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Fridolin Babler

Edward E Jaffe

Abul Iqbal

Johannes Pfenninger

Adolf Weissmuller

Charles G Orange

Zhimin Hao

Jost Von Der Crone

Alain C Rochat

Stefan Hari

Shivakumar Basalingappa Hendi

Manfred Hofmann

Bernhard Medinger

Kurt Munk

Heinz Neuschutz

Walter C Zukowski

Marius Leimer

A new beta quinacridone pigment characterized by masstone and tint reflection spectra, and a process for its preparation is disclosed. The new beta quinacridone pigment is especially useful for coloring coating compositions, such as automotive paints, and plastics. Also disclosed is a new pigment composition consisting of the inventive beta quinacridone pigment and a carbazole dioxazine pigment.

Beta quinacridone pigment

A stir-in pigment composition for coloring high-molecular-weight material, particularly coatings and ink systems, comprises 85 to 99.5 parts by weight of a pigment and 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of an additive comprising a vinylpyrrolidone polymer or copolymer. The stir-in pigment composition is in the form of microgranules and is obtainable by spray drying a high solids content aqueous pigment dispersion containing the pigment and the additive. The new pigment composition powders are easily handled, easily wetted and disperse rapidly to form homogeneous aqueous pigment dispersions which are practically free of larger pigment aggregates and can readily be incorporated into aqueous ink and paint systems as stir-in pigments without a dispersion step in a bead mill.

Stir-in pigment compositions

Ternary solid solutions useful as pigments are disclosed. The ternary solid solutions result from incorporating a third component, which is a diketopyrrolopyrrole or quinacridone pigment, into the crystal lattice of the mixed crystal formed from equimolar amounts of two different diketopyrrolopyrrole pigments.

Mixed crystals and solid solutions of 1,4-diketopyrrolopyrroles

Solid solutions comprising quinacridone and 6,13-dihydroquinacridone are prepared by oxidation of a finely divided 6,13-dihydroquinacridone salt in an aqueous basic alcoholic medium using hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant. The solid solutions are useful as red organic high performance pigments.

Process for the preparation of quinacridone solid solutions

The disclosure describes pigment compositions containing a small particle size porous filler and a pigment, and their use for preparing effect coating compositions which produce thin film finishes exhibiting strong lightness and color flop with a pronounced three dimensional effect. The thin film finishes are particularly interesting as automotive finishes.

Pigment composition and effect coatings

A new copper phthalocyanine pigment characterized by masstone and tint reflection spectra is disclosed. The new copper phthalocyanine pigment is especially useful for coloring coating compositions, such as automotive paints, and plastics. Also disclosed is a new process for preparing a conditioned pigment wherein a pigment crude is air jet milled.

Copper phthalocyanine pigment

The present invention relates to a process of preparing quinacridone pigments in their specific crystal forms by oxidizing a premilled 6,13-dihydroquinacridone corresponding to the quinacridone pigment in a basic, aqueous reaction medium utilizing hydrogen peroxide as the oxidizing agent. The inventive process is an environmentally friendly process which yields a polymorphically homogeneous product in excellent yield.

Oxidation process for preparing quinacridone pigments

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a pigment composition whereby a mixture of an organic pigment and an inorganic filler is subjected to an air jet milling step. The inventive process is an environmentally friendly process which yields pigments having outstanding dispersibility and wetting characteristics when incorporated in plastics, aqueous or solvent based coatings and inks.

Process for the preparation of a pigment composition

The present invention relates to a process of preparing quinacridone by oxidizing a 6,13-dihydroquinacridone salt corresponding to the quinacridone pigment with hydrogen peroxide as the oxidizing agent. The inventive process is economical and environmentally friendly and yields high performance quinacridone pigments in a high yield.

The disclosure relates to the use of conditioned organic pigments as stir-in pigments in various applications. The conditioned pigments are prepared by wet-milling a pigment crude to a particle size of 0.1 to 9 .mu.m and a specific surface area in the range of from 6 to 35 m.sup.2 /g.

Organic stir-in pigments

The disclosure describes pigment compositions containing an organic pigment and a transparent filler having a mean particle size less than 10 .mu.m and a narrow particle size distribution; as well as methods of preparing the pigment compositions. The pigment compositions are useful for pigmenting high-molecular-weight organic materials; especially coating compositions, curable ink systems, plastics, as well as for use in laser marking applications.

Pigment compositions

Heat-stable, red pigment compositions comprising a physical mixture of 1,4-diketo-3,6-di(4-biphenylyl)-pyrrolo [3,4 c]-pyrrole and a 2,9-dichloroquinacridone pigments, processes for preparing the pigment compositions and the use of the compositions for pigmenting high-molecular-weight organic materials are disclosed.

Pigment compositions based on

Disclosed is a process for coloring high-molecular-weight coatings and ink systems which comprises uniformly dispersing an effective pigmenting amount of a stir-in pigment in the coating or ink system; wherein the stir-in pigment is an organic pigment crude consisting essentially of non-platelet-shaped particles having an average particle size of from 0.5 to 25 .mu.m and/or a pigment composition consisting essentially of an organic pigment having an average particle size of from 0.01 to 25 .mu.m and inorganic filler pigment.

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