Inorganic Pigments - Ferro

Inorganic Pigments
for Paints and Plastics
Performance Pigments and Colors www.ferro.com
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Inorganic Pigments for
Colouration of Paints and Plastics
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Ferro
Corporation is a world leading producer of
Performance Materials, with operations in 20
countries across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Our global presence assures top quality products
and outstanding services worldwide. Our customers
can rely on standard products and consistent
quality wherever they have operations. Technical,
marketing and management personnel are in
continuous contact with our customers. We use our
international experience to ensure that product specifications
and performance are designed to satisfy
the specific requirements demanded by regional
markets.
Our global commitment to quality, reliability,
innovation, and personal customer care is founded
on over 90 years of experience.
Business Unit Pigment Systems
Pigment Systems is a business unit of the
Performance Pigments and Colors division of Ferro
GmbH. We develop, produce, and market in Europe
our pigments and special coating materials for the
plastics- and paints- and coating industry.
ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification annually
ensures the very highest standards, while our active
participation in the international Responsible
Care-Program underlines our commitment to the
world we live in.
Ferro GmbH – Pigments for Plastics and Paints
In the paints and plastics industry Ferro´s Pigment
System unit is worldfamous for its high-quality
colouring products. Our most important goal is to
maintain a high level of product quality and to
maximize customer satisfaction. To ensure this, we
emphasize dialogue and partnership with our customers,
focusing on the challenges of their markets
and on their suggestions and requirements, as well
as on our mutual desire to protect the environment.
As a result, we are always ready to offer the most
creative and ambitious new products to our customers.
Ongoing research and development is the basis of
the high quality of our pigments, as we continually
improve not only their composition, but also our
production technology and test methods.
The production, technical advice and development
of these pigments are located in our sites Colditz
and Frankfurt am Main.
Production and Properties
Our pigments obtain their extraordinary properties
through a combination of special manufacturing
processes.
The pigments are chemically inert and have
ex cellent heat- and weathering resistance, light
fastness and opacity. They are non-warping and
non-bleeding.
The inherent properties of these pigments allow
for a wide range of end uses. Applications include
many different kinds of polymers, high quality
industrial coatings, coil coating, powder and high
heat resistant coatings, weatherproof facade coatings,
silicate coatings and stuccos.

