US5672201A
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Composite pigmentary material
Assignee: Tioxide Group Services Ltd
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Filing: 1996-03-05
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Granted: 1997-09-30
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Expires: 2016-03-05
Abstract
Abstract A process for preparing a structured composite pigmentary material comprises forming a dispersion of uncoated particles of titanium dioxide at a pH value at which the particles have a surface charge and subjecting the dispersion to cross-flow filtration until the dispersion contains more than 50% by weight titanium dioxide. The concentrated dispersion is mixed with a dispersion of chemically distinct particles having a surface charge of opposite sign under conditions which ensure that the sign of the surface charge on either of the particulate materials is not reversed. In the resultant composite pigmentary material the titanium dioxide particles are held in association with the chemically distinct particles as a result of said surface charges. The structured composite can be used to produce paints having higher opacity than conventional paints containing an equivalent amount of titanium dioxide and the durability of these paints is better than a conventional paint containing a similar amount of uncoated titanium dioxide.
Inventors
- 👤 Leslie Ainsley Simpson
- 👤 Keith Robson
- 👤 David Trevor Knight
- 👤 Ronald Brown
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 22:46
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09C; C09C1/00; C09C1/0081; C09C1/0084; C08; C08K; C08K3/00; C08K3/18; C08K3/20; C08K3/22; C08K9/00; C08K9/02; C09C1/36; C09C1/3607; C09C1/3653; C09C1/3661; C09C1/3669; C09C1/3676; C09D; C09D7/00; C09D7/40; C09D7/60; C09D7/61; C09D7/66; C09D7/68; C01; C01P; C01P2002/00; C01P2002/60; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/62; C01P2004/80; C01P2004/82; C01P2004/84; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/40; C01P2006/60; C08K2003/2237; C08K2003/2241
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
A process for the preparation of a structured composite pigmentary material comprising forming an aqueous dispersion of uncoated particles of pigmentary titanium dioxide, said dispersion having a pH value such that the particles of titanium dioxide have a surface charge, subjecting the dispersion to the effects of cross-flow filtration, continuing the cross-flow filtration until the dispersion contains more than 50 per cent by weight titanium dioxide and subsequently mixing said dispersion with a dispersion of chemically distinct particles having a surface charge of opposite sign to the charge on the titanium dioxide particles under conditions such that the mixing does not produce a reversal of the sign of the surface charge on one of the particulate materials, thereby forming a composite pigmentary material in which titanium dioxide particles are held in association with chemically distinct particles as a result of said surface charges.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
143 words
A process for the preparation of a structured composite pigmentary material comprising forming an aqueous dispersion of uncoated particles of pigmentary titanium dioxide, said dispersion having a pH value such that the particles of titanium dioxide have a surface charge, subjecting the dispersion to the effects of cross-flow filtration, continuing the cross-flow filtration until the dispersion contains more than 50 per cent by weight titanium dioxide and subsequently mixing said dispersion with a dispersion of chemically distinct particles having a surface charge of opposite sign to the charge on the titanium dioxide particles under conditions such that the mixing does not produce a reversal of the sign of the surface charge on one of the particulate materials, thereby forming a composite pigmentary material in which titanium dioxide particles are held in association with chemically distinct particles as a result of said surface charges.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the chemically distinct particles comprise polymeric organic particles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 2 in which the polymeric particles contain voids or vesicles.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 2 in which the polymeric particles have a negative surface charge.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the chemically distinct material is selected from the group consisting of silica, silicates, aluminium oxide, aluminium hydroxide, sulphates, carbonates, clays, waxes and proteins.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the dispersion of chemically distinct particles is prepared in the absence of a dispersing agent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the dispersion of chemically distinct particles is subjected to a milling step using a milling means selected from the group consisting of high speed impeller mills, ball mills, sand mills and ultrasound.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the dispersion of chemically distinct particles contains at least 20 per cent solids by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the titanium dioxide is milled and subjected to a washing step to reduce the proportion of soluble salts on the surface of the particles.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the titanium dioxide has an average crystal size between 0.1 and 0.4 micrometer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 10 in which the titanium dioxide is rutile titanium dioxide having an average crystal size between 0.2 and 0.3 micrometer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the titanium dioxide is rutile titanium dioxide having an average particle size in the dispersion between 0.2 and 0.35 micrometer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the dispersion of titanium dioxide has a pH value in the range 2.0 to 5.5.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the dispersion of titanium dioxide contains a dispersing agent at a concentration from 0.05 to 0.4 per cent by weight with respect to titanium dioxide in the dispersion.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the dispersion of titanium dioxide has a concentration prior to cross-flow filtration of less than 40 per cent titanium dioxide by weight.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 1 in which during the cross-flow filtration the water and water soluble components are induced to flow through the membrane by pressure alone.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the cross-flow filtration is carried out at a temperature in the range 30° C. to 80° C.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the cross-flow filtration utilises a membrane comprising a metal mesh supporting a porous ceramic material.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the cross-flow filtration utilises a membrane having a nominal pore size between 0.01 and 0.2 micrometer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the cross-flow filtration is carried out at a transmembrane pressure between 0.1 MPa and 1.0 MPa.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the cross-flow filtration uses a cross-flow viscosity above 0.5 meter per second.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the cross-flow filtration is continued until the dispersion of titanium dioxide contains between 60 and 80 per cent titanium dioxide by weight.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the chemically distinct particles have an average particle size in the range 0.02 to 0.5 micrometer.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the chemically distinct particles and the titanium dioxide are present in the composite pigmentary material in a ratio of chemically distinct particles to titanium dioxide in the range 0.3:1 to 3.0:1 by volume.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the pH values of the dispersion of titanium dioxide particles and the dispersion of chemically distinct particles differ by not more than 1 pH unit when the two dispersions are mixed.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
57 words
A process according to claim 1 in which a dispersion of titanium dioxide at a pH of 4 to 5 is mixed with a dispersion of polymeric organic particles having a pH of 6 to 9 whilst the pH of the resultant mixture is maintained in the range 4 to 5 by simultaneous addition of an acid.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
54 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the dispersion of titanium dioxide and the dispersion of chemically distinct particles are mixed at a pH in the range 3 to 5 and the pH of the resulting dispersion of structured composite pigment is subsequently adjusted to a value in the range 6 to 10.
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