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Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium (IV), is an oxide of titanium that occurs naturally. Its chemical formula is TiO2 and its pigment color index is CI 77891. It has many uses outside of paint, … [Read More...]
Powder coatings consist of solid paint particles that melt and cure during film formation at high temperatures, generally 150°C to 220°C, on substrates that can withstand these … [Read More...]
Functional Pigments (FP) is a somewhat ambiguous term in the coatings industry because it can be interpreted to include anti-corrosive, conductive and special-effect pigments, as well as extenders … [Read More...]
What do deep frying and painting with alkyd resins have in common? They both use polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), like soybean oil. These PUFAs can be oxidized by airborne oxygen (constituting … [Read More...]