GENIOSIL MTE

GENIOSIL MTE is a clear, colorless liquid with an odor characteristic of alcohols. The use of GENIOSIL MTE to render fillers water repellent considerably improves their dispersibility and reduces their sedimentation tendency. Mineral-filled plastics can thus be processed more easily. Additionally, resistance to moisture and chemicals is much increased. GENIOSIL MTE can be used as a constituent of silica gels, silicone resins and silicone rubber. In such compounds, the degree of curing and hence mechanical properties, such as elongation at break, modulus of elasticity and a coating's flexibility, can be controlled precisely by varying the amount of GENIOSIL MTE used. GENIOSIL MTE is an alkylalkoxysilane. The silane hydrolyzes slowly in the presence of moisture (ethanol is released) to form reactive silanols. These react further to produce oligosiloxanes and then polysiloxanes.