Paint and Coating Pigments

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Bayferrox 130 C iron oxide red pigment from LANXESS played a part in adding color and radiance to the royal wedding.

Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered that the same crystal structure they identified two years ago to create what may be the world’s best blue pigment can also be used with different elements to create other colors.

The use of mixture statistics with formulation development is valuable because it provides a clear, concise path to obtain an optimum formula within a practical number of trials.

This article is Part 1 of a four-part series on converting to an integrated tinting system.

A new inorganic black pigment has been developed combining jetness and a neutral colour shade in reductions with an extraordinary IR-reflecting ability bridging the gap between existing products.

The investment in a liquid nitrogen cooling system has proven to be a very cost-effective solution to the powder agglomeration problem.

This article presents three separate types of polymeric dispersants that enable the formulator to create dispersions that utilize the properties of pigments to their upper limit.

The results presented in this article show that the use of the next-generation Chroma-Chem® 897 waterborne no-VOC colorants can help paint formulators comply with current and developing VOC coating requirements.

The recently opened Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier features color-shifting Duranar® VARI-Cool® coatings by PPG Industries.

Colortrend 808HP colorants expand color space potential while also improving the overall performance characteristics of the color in the finished coating.