Oct 24, 2007 | Article
By PCI Magazine
The emulsion polymerization process has been discussed in a number of publications.1-9 The primary role of surfactants in emulsion polymerization is to lower the interfacial tension, which allows...
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Oct 17, 2007 | Article
Besides high efficiency, UV stabilizers have to meet some other basic, but most important requirements. To grant such high efficiency, perfect compatibility, that is excellent solubility in the...
Oct 3, 2007 | Article
The improvement process adventure starts when your manager walks in and says "we need to - fix the product, increase the yield of, and reduce the cost of. The time table for achieving the assignment...
Sep 26, 2007 | Article
The quest to produce environmentally friendly and low-toxicity coatings has generated many new types of coatings and modifications to existing systems. One broad (if slightly artificial)...
Sep 19, 2007 | Article
Coatings manufacturers use various methods for quality assurance/quality control or QA/QC. The devices are simple and low-cost. Data usually consists of one point, giving what essentially is a...
Aug 29, 2007 | Article
By The American Chemistry Council
It has been nearly 100 years since large-scale, production-line manufacturing made automobiles affordable for average Americans-and we haven't looked back since. 1. The U.S. interstate system...
Aug 22, 2007 | Article
If your car is damaged, you hope that (among other things) the bodyshop will be able to match both the appearance and the durability of the original finish on the repaired areas of bodywork. Yet in...
Aug 8, 2007 | Article
One of the unfortunate consequences of the digital revolution has been the greater ease with which all kinds of printed matter and manufactured goods can be counterfeited, and the greater speed with...
Jul 25, 2007 | Article
The term 'floor coatings' covers many technologies and applications whose main common property is a requirement for a hard-wearing, abrasion and scuff resistant surface. The primary types of floor...
Jul 18, 2007 | Article
To assure continued consumer satisfaction the following stability issues of paint products have to be minimized or avoided: 1. Syneresis - separation of the liquid dispersion media 2. Pigment...