Due to the solid state reaction and if necessary,
a subsequent washing process, all pigments meet
the high demands for heavy metal release.
Therefore most of the rutile and spinel pigments
may be used without restriction in direct food
contact applications such as food containers,
plastic dishes, and toys.
The following data applies to all pigments
men tioned in this brochure:
Sieve residue (45 µm) < 0.1 %
Water soluble components < 0.3 %
Volatile components < 0.5 %
Heat stability > 500 °C
(Exception: Violet 28-5333 is only heat-resistant up to 260 °C)
Lightfastness > 7 (Blue Wool Scale)
Weathering resistance > 4 (Grey Scale)
Migration stability = excellent
The following table contains more pigment
specific data.
Values of each shipped lot as well as the total
colour deviation ΔE and the deviation of colour
strength to the standard are given in a certificate
of analysis, and will be sent if required by our
customers. Reflection curves of the pigments may
also be provided upon request.
If your desired colour is not included in this
brochure, please contact us.
Our technical service is looking forward to
support you in finding a solution.
Cool Colors
Asphalt driveways, shingled roofs, and black cars
have something in common: out in the sun, they
are quite hot, because dark colours absorb a big
quantity of the infrared radiation of the sun.
A lot of energy is needed in cooling houses and
cars, but there is a growing interest in energy
saving and in economically preferred products.
How can we solve this dilemma?
The solution is Cool Color ® pigments!
Cool Color ® pigments, a development by Ferro, stay
much cooler in the sunlight. They offer you a great
possibility to decrease the undesirable absorption
in the IR region. Ferro Cool Color ® pigments reflect
the infrared light to a big extend, while still appearing
as intensely coloured as comparable conventional
pigments.
So cool does not mean „white“! Certainly objects
coloured white have a high reflectivity of sunlight,
but modern design requires colours, including very
dark shades.
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Technical Data
Pigment Compo- Color Crystal CAS No. EINECS No. REACH Oil Ab- Density 2 Particle BET pH 4
sition Index Structure sorption 1 (g/cm 3 ) Size 3 (m 2 /g)
(g/100g) (µm)
10401 Ti-Sb-Ni P.Y.53 Rutile 8007-18-9 232-353-3 01-2119491302-44-0001 18 4.30 1.7 2.2 7.5-8.5
V-9412 Ti-Sb-Ni P.Y.53 Rutile 8007-18-9 232-353-3 01-2119491302-44-0001 14 4.50 0.8 3.6 6.5-7.5
V-9416 Ti-Sb-Ni P.Y.53 Rutile 8007-18-9 232-353-3 01-2119491302-44-0001 14 4.60 0.8 3.7 6.5-7.5
23-6070 Ti-Sb-Cr P.Br.24 Rutiel 68186-90-3 269-052-1 01-2119491294-33-0003 20 4.30 1.1 3.7 7.0-8.0
10406 Ti-Sb-Cr P.Br.24 Rutile 68186-90-3 269-052-1 01-2119491294-33-0003 40 4.54 1.1 3.8 6.0-7.0
10408 Ti-Sb-Cr P.Br.24 Rutile 68186-90-3 269-052-1 01-2119491294-33-0003 34 4.42 2.2 3.4 5.5-6.5
23-9156 Ti-Sb-Cr P.Br.24 Rutile 68186-90-3 269-052-1 01-2119491294-33-0003 20 4.70 2.1 2.7 8.5-9.5
23-9158 Ti-Sb-Cr P.Br.24 Rutile 68186-90-3 269-052-1 01-2119491294-33-0003 18 4.30 1.7 3.1 8.5-9.5
23-6105 Fe-Ti P.Bl.12 Spinel 68187-02-0 269-064-7 pre-registered 28 5.40 1.1 2.7 8.0-9.0
26-1017 Zn-Fe P.Y.119 Spinel 68187-51-9 269-103-8 pre-registered 20 4.60 0.6 5.7 8.5-9.5
26-1050 Fe-Al P.Br. Hematite 102110-71-4 310-073-3 pre-registered 46 4.80 0.1 16.4 7.0-8.0
22-5091 Co-Al P.B.28 Spinel 1345-16-0 310-193-6 pre-registered 32 4.00 1.4 9.4 9.0-10.0
10336 Co-Al P.B.28 Spinel 1345-16-0 310-193-6 pre-registered 32 4.20 1.2 15.4 9.5-10.5
22-5070 Co-Cr-Al P.B.36 Spinel 68187-11-1 269-072-0 pre-registered 26 4.78 1.3 5.4 6.5-7.5
22-4400 Co-Cr-Al P.B.36 Spinel 68187-11-1 269-072-0 pre-registered 14 4.20 1.4 3.6 9.0-10.0
22-5600 Co-Ti P.Gr.50 Spinel 68186-85-6 269-047-4 pre-registered 24 3.70 2.2 3.2 10.5-11.5
22-5700 Co-Ti P.Gr.50 Spinel 68186-85-6 269-047-4 pre-registered 22 3.90 2.4 2.6 11.0-12.0
21-4030 Co-Ti P.Gr.50 Spinel 68186-85-6 269-047-4 pre-registered 16 5.09 1.4 3.1 8.5-9.5
21-4045 Co-Ti P.Gr.50 Spinel 68186-85-6 269-047-4 pre-registered 20 4.60 1.7 3.4 9.0-10.0
21-4700 Co-Cr P.Gr.26 Spinel 68187-49-5 269-101-7 pre-registered 18 4.90 2.0 4.0 9.0-10.0
24-3060 Mn-Fe P.BI.26 Spinel 68186-94-7 269-056-3 pre-registered 48 4.50 0.5 32.7 7.0-8.0
24-3061 Cu-Mn-Fe P.BI.26 Spinel 68186-94-7 269-056-3 pre-registered 20 3.76 1.7 5.2 9.0-10.0
24-3095 Cu-Cr P.BI.28 Spinel 68186-91-4 269-053-7 pre-registered 20 5.20 1.5 2.7 8.5-9.5
24-3303 Fe-Mn P.BI.33 Spinel 68186-94-7 269-056-3 pre-registered 16 5.04 0.5 1.2 9.0-10.0
28-5333 Sr Phosphate 101356-96-1 309-892-9 pre-registered 30 4.25 8.8 n.b. 8.5-9.5
Cool Colors TSR
23-6019 Ti-Sb-Cr P.Br.24 Rutile 68186-90-3 269-052-1 01-2119491294-33-0003 20 4.30 1.2 4.3 8.5-9.5 60
10550 Ti-Sb-Mn P.Y.164 Rutile 68412-38-4 270-185-2 01-2119491276-31-0001 20 4.20 0.6 6.3 10.0-11.0 37
V-10121 Fe-Cr P.Br.29 Spinel 12737-27-8 235-790-8 01-2119486820-33-0004 17 5.30 0.6 6.2 7.0-8.0 28
10466 Fr-Cr P.Br.29 Spinel 12737-27-8 235-790-8 01-2119486820-33-0004 18 5.10 1.0 3.8 5.5-6.5 27
V-775 Cr-Fe P.Gr.17 Hematite 68909-79-5 272-713-7 01-2119486806-23-0001 9 5.40 1.5 1.9 5.0-6.0 24
1 DIN-ISO 787 Part 5
2 DIN-ISO 787 Part 10
3 Cilas HR 850/B particle size analyser
4 DIN-ISO 787 Part 9

