Drawing from the third edition of The Coatings Technology Handbook, this text provides a detailed analysis of the raw materials used in the coatings, adhesives, paints, and inks industries. It contains chapters on the latest polymers, carbon resins, and high-temperature materials used for coatings, adhesives, and varnishes today. The text offers an in-depth examination of raw materials categorized into four types: resins, solvents, pigments, and additives. Concise chapters describe the development, chemical and physical properties, synthesis and polymerization, commerical uses, and other characteristics of each raw material and coating.

From the Preface: “...Resins may be called binders, polymers, elastomers, and by their chemical name, such as acrylic, alkyd, nitrocellulose, etc. Their job is to hold the coating together and adhere it to the substrate. Solvents — organic or water — permit the coating to be applied to the substrate, and then they leave. Pigments come in many types. They are there for aesthetic (color) purposes, resistance properties or reinforcing properties. Additives are materials added in small quantities to modify the overall properties to meet a specification...”

Target Audience: Materials scientists, chemists, engineers, technicians, researchers, and manufacturers concerned with coatings, paints, inks, or adhesives.

Table of Contents:

Materials:

Acrylic Polymers; Vinyl Ether Polymers; Poly(Styrene-Butadiene); Liquid Polymers for Coatings; Polyesters; Alkyd Resins; The Polyurea Revolution; Phenolic Resins; Coal Tar and Asphalt Coatings; Vulcanizate Thermoplastic Elastomers; Olefinic Thermoplastic Elastomers; Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer (EVOH) Resins; Elastomeric Alloy Thermoplastic Elastomers; Polyvinyl Chloride and Its Copolymers in Plastisol Coatings; Polyvinyl Acetal Resins; Polyimides; Parylene Coating; Nitrocellulose; Soybean, Blood, and Casein Glues; Fish Gelatin and Fish Glue; Waxes; Carboxymethylcellulose; Hydroxyethylcellulose; Antistatic and Conductive Additives; Silane Adhesion Promoters; Chromium Complexes; Nonmetallic Fatty Chamicals; Organic Peroxides; Surfactants for Waterborne Coatings Applications; Surfactants, Dispersants, and Defoamers; Pigment Dispersion; Colored Inorganic Pigments; Organic Pigments; Amino Resins; Driers; Biocides; Clays; Fluorocarbon Resins; High Temperature Pigments; Polyurethane Associateive Thickeners

Surface Coatings:

Flexographic Inks; Multicolor Coatings; Paintings Conservation Varnish; Thermoset Powder Coatings; Peelable Medical Coatings; Conductive Coatings; Silicone Release Coatings; Silicone Hard Coatings; Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives and Adhesive Products; Self-Seal Adhesives; Solgel Coatings; Radiation-Cured Coatings; Nonwoven Fabric Binders; Fire-Retardant/Fire-Resistive Coatings; Leather Coatings; Metal Coatings; Corrosion and Its Control by Coatings; Marine Coatings; Decorative Surface Protection Products; Coated Fabrics for Protective Clothing; Coated Products for Apparel Use; Architectural Fabrics; Gummed Tape; Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems; Optical Fiber Coatings; Exterior Wood Finishes; Pharmaceutical Tablet Coating; Textiles for Coating; Nonwovens as Coating and Laminating Substrates; General Use of Inks and the Dyes Used to Make Them; Gravure Inks; Artist's Paints

Index

Note: Coatings Technology: Fundamentals, Testing, and Processing Techniques is a companion volume.