Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 43 Issue 6

Preparation and characterisation of silica supported organic hybrid pigments

Yong Zhang, Xuening Fei, Lu Yu, Lingyun Cao, Baolian Zhang

The purpose of the work reported in this paper is to prepare hybrid pigments fabricated by depositing pigment yellow 12 (PY12) on the surface of silica gel to improve the…

High-performance isocyanate-epoxy materials

Ryszard Pilawka, Krzysztof Goracy, Katarzyna Wilpiszewska

The purpose of this paper is to investigate a new group of chemical compounds as accelerators (1-imidazole derivatives – tertiary amines) for curing of isocyanate-epoxy resin…

Preparation of a low contact angle water-based coating using ultrasonic irradiation

X.R. Zhang, L.Z. Liu, J.F. Li, W.W. Cui, L. Weng

The key purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different ultrasonic irradiation times on the wettability and other properties of the resulting water-based…

Synthesis and characterisation of a photoresponsive four-armed graft copolymer prepared from coumarin and methyl methacrylate

F. Bezgin, K. Demirelli

This paper aims to a newly designed photoresponsive four-armed graft copolymer was synthesised and characterised. The synthesised polymer contains photochemical group and a…

Corrosion inhibition characteristics of Thymus vulgaris, Xylopia aethiopica and Zingiber officinale extracts on mild steel in H2SO4 solutions

P.C. Okafor, E.A. Apebende

This paper aims to evaluate the inhibitive action of the corrosion of mild steel in sulphuric acid solutions by ethanol extracts of Thymus vulgaris (TYV), Xylopia aethiopica (XYA…

Crystal morphology, dispersing stability and dyeing property of the disperse dye based on benzisothiazole

Min Li, Kaili Song, Kongliang Xie, Aiqin Hou

The purpose of this paper is to synthesise a disperse dye based on benzisothiazole and to characterise its crystal morphology, dispersing stability, to study the relationship…

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study of CuO and Cu coating systems

N.A. Mat Nor, L. Ismail, S.K.M. Jamari, K. Ramesh, B. Vengadaesvaran, A.K. Arof

This paper aims to analyse the coating behaviour in corrosion environment as well as to evaluate the best percentage amount of copper oxide and copper needed for organic coating…

Investigation of novel tri-functional epoxy resin derived from cardanol as partial replacement of BPA based epoxy in zinc rich primer

Mukesh Kathalewar, Anagha Sabnis, Gulzar Waghoo

The purpose of this paper is to explore the application of triglycidyl resin (TGC) prepared from cardanol as partial replacement of conventional bis-phenol A (BPA) based epoxy…

Discrimination of seal inks used for seals by confocal Raman microscopy

R. Chen, J. Lv, J. Feng, Y. Liu, W. Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an effective method to discriminate seal inks with Raman microscopy.

Inhibiting potential of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose on acid corrosion of mild steel and aluminium

I.O. Arukalam

The aim of this paper is to appraise the inhibiting potential of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) on the corrosion of mild steel and aluminium in sulphuric and hydrochloric…