Jetfine 1A, a new ultrafine talc to confer superior hiding power and brightness to paint without diminishing gloss

Frdric Jouffret, Jean-Jacques Pauly, Michel Mnez, Forrest Hentz American Coatings Conference and Show Rio Tinto Minerals April 2010

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Luzenac: Talc for the world

RTM produces, ships and sells a wide range of talc products from its mines and processing plants in Europe, America and Asia-Pacific to customers in over 100 countries. Market-focused talc producer Widest talc product range
Europe

North America

AsiaPacific

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Research & Development R&D centers in Denver and Toulouse Analytical support Key end-uses for RTM products
Glass & Ceramics Plastics & Paints Forest products (Wood preservation & Paper) Agriculture

Key properties of RTM products

Energy savings Property enhancement in Polymer & Coatings Micronutrient Enable recycling and cost effective

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A proven track record of Innovation

Coatings-specific customer formulation assistance 1975 1980

Mistron Monomix micronsed extender for decorative coatings

Vertal lamellar talc for Primers

Jetfine 1A Ultrafine talc

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2010 High Aspect Ratio (HAR) talc in can and coil coatings

A full range of talc and chlorite mineral pigments for coatings

Engineered Talc for Marine and Protective Coatings

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Jetfine 1A, a new ultrafine talc to confer superior hiding power and brightness to paint without diminishing gloss
Superior dry hiding in low and high PVC coatings Efficient TiO2 extender Cost savings

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Jetfine 1A talc, ultra fine grind

Jetfine talcs have been developed using proprietary, ultrafine, micronizing technology which produces highly lamellar talcs with a high specific surface area. Jetfine 1A is a natural, high purity, microcrystalline talc With a top cut of 5m and a median particle size of less than 1m, Jetfine is the finest talc grade available on the coatings market.

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Jetfine 1A talc, ultra fine grind confers a range of benefits to decorative paints
Whiteness: Jetfine 1A is based on high brightness talc ore: L* > 91 and b* < 1.5 It can be used as a TiO2 extender in low and high PVC coatings. Hydrophobicity Due to its platy form and the inert nature of the platelet surfaces, Jetfine 1A is highly hydrophobic. It is suitable for use in exterior and interior coatings, both industrial and decorative. Dry hiding Thanks to its fineness and brightness, Jetfine 1A improves dry hiding in decorative paint.
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Jetfine 1A talc as an extender in gloss alkyd paint

Jetfine 1A can be used as a filler for gloss alkyd paint without diminishing gloss. It is easy to apply and confers superior hiding power on irregular surfaces such as moldings. It is also a suitable partial replacement for TiO2 and alkyd thixotropic resin, enabling the formulation cost to be reduced.

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Jetfine 1A talc as an extender in gloss alkyd paint

Efficient TiO2 extender Cost savings

* Thanks to its ultra-fine grind, new Jetfine provides formulators with a cost-efficient alternative to TiO2 for low %PVC paints and enamels.

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Jetfine 1A talc as an extender in gloss emulsion paint

Standard (% weight) Water Orotan 731 A (Dow Chemical) Byk 024 Acrysol RM 2020 (Dow Chemical) Texanol Propylene Glycol TiO2 RHD2 (Tioxide) Jetfine 1A Primal HG 98 (Dow chemical) Total 11.8 0.8 0.5 2.4 2.0 3.1 20.5 58.9 100 Optimized (% weight) 11.8 0.8 0.5 2.4 2.0 3.1 19.3 2.0 58.2 100

Jetfine 1A can be used as a filler for gloss emulsion paint without diminishing gloss. It is also a suitable partial replacement for TiO2 and emulsion resin, enabling the formulation cost to be reduced.

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Jetfine 1A talc as an extender in gloss emulsion paint

Efficient TiO2 extender Cost savings
Brightness (L*)

96.7%

cost savings

98.5% -2.0%

Opacity (L*B / L*W)

* Thanks to its ultra-fine grind, new Jetfine provides formulators with a cost-efficient alternative to TiO2 for low %PVC paints and enamels.

45 75.5 80.4 48

Gloss 60

Gloss 20
Best values are noted on the outside of the axis One graduation is 2 standard deviations

Standard Optimised with 2% Jetfine 1A

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Jetfine 1A talc as an extender in high PVC emulsion decorative paint

Replacing an extender such as synthetic aluminium silicate by Jetfine 1A requires a simple reformulation:
replace one part of extender by one part of Jetfine 1A reduce the resin level by 4 to 16% depending on the amount of synthetic aluminium silicate in the formulation increase the calcite to maintain the dry solid content.

The difference in oil absorption enables us to reduce binder content for a similar PVC/CPVC ratioresulting in a reduced formulation cost.

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New Rio Tinto Minerals offering

-> HAR talc for Coil coatings -> Firebrake ZB, a new solution for intumescent Paint

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HAR talc for Coil coatings

Barrier Properties Minimizes settling Improves salt spray resistance

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Firebrake ZB, a new solution for intumescent Paint

Smoke suppressant Char promoter Synergistic effects with HAR talc Reduced heat resistance

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Thank you for your attention!

Please visit our booth #1331 for more information

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