Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 9 Issue 8

Comment

At a time when most industries are reporting a decline in activities, it is worth noting that the field of abrasive blast cleaning of steel fabrications has never been busier. Ten…

Flocculation — which factors influence it? — Part I

U. Kaluza

“Flocculation” is a generally unloved characteristic of pigmented systems. The question in the title, however, presumes that one knows what flocculation is. But if one asks…

High‐solids one‐component paints based on saturated polyester resins: Part 2

Dieter Stoye, Jörg Dörffel

The dependence of the absolute solution viscosity on the concentration by weight shows that the viscosity contribution 1[?], which is to be ascribed to oligomer/solvent…

A novel use of gel permeation chromatography in the determination of the composition of resin blends

R.A. Ellis

A novel technique to determine the composition of two‐component resin blends using G.P.C. in conjunction with an iterative curve‐fitting computer program is described. The method…

Developments in coating thickness measurement instrumentation

T.D.T. Latter

Since the 1974 oil crisis and the subsequent escalation of organic finishing materials, there has been a considerable change in the attitude towards investment in…

Equipment

Anglia Fluid Treatments Ltd, P.O. Box 34, Shipston‐on‐Stour, Warwicks, claim that following the installation of an electrolytic device to prevent formation of hard water scale in…

Materials

Synthetic Resins Ltd, Edwards Lane, Speke, Liverpool L23 9HR are offering a range of resins for industrial coatings (stoving enamels) which are completely reducible in water and…

People

Camrex (Holdings) Ltd, has appointed Dr. Ralph Kay Group Technical Director.

Industry

The first ever presentation of the Joule Award was made last month by Professor G. A. Gamlen, Chairman of the Manchester Section of the Society of Chemical Industry, to Mr. A. A…