Colloid chemistry: the key and the challenge to aqueous coatings' formulation and properties

Abstract

The abbreviated review touches upon the colloid science detail in multiple industrial usages. The inter‐relation of the paint chemist, the paper chemist and the textile chemist, or engineers in those fields, as colloid scientists is stressed. The commonality of the systems containing pigment/ filler solids, binders and rheology controllers (albeit in different ratios) is noted. The challenges offered on these systems minor constituents (surfactants, oligomers and salts) are approximated in simple models studied by the academic colloid scientists, but pose real problems to the formulators of commercial systems. The final statements call for more interaction and mutual learning from these varied industrial systems' researchers.

Citation

Athey, R.D. (1977), "Colloid chemistry: the key and the challenge to aqueous coatings' formulation and properties", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 6 No. 9, pp. 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb041311