S16 surfactant/SILWET L7600

Nonionic surfactants

It has extremely low surface tension and excellent wetting and spreading properties. It can be used in water-based systems to wet a variety of difficult to infiltrate substrates, and also has auxiliary penetration, leveling, fast drying, anti-fog and anti-static functions.

It is a siloxane surfactant with a very strong wetting ability. S-16 is one of the few surfactants that can wet the surface of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). It is very soluble in water and a variety of organic solvents. We have found this surfactant to be very useful in the development of solid phase whole blood diagnostic reagents, as deviations are prone to occur in high anti-erythrocyte specific volumes. S16 is the only one of many tested surfactants that can eliminate this bias. It is generally believed that this surfactant interferes with antired blood cells through its strong effect on the surface of the antired blood cell test plate. This surfactant is completely non-hemolytic. Commonly used concentrations are from 0.05 to 1%. An addition of 0.1% is recommended for the initial test.

Note: S16 is a flammable liquid, be careful to stay away from the fire source, do not use the use of direct current spray fire extinguisher, otherwise it will cause the fire spread. It is recommended to use anti-alcohol foam, carbon dioxide chemical dry powder fire extinguishers.