Ingevity’s TOFA & DTO
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Ingevity’s Tall Oil Fatty Acids (TOFA) are primarily used by customers as a base chemistry for derivatization. Specifically, in the metalworking fluids industry, they are used to create esters as lubricant additives. The benefits of using TOFA include:
- Lubricity agent
- Low viscosity allows easy handling
- Rosin content adds less bioactivity relative to vegetable alternatives
TOFAs also find use in:
- Synthetic ester production
- Alkyd resin production
- Anionic flotation of ore
- Corrosion inhibition
- Fuel lubricity additives
Ingevity’s Distilled Tall Oil (DTO) is a sustainable material comprised of rosin and fatty acids with typical rosin acid ranges of 25-40%. Commonly used as a co-emulsifier in soluble oil and semi-synthetic metalworking formulations, adding Altapyne DTO products to your formulation provides:
- Improved emulsion stability over fatty acids
- Reduced foam due to higher rosin content
- Better hard water tolerance than fatty acids
- Reduced bioactivity relative to fatty acids
Ingevity’s high rosin Altapyne DTOs are stabilized to prevent crystallization tendencies.
Topics: Lubricants
