Highly lustrous silver-colored pigments with high opacity and metallic appearance, process for the preparation thereof and use of same

US9265701B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9265701-B2
Application numberUS-201214007285-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 23, 2012
Priority dateMar 25, 2011
Publication dateFeb 23, 2016
Grant dateFeb 23, 2016

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A silver-colored pigment is provided having a nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate and at least one ilmenite-containing coating, wherein the nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate is a nonmetallic platelet-shaped synthetic substrate and the amount of iron compounds, calculated as elemental iron, in the pigment is less than 5.0 % by weight, based on the total weight of the pigment. Processes for preparing the pigment also are provided.

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What is claimed is: 1. A silver-colored pigment having a metallic character or effect and comprising a nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate, at least one titanium oxide layer, and at least one ilmenite-containing coating, wherein the nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate is a nonmetallic platelet-shaped synthetic substrate and the amount of iron compounds, calculated as elemental iron, in the pigment is less than 5.0% by weight, based on the total weight of the pigment, wherein the at least one ilmenite-containing coating has a concentration gradient which decreases in the substrate direction, and wherein the pigment has a flop intensity F i , defined as the product of flop index and glitter intensity S_i as a function of the average particle size D 50 , in accordance with formula (II) Flop ⁢ ⁢ intensity ⁢ ⁢ ( F i ) = Flop ⁢ ⁢ index · S_i D 50 , ( II ) of at least 10. 2. The silver-colored pigment according to claim 1 , wherein the pigment comprises the following structure: (a) nonmetallic platelet-shaped synthetic substrate, (b) titanium oxide layer, and (c) ilmenite layer. 3. The silver-colored pigment according to claim 1 , wherein the pigment has an iron(III) oxide content of less than 0.5% by weight, based on the total weight of the pigment. 4. The silver-colored pigment according to claim 1 , wherein the silver-colored pigment has a chroma with a measurement geometry of 110°, relative to the angle of emergence of the light irradiated at 45°, is C* 110 ≦2.4. 5. The silver-colored pigment according to claim 1 , wherein the ilmenite-containing coating layer of the pigment has an average layer thickness from a range from 1 nm to 20 nm. 6. The silver-colored pigment according to claim 1 , wherein the pigment has an iron/titanium weight ratio as a function of the coating, in accordance with formula (I) Iron ⁢ ⁢ content ⁢ ⁢ ( % ⁢ ⁢ by ⁢ ⁢ weight ) Titanium ⁢ ⁢ content ⁢ ⁢ ( % ⁢ ⁢ by ⁢ ⁢ weight ) ·   Fraction ⁢ ⁢ of ⁢ ⁢ the ⁢ ⁢ coating ⁢ ⁢ ( % ⁢ ⁢ by ⁢ ⁢ weight ) , ( I ) in a range from 1 to 8, where “iron content” stands for the amount of iron compounds, calculated as elemental iron, and “titanium content” stands for the amount of titanium compounds, calculated as elemental titanium, in each case in the pigment and based on the total weight of the pigment, and where the “fraction of the coating (% by weight)” stands for the weight fraction, based on the total weight of the pigment, of the coating applied to the substrate. 7. The silver-colored pigment according to claim 1 , wherei

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What does patent US9265701B2 cover?
A silver-colored pigment is provided having a nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate and at least one ilmenite-containing coating, wherein the nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate is a nonmetallic platelet-shaped synthetic substrate and the amount of iron compounds, calculated as elemental iron, in the pigment is less than 5.0 % by weight, based on the total weight of the pigment. Processes for…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Grüner Michael, Schneider Thomas, Kaupp Günter, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61K8/29. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
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Publication date Tue Feb 23 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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