Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 14 Issue 1

The applications of gel permeation chromatography in the paint and allied industries. Part 3

R.A. Ellis

The effects of catalysts used to promote the reaction of epoxy‐anhydride mixtures was studied by Nuss (77) using a GPC technique. It was demonstrated that when the polymerisation…

A brief general history of the UK paint industry: Part 1. Near the Beginning

Hannah Roon

Rioting and looting can take several forms and can be enacted at different levels of society and be subjected to a range of criteria; war is a form of looting and rioting, but is…

Relationships between rheological properties and paint performance

N.V.K. Dutt, D.H.L. Prasad

Paints (surface coatings), primarily used to protect various substrates from the corroding action of acidic and alkaline substances, largely contain polymers as coating…

Coatings Update: Pollution, toxicity, regulation and the paint industry: Part 2

Americus

An interesting article in the American Paint & Coatings Journal [February 18 (1980) p. 55] describes for the consumer how his choice of paints will change because of the desire of…

Materials

The latest addition to the Cascomelt range of hot melt bookbinding adhesives is fast setting grade HM‐364. It is claimed that whilst maintaining good flexibility and cold crack…

Equipment

A major product launch brings a new range of coating thickness gauges from Elcometer. A new concept of upgrading enables the customer to buy cost‐effective instruments which…

Industry

For more than 12 years Prestige, one of the country's biggest names in the manufacture of kitchen products, and Crown Paints Industrial Finishes have enjoyed a successful…

Industry

Three senior appointments have been announced in the International Paint Packaging Coatings Division.