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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Günter Kaupp, Neuhaus, DE;
Ulrich Schmidt, Hersbruck, DE;
Dirk Schumacher, Pegnitz, DE;
Ralph Schneider, Lauf, DE;
Günter Kaupp, Neuhaus, DE;
Ulrich Schmidt, Hersbruck, DE;
Dirk Schumacher, Pegnitz, DE;
Ralph Schneider, Lauf, DE;
Eckart GmbH, Hartenstein, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to effect pigments comprising artificial platelet-shaped substrates which have at least one optically active coating, where the effect pigments have a volume-averaged cumulative undersize distribution curve with the characteristic numbers D, Dand D, said cumulative undersize distribution curve having a span ΔD of 0.7-1.4, and the span ΔD being calculated in accordance with formula (I):Δ=()/  (I),and the average thickness of the artificial platelet-shaped substrates being 500 nm to 2000 nm.