{"id":7897,"date":"2018-06-28T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2018-09-07T10:02:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:02:55","slug":"pc-functional-pigments-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7897\/pc-functional-pigments-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive E-Book Puts the Fun in Functional Pigments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently launched the first in a series of Industry Insider e-books, featuring informative articles from industry experts around a central theme. The first e-book, <strong>Functional Pigments<\/strong>, provides insight into the various purposes of functional pigments, material deep dives, and formulation tips.<\/p>\n<p>As Marc Hirsch explains in the e-book introduction, functional pigments include materials that hide or prime, prevent corrosion, provide special effects, and extend coatings. Each type performs one or multiple functions in a coating, and understanding those functions is crucial in coating formulation.<\/p>\n<p>We gathered some highlights from the e-book into the infographic below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8371\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2018\/06\/PaintsCoats_MiniInfo_Grid_1200x2559v2-480x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Functional pigments infographic - learn more about functional pigments and download a free e-book in the Prospector Knowledge Center.\" width=\"480\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PaintsCoats_MiniInfo_Grid_1200x2559v2-480x1024.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PaintsCoats_MiniInfo_Grid_1200x2559v2-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PaintsCoats_MiniInfo_Grid_1200x2559v2-768x1638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PaintsCoats_MiniInfo_Grid_1200x2559v2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Inside the\u00a0Industry Insider: Functional Pigments e-book<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sneak peek at the Table of Contents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Functional Pigments: Introduction and Overview<\/li>\n<li>Avoiding Pigment Flooding &amp; Floating in Waterborne Paints<\/li>\n<li>Nanoparticles: When Smaller is Better<\/li>\n<li>Titanium Dioxide: An Introduction<\/li>\n<li>Efficient Use of TiO<sub>2<\/sub> Pigment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/info.insights.ul.com\/functional-pigments-ebook2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>download the full e-book<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for more insights!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently launched the first in a series of Industry Insider e-books, featuring informative articles from industry experts around a central theme. The first e-book, Functional Pigments, provides insight into the various purposes of functional pigments, material deep dives, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/7897\/pc-functional-pigments-ebook\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[217],"ppma_author":[1264],"class_list":{"0":"post-7897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-paint-coatings","8":"tag-formulating-advice","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Functional pigments: download UL Prospector&#039;s free e-book<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This infographic offers highlights from the exclusive e-book, Industry Insider: Functional Pigments. 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