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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1997
Donald Caswell, Anderson, SC (US);
Frank R Jones, Asheville, NC (US);
Stanley A McIntosh, Candler, NC (US);
Gary W Shore, Asheville, NC (US);
G Daniel Gasperson, Candler, NC (US);
BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Abstract
Additives for polymeric compositions are prepared by coating pigment with a dispersant, and thereafter dispersing the dispersant-coated pigment in a liquid nonaqeous polymeric carrier. Preferably, the dispersant-coated pigment is spray-dried. That is, most preferably, an aqueous dispersion of the pigment and dispersant is subjected to a spray-drying operation so as to obtain pigment coated with the dispersant. The dispersant-coated pigment will have an average particle size of about 5 .mu.m or greater, but is capable of breaking apart to average particle sizes of about 1 .mu.m or less when dispersed in a polymeric host material.