Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 20 Issue 8

Comment

With the aid of a contract from the Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate (TEED) the Paintmakers have now completed an in‐depth survey amongst both members and…

Synthesis and study of phenols‐furfural resin from Egyptian cotton straw

E.A. Hassan, A.M. Motawie, M.M. Kamel

Phenols‐furfural resin (analogous to novolake type phenol‐formaldehyde) was obtained from condensation reaction between cotton straw powder and phenolic product in presence of an…

Factors affecting critical concentration of a resin in solution

K.V.S.N. Raju, M. Yaseen

The objective of this presentation is to correlate the flow properties of a semi and concentrated solution of resin to its critical concentration. Viscosity of resin solution in…

Letter from America USA

Paintman

Chemists at Cornell University have developed a series of monomolecular and polymeric precursors that photolyze to yield amine catalysts. These compounds could find use as…

Acid catalysed lacquers come of age

Acid catalysed lacquers have earned a reputation as being the workhouse of the woodfinishing range. With their excellent durability, acid catalysed finishes are commonly used for…

Prize‐winning St Ives firm links exports with success

A firm in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, which produces high‐speed ink jet printing equipment in many languaes at the touch of a button, has won this year's Export Award for Smaller…

Equipment

The new PosiTector 5000 coating thickness gauges now offered by Sheen Instruments are justifiably described as “unique”. This is because they are the only low cost gauges that can…

Industry

Prompt response times have won CMB General Packaging an order to supply Manders Paints with Polycans for some of its fastest selling lines. Manders' ‘own brand’ Maestro Emulsion…