Abstract: Inorganic pigments, having deposited on the pigment surface at least one alkenyl- or alkyl-substituted succinic anhydride and at least one organic polyol, possess improved processibility and dispersibility in thermoplastic materials, and impart improved properties to thermoplastic compositions containing said surface-treated pigments.

Abstract: Inorganic anti-corrosive pigments consist of surface-coated solids having a grain size of 0.1 to 75 &mgr;m. In order to improve the resistance of the paints and coatings containing such pigments, firstly Mn3(PO4)2 and secondly aluminium oxides and/or aluminium hydroxides are precipitated onto the solids.

Abstract: A method for making coated pigment particles by forming a suspension of the desired pigment particles in a medium that also comprises a polymer characterized by having hydrophobic moieties on the polymer backbone and ionic moieties that are present on, or can be formed on a polymer side chain or at the polymer terminals; allowing the suspension of pigment particles to contact said polymer at a temperature above the softening point of the polymer, allowing the resultant suspension to cool to a temperature below the solidification temperature for the polymer while maintaining the pigment particles in suspension, and, if required, forming the ionic moieties.

Abstract: A process for preparing a low-dusting, free-flowing pigment which has not been subjected to any micronizing treatment comprising the steps of providing an inorganic pigment material; providing a source of water; forming a fine, well dispersed slurry of the pigment and water; milling the slurry; depositing a treating agent having the formula ROOCCHSO.sub.3 MCH.sub.2 COOR' wherein R and R' are monovalent alkyl radicals having from about 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, and M is a metallic monovalent cation on the slurried milled pigment; and drying the pigment material having a treating agent deposited thereon. The invention also provides the free-flowing pigments produced by this process.

Abstract: A treated inorganic solid comprises particulate inorganic material the particles of which are coated with an alkylphosphonic acid or ester thereof, the alkylphosphonic acid containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms. The particulate material is usually a pigment, extender or filler which is treated by mixing with the alkylphosphonic acid or ester for example in an aqueous dispersion or during a process step such as milling. The treated inorganic solid is particularly useful for preparing polymer compositions such as masterbatches.

Abstract: The invention relates to extended, organic pigments, their method of manufacture and their use in paint formulations, particularly those suitable for road or traffic markings. The subject pigments typically comprise a particulate lithopone core coated with a layer of an organic pigment. According to preferred embodiments, the pigment comprises an azo compound, the pigments are rosinated, and/or the core also contains a colorant or doping material, typically a metal oxide or metal salt. An exemplary method involves mixing particulate lithopone with a coupler such as acetoacet-o-anisidide. A coupler precipitator, typically an acidifier, is then added in an amount sufficient to precipitate the coupler onto the lithopone. The lithopone-bound coupler is then reacted with a diazonium ion in an azo-coupling reaction to form a pigment. The pigment-coated lithopone particles may then be heated and coated with a rosin or modified rosin soap.

Abstract: This invention relates to structural aggregate pigment products that are cationic, and have improved wet-end retention. A method for converting anionic pigments to cationic pigments is also provided. More particularly, a structural aggregate pigment comprising a clay and/or titanium dioxide or other particulate components, and a functional microgel made from silicon and aluminum or zinc gel formers and a gelling agent such as calcium chloride, can be cationized by adding an effective amount of modified or unmodified epichlorhydrin dimethylamine condensate to a slurry of the structured pigment. The resulting cationic pigments have superior papermaking characteristics and a much improved retention.

Abstract: Process for the production of a short-prismatic aluminum hydroxide by decomposing a supersaturated sodium aluminate liquor. The product can be used as a pigment and filler in the paper industry, as a flame-retardant filler in plastics and as a white pigment in paints and enamels.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing of structural aggregate pigment products with intrinsically built-in functional properties, from aqueous dispersions of particulate matter treated with in-situ formed complex functional microgels with rapid formation kinetics.