Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 43 Issue 4

Curing behaviour and mechanical properties of pigmented UV-curable epoxy acrylate coatings

Pooneh Kardar, Morteza Ebrahimi, Saeed Bastani

The purpose of this work was to study the effect of chemical structure of reactive diluents on the curing behaviour and physical–mechanical properties of a titanium dioxide…

Resistance to weathering of wood-polypropylene and wood-wollastonite-polypropylene composites made with and without carbon black

Svetlana Butylina, Timo Kärki

The purpose of this paper is to study natural and accelerated weathering of wood-polypropylene (WF-PP) and wood-wollastonite-polypropylene composites made with and without carbon…

New thermal deblocking characterisation method of aqueous blocked polyurethane

Yanhua Zhang, Jun Cao, Haiyan Tan, Jiyou Gu

The mechanisms of the deblocking reaction of the polyurethane with blocking agent were investigated in detail relatively using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform…

Employment of new modified ferrite pigments in anticorrosive alkyd-based paints

Nivin M. Ahmed, Walaa M. Abd El-Gawad, Elham A. Youssef, Eglal M. Souaya

The purpose of this work is to prepare new core-shell pigments based on silca fume waste as core and ferrite pigments in the shell. Silica fume is a byproduct of the smelting…

Optimising the process for production of high performance bagasse-based composites from rice bran-UF adhesive system

Altaf H. Basta, Houssni El-Saied, Emad M. Deffallah

The purpose of this paper is to prepare high-performance agro-based composites from the non-toxic rice bran-urea-formaldehyde (RB-UF) adhesive system. Investigations have…

Surface modification of iron oxide (Fe2O3) pigment particles with amino-functional polysiloxane for improved dispersion stability and hydrophobicity

Sushilkumar A. Jadhav, Roberta Bongiovanni, Daniele L. Marchisio, Daniela Fontana, Christian Egger

The purpose of the present study is to use an amino-functional polysiloxane for the surface modification of red iron oxide (Fe₂O₃) pigment particles for their improved dispersion…

Physicochemical studies and rheological modelling of Albizia lebbeck (AL) gum exudates

Nnabuk Okon Eddy, Inemesit Udofia, Adamu Uzairu

– The purpose of this study is to determine the physicochemical and rheological parameters of Albizia lebbeck gum.