upscale and is very dependent on the manufacturers equipment. 
  - benchmark (no ingred list) seems to overcome the spray vs suspension compromise. Will continue the search.
  cheers, rodb1958

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  Fekher

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  April 2, 2019 at 10:52 am

  @rodb1958 i have some sucess suspending oxides using vegetable oil , shea butter , beewax if you are interested to try it.

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