Coating Film Defects
Original article date: Apr. 18, 2014 Updated by Jochum Beetsma on Oct. 12, 2022 Introduction During film formation, a paint must transform from a liquid material to a closed, strong and beautiful … [Read More...]
Transparent Inorganic Pigments: Titanium Dioxide and Iron Oxide
Original article date: July 14, 2017 Updated by Jochum Beetsma - August 2022 This article is the follow-up of article Optical Properties of Pigments: Absorption and Scattering1. Absorption and … [Read More...]
Intumescent Paints – The Key Ingredients
Introduction Intumescent paints are designed to temporarily protect objects from losing their strength in a fire.1,2 The objective is to increase the time for evacuation of humans and animals and … [Read More...]
Optical Properties of Pigments: Absorption and Scattering
Original article published Feb. 10, 2017. Updated Mar. 9, 2022. Introduction Pigments are used to give color to a coating and/or to obtain hiding power of the coating. A coating gives complete … [Read More...]