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3M™ Novec™ Fluorosurfactants



A water–soluble, low–odor, general purpose nonionic fluorinated surfactant

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 3M(TM) Novec(TM) Fluorosurfactant FC–4434

3M™ Novec™ Fluorosurfactant FC–4430 - Outstanding surface tension reduction in aqueous and solvent-based systems.

3M™ Novec™ Fluorosurfactant FC–4432 - Provides even greater surface tension reduction than 3M™ Novec™ Fluorosurfactant FC-4430.

3M™ Novec™ Fluorosurfactant FC–4434 - A water-soluble, general purpose nonionic fluorinated surfactant which contributes excellent wetting, spreading and leveling properties to a variety of coating systems.

Performance—made easy!

3M(TM) Novec(TM) fluorosurfactant

By coming to you pre–diluted and ready to use, Novec fluorosurfactant offers a number of important time– and money–saving advantages, including:

  • No pre–weighing, measuring, heating or diluting

  • Helps save time, labor costs


  • Helps prevent out–of–spec batches by eliminating weighing/measuring errors


  • Eliminates need for specialized high–solids processing equipment
Outside of the U.S.

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