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Nov 5, 2012 | Article
By Ben van Leeuwen
The market penetration of Epoxy high-solid coatings has been facilitated by the fact that many industrial users tend to view this high-solid technology as a logical extension of the conventional...
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Sep 10, 2012 | Article
By Edward M. Petrie
The concept of microencapsulation has interested coatings, adhesive, and sealant (CAS) formulators for some time. Most applications that will come immediately to the formulator’s mind involve the...
Apr 1, 2012 | Article
The United Nations issued the Brundtland Report in the 1980s that defined sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future...
Oct 4, 2011 | Article
By Joseph E. Sabol
Polymer chemistry was a popular topic at the American Chemical Society 242nd National Meeting, held in Denver CO USA, 28 August 2011 - 01 September 2011. Here is a review of some interesting work...
Apr 7, 2010 | Article
By Sander van Loon
High Throughput (HT) technologies are getting more and more interest of the coating industry to speed up coating development. With the High Throughput systems, you can automatically prepare...
Mar 10, 2010 | Article
It is clear that laws governing the use of VOC-containing coatings are becoming increasingly more stringent. For example, the maximum permissible level of VOC for Essential Public Service Coatings...
Jan 13, 2010 | Article
For more than two decades, the "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden near the Walker Art Center has been a symbol of the Twin Cities. In February, after more than 20...
Apr 8, 2009 | Article
It is said that glass flake was developed in the United States around 1959 and was used initially for the reinforcement of what was, at that time, new-technology roof-light panels made from a...
Mar 4, 2009 | Article
The cashew (Anacardium occidentale) tree is native to northeastern Brazil, where it is called by its Portuguese name Caju (the fruit) or Cajureiro (the tree). It is now widely grown in tropical...
Apr 9, 2008 | Article
By PCI Magazine
Phenalkamine curing agents, derived from the cashew nutshell liquid, provide outstanding anti-corrosion properties to epoxy coatings. The only way for a western company to maintain or possibly gain...