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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1985
Fred R Huege, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Richard A Slepetys, Bricktown, NJ (US);
David L Catone, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Engelhard Corporation, Menlo Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A substantially white, anhydrous, amorphous aluminosilicate pigment is obtained by calcining a combination of previously uncalcined kaolin clay and an alumina source. The calcination is carried out at a temperature of about 870.degree. C. to 1400.degree. C., preferably about 870.degree. C. to 1260.degree. C., for a suitable period of time, e.g., 0.1 to 3 hours. The pigments obtained by the foregoing method display enhanced brightness greater than the merely additive brightness which would be obtained by mixing alumina with a previously calcined kaolin clay and are otherwise well suited for use as paper-filling or coating pigments.