Infrared reflective color pigment
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- FERRO CORP
- Publication Date
- 2001-09-20
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09 / 178,957, filed Oct. 26, 1998.
[0002] The present invention concerns new solid solutions which are useful as inorganic color pigments. More particularly, the present invention concerns new solid solutions having a corundum-hematite crystalline structure which are useful as inorganic color pigments, some of which exhibit low Y CIE tri-stimulus values and high reflectivity in the near infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
[0003] Chromium green-black hematite (basic chemical formula: Cr.sub.2O.sub.3) is an inorganic color pigment, C.I. Pigment Green 17, having a corundum-hematite crystalline structure. It is commonly used to impart a green color to ceramics, paints, polymers, and other materials. The DCMA Classification and Chemical Description of the Complex Inorganic Color Pigments, Third Addition (1991), published by the Dry Color Manufacturer's Association, states that its compos...