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Prospector's contributing writers covered a huge range of coatings formulation topics in 2015. From powder coatings to inert pigments, we stocked our archive of evergreen content with the most useful … [Read More...]
Why does a six-year-old blue jay have the same vibrantly colored feathers as he did when he was a youngster? The answer is in the structure of bird feathers, say researchers from the University of … [Read More...]
Inert pigments absorb nearly no light, and therefore, by themselves in a cured paint film, do not stand out from a color perspective. Inert pigments have a refractive index similar to that of the … [Read More...]
According to EPA statistics, approximately $40 billion is spent annually in the U.S. to air-condition buildings. The incorporation of solar reflective pigments in paint can decrease the cost to air … [Read More...]