Modern silica gel technology enables the production of highly pure, porous products.Silica gels belong to a class of synthetic silica materials known as hydrated silicas, which have an average water...

Avanse™ Technology - The New Pure Acrylic Platform from Rohm and Haas. Marketed under the patented trade name Avanse™, Rohm and Haas has developed a new type of back-bone acrylic binder technology...

The term "hybrid coatings" is rightly used in connection with many different systems in which two (or more) binder systems with distinct properties and curing mechanisms are present. While there are...

As a colour chemist in industry today, where the major impetus is put into pigment development in high-usage areas such as polymers, the crossover into the use of pigments as artist colours is...

The outstanding outdoor weatherability of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) solvent paints is well demonstrated by over 30 years of commercial use on premier architectural structures. The outstanding...

The salamander is a type of lizard which, in mythology, was able to live in fire, cooling it with its breath. Coatings which achieve similar effects are more reliable, and are found in several related...

Finding a staining agent worthy of handling industrial projects can be a daunting task. If you avoid selecting a quality wood stain, you may be setting yourself up for a host of problems. New Century...

Consumers love metallic coatings on their vehicles, and the popularity of effect pigments offering these unique colors continues to grow. Meeting consumer demand for new effects is a continual...

New Product development has played a significant role in the growth of coil coating and it is likely to continue its impact on the future of coil coating. In almost every five year period since the...

Many polymeric or plastic materials are subject to considerable change in dimension during the production or curing process caused by shrinking and volume contraction. This applies in particular to...

Corrosion - that is to say, deterioration of metals rather than wood or plastics under exposure to adverse environmental conditions - costs billions of dollars in terms of repairs, reducing the life...

Product development was a relatively simple matter during the early days of coil coating. Let's take the case of a customer who requests a new color or a different gloss range for a different family...

Paints that repel microorganisms are increasingly in demand, and biocides based on silver ions are suitable for this purpose. The antimicrobial properties of paints, and the long-term effect of...

The term 'architectural paints' is not readily defined. In market statistics, architectural and decorative paints are grouped together - reasonably enough, since it's sometimes possible to use the...

Polyurethane coatings were originally defined as products made from polyisocyanates and polyols, but today one defines it more broadly and includes all systems based on a polyisocyanate whether the... (1 Member Reaction)

There are four major markets for coil coated material. Each market is predominately served by one or two specific resin types. For example, almost all appliance type products are produced with...

Among the plethora of additives available today, waxes have a significant impact on many formulations or processes. Even if used in relatively small quantities — typically below 3% solids content of...

As with many terms, 'digital printing' means different things depending on who you talk to. For the purposes of this paper, I will use the terms conventional printing for processes which produce many...

This document deals with a proposal for a laboratory test method designed to accelerate the colonization process of microscopic algae on facade coating materials. The materials are placed into a...

The coil coating process is similar to those giant printing presses that produce the evening newspaper. The process doesn't stop, it runs at a constant speed and coils of metal are continuously...