Pigment & Resin Technology

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042805

It is interesting to note some might even say surprising that the European radiation curing market is larger, more dynamic and more innovative than its US and Japanese equivalents. Raw materials, at a current value of 70m, are currently growing at 815 p.a. on average, compared with 57 p.a. in the US. According to a new study from IAL Consultants, European suppliers are continually at the forefront of chemical research. New materials appear frequently a stark contrast to the US, where new materials are rarely introduced due to the onerous bureaucratic difficulties involved.

Swarup, S.

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042806

The esterified maleic and fumaric resins have been studied by Xray diffraction. Their diffraction halos have been subjected to a Fourier analysis for the first time and the physical parameters like particle size, percentage crystallanity and electrondensity fluctuations along the length of the polymer molecule have been evaluate out by standard methods. The results indicate that the two resins are isomeric in nature. This conclusion is further supported by a measurement of the variation in ultrasonic velocity with concentration in xylene solutions of these resins.

Lower, Edgar S.

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042807

Oleochemicals are materials not derived from petroleum, but from the main chemical components of animal, marine and vegetable oils, glycerides, and include the fatty acids themselves and glycerol, and many derivatives, e.g. fatty alcohols, fatty amides, fatty amines, fatty acid esters, sulphur derivatives, phosphorous derivatives, polyoxyethylated and polyoxypropylated materials, etc.

AbdelMohdy, F.A.; ElSawy, S.M.

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042808

A water repellent fluorenated monomer was used in a mixture of monomers for treatment of pine wood samples, using both, impregnation and graft copolymerization methods. This resulted in obtaining a new woodbased material, the properties of which are superior to those of the natural untreated one. The total polymer loading was generally low, but it was sufficient for improving the mechanical properties with an obvious decrease in the water uptake. Better results of bending strength can be obtained on treatment using the graft copolymerization technique, this can be attributed to the chemical bonding of the polymer with cellulose on grafting.

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042809

A dramatic laser light show has launched a new 10 million Shell Chemicals UK epoxy resins plant in Cheshire.

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042810

A new paint system, custom designed to meet the production requirements of MF Industrial's new 1 millionplus spray plant for construction machines at Old Trafford, Manchester, has been developed by Macpherson Industrial Coatings.

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042811

OPAL Organic Pollutant Alarm Immediate detection of volatile organic materials in water and effluent is now possible using the new OPAL Organic Pollution Alarm from Cavendish Applied Technology.

1991 Pigment & Resin Technology

doi: 10.1108/eb042812

A plant for the manufacture of a wide range of NeoCrest polyester resins developed specifically to meet the needs of powder coatings was opened recently in Waalwijk, The Netherlands.