Pigments
10401
Yellow 53/77788
10408
Brown 24/77310
26-1050
Brown
22-5600
Green 50/77377
24-3060
Black 26/77494
Cool Colors
23-6019
Brown 24/77310
V-9412
Yellow 53/77788
23-9156
Brown 24/77310
22-5091
Blue 28/77346
22-5700
Green 50/77377
24-3061
Black 26/77494
10550
Yellow 164/77899
V-9416
Yellow 53/77788
23-9158
Brown 24/77310
10336
Blue 28/77346
21-4030
Green 50/77377
24-3095
Black 28/77428
V-10121
Brown 29/77500
23-6070
Brown 24/77310
23-6105
Black 12/77543
22-5070
Blue 36/77343
21-4045
Green 50/77377
24-3303
Black 33/77537
10466
Brown 29/77500
While every attempt has been made to reproduce colours exactly, the samples printed here may differ sligthly from the original.
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10406
Brown 24/77310
26-1017
Yellow 119/77496
22-4400
Blue 36/77343
21-4700
Green 26/77344
28-5333
V-775
Green 17/77288

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Cool Colors
Objects coloured with Cool Color ® pigments stay
cooler. Several other advantages result from this
fact:
improved comfort levels for building occupants
lower air conditioning costs, energy saving
cooler cities
the coloured parts are less subject to thermal
expansion and contraction
increased service life
less product degradation
intense colours available
How does infrared reflection work?
Approximately half of the radiation of the sun lies
within the infrared region (fig. 1). The infrared
radiation emitted by the sun is absorbed by roofs,
walls, facades, and the like, leading to a heat buildup
inside.
Fig. 1: Solar radiation spectrum
Fig. 2 illustrates the energy transfer from the out -
side inside the building. All energy that is not
reflected, convected or re-emitted, is conducted
into the inside of the building and thus increases
the interior temperature.
Fig. 2: Energy transfer in buildings
One possibility to work against this increasing
temperature is a higher reflectance of the exterior
surface of the building by coating it with a pigment
that shows high infrared reflectance.
Properties and Application
Fig. 3 shows the solar reflectance spectra of the
Cool Color ® pigments, measured in a PVDF system.
While still a major portion of the visible light is
absorbed and the pigment appears brightly
coloured, the biggest difference to conventional
pigments can be found in the infrared area. The IR
reflective pigments of the Cool Color ® range reflect
the infrared radiation to a great extend, almost as
good as the white pigment titanium dioxide,
whereas carbon black or other black pigments
absorb almost all infrared light.
Therefore objects coated with Cool Color ® -pigments
do not absorb as much solar energy and stay cooler.
Of course every pigment has a different reflectance
spectrum. The percent of solar reflectance is the
important figure. Whereas carbon black has a solar
reflectance of 5 %, the solar reflectance of Ferros
Cool Color ® pigments is significantly higher.

Cool Colors
Cool Color ® pigments are currently used in a
number of different applications such as building
exteriors, „cool roofs“, vinyl siding, automobiles,
industrial coatings – shortly: in all applications
where solar heat reflection and energy saving
properties are desired.
All Cool Color ® pigments can be mixed with each
other. Together with titanium dioxide, a full colour
palette can thus be achieved.
The matching of specific RAL colours is also possible.
If your desired colour is not included in this
brochure, please contact us. Our Technical Service
team will be happy to support you in finding a
solution.
Ferro – your partner for innovative products.
Fig. 3: Reflectance spectra of the Cool Color ® pigments (masstone), with spectrum of carbon black (Pigment Black 7)
and titanium dioxide (Kronos RN 56) for comparison
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The information and statements contained herein are provided free of charge. They are believed to be accurate at time of publication, but Ferro
makes no warranty with respect thereto, including but not limited to any results to be obtained or the infringement of any proprietary rights.
Use or application of such information or statements is at user’s sole discretion, without any liability on Ferro´s part. Nothing herein shall be
construed as a license of or recommendation for use that infringes upon any proprietary rights. All sales are subject to Ferro´s General
Conditions of Sale and Delivery.
Safety & Handling
Please refer to our Material Safety Data Sheets for safe handling and use of our pigments, prior to use.
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Performance Pigments and Colors www.ferro.com
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