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Colorants
for plastics colorations
organic and inorganic pigments
soluble dyestuffs
Heliogen
pigments
Lithol
pigments
Paliogen
pigments
Paliotol
pigments
Sicomin
pigments
Sicopal
pigments
Sicotan
pigments
Sicotrans
pigments
Lumogen
F dyes
Thermoplast dyes
Range
Physical form powder or for products suffixed FG fine granules
Storage According to the experience gained so far, the pigments and dyes
listed in this Technical Information bulletin have, if stored cool and
dry, a practically unlimited shelf life.
For certain plastics and applications it is often advantageous to use
fully dispersed, low-dusting pigments like Eupolen
mono-pigment
preparations instead of pure pigments. This applies in particular to
the coloration of very thin-walled products, when a very high degree
of dispersion or dust-free conditions is required or when the pigments
are to be metered automatically.
Eupolen
C preparations (powder)
Oppasin
preparations (chips)
Pigment preparations
For more information please refer to the Technical Information bul-
letins, shade cards and brochures for the respective range.
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General
Aside from the field of application and the quality standard related
to it, cost is an important issue when choosing a colorant. These
criteria were taken into consideration when selecting the pigments
to be listed in this Technical Information bulletin. These products
meet medium to high standards of fastness to light, heat stability,
fastness to migration and dispersibility.
The letter K in a pigments name indicates that the product has
been developed for the coloration of plastics and that the release
inspection is carried out in plastics. Exceptions are:
Lumogen
light stabilizers.
You can find illustrations of the colorants in our pocket shade card
Pigments for plastics (EVP 2405 DE).
Technical literature Aside from the Technical Information bulletins and shade cards
already mentioned, more are referred to within this document.
Please contact our sales force to receive your copy. Shade cards
and brochures can also be requested by e-mail from
service.evp@basf-ag.de. Most documents are also available in the
PDF file format on the Internet: www.basf.com/pigments.
Quality management
The production facilities for all products listed in this Technical In-
formation bulletin are certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001, and
so is the responsible operating division Performance Chemicals as
a whole.
Technical data
Fastness to light The fastness to light is determined on injection-molded plaques of
approximately 3 mm thickness. They are exposed to light accord-
ing to DIN EN ISO 105-B 01 and assessed on the wool blue scale
described in DIN EN ISO 105-B 01:
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rating property
1 very poor
2 poor
3 moderate
4 fairly good
5 good
6 very good
7 excellent
8 outstanding
Fastness to weathering Determined according to DIN EN ISO 4892-2 and assessed on the
gray scale described in DIN EN 20105-A02.
Heat stability The heat stability is determined according to DIN EN 12877-1 on a
white reduction (organic pigments 1:10, inorganic pigments 1:4).
The temperature of a PE-HD melt in an injection-molding machine
is increased from 200 C (392 F) to 300 C (592 F) in steps of
20 C (68 F) with a 5-minute dwell time. The heat stability denotes
the highest temperature at which there is no noticeable change in
shade (i. e., total color difference E* is up to three units relative to
the specimen prepared at 200 C). Lumogen
F and Thermoplast
dyes are tested in different thermoplastics.
Fastness to migration The fastness to migration is determined on a calendered PVC film
in contact with a white-pigmented PVC film according to
DIN 53775, part 3, at the pigment concentration indicated in the
tables below. Other concentrations may result in different ratings.
Ease of dispersion The ease of dispersion is determined following DIN EN 13900-2 in
PVC-p, some pigments are tested in PE. The pigment is dispersed
on a roll mill at 160 C (320 F). A part of the sheeted-out com-
pound is allowed to cool to room temperature and then milled at
130 C (266 F) again. The ease of dispersion is calculated from the
increase of the relative color strength. The lower the value, the
easier the pigment is to disperse.
Bulk volume The bulk volume indicates the weight in grams of 1 cm of untamp-
ed material, determined according to DIN ISO 171.
Density The density is determined according to DIN EN ISO 787-10 on a
pyknometer.
Suitability Please see the relevant tables for information on certain plastics.
Germany Recommendation IX of the Bundes-
institut fr Risikobewertungen (Federal
Institute for Risk Assessments, BfR,
formerly BgVV), Colorants for the
coloration of plastics and other poly-
mers for materials and articles
Suitability for
food-contact applications
France Brochure No. 1227, French positive
list
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USA FDA, Title 21, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, 178.3297, Colorants for poly-
mers
More information on application in food-contact articles and toys is
available from our Technical Information bulletin Directives and
regulations on the use of colorants in food-contact applications and
toys and the data sheets on product safety for the individual
products.
EVP 008905 e, December 2005 Page 5 of 27 Colorants for plastic colorations
Heliogen
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Heliogen
Blue K 6850
Heliogen
Blue K 6902
Heliogen
Blue K 6907
Heliogen
Blue K 6911 D
Heliogen
Blue K 6911 FP
Heliogen
Blue K 7090
Heliogen
Blue K 7090 FP
Heliogen
Blue K 7104 LW
Heliogen
Green K 8730
Heliogen
Green K 8730 FP
Heliogen
Green K 9360
suitable
limited suitability, preliminary tests required
not suitable
Their well-known good fastness properties make Heliogen
pig-
ments suitable for nearly all plastics and processing techniques.
Coloristically, both the highly transparent hues and the shades
achieved by combination with titanium dioxide or inorganic chro-
matic pigments are of great interest. In both cases, the fastnesses to
weathering and light are outstanding. Even reductions with a high
proportion or titanium dioxide still yield good fastness ratings.
Heliogen
Blue K 7104 LW
(LW = low warping) which practically shows no warping effect. For
more information on this product, please refer to the brochure
Heliogen
Green K 8730 FP are offered with a certified filter pressure value. For
Heliogen
Blue
K 6911 FP to be 2 bar/g. Thus these grades are particularly suited
for the spin-dyeing of fibers. For more information, please refer to the
brochure Color your fibers with warranty! FP pigments with certified
filter pressure value.
EVP 008905 e, December 2005 Page 8 of 27 Colorants for plastic colorations
Lithol
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Lithol
Scarlet K 4165 BON red 2B, Sr lake Pigment Red 48:3 15 865:3
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Lithol
Red K 3690
Lithol
Scarlet K 4165
suitable
limited suitability, preliminary tests required
not suitable
Lithol
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Paliogen
Red K 3580
Paliogen
Red K 3911 HD
Paliogen
Red K 4180
Paliogen
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Paliotol
Yellow K 0961 HD
Paliotol
Yellow K 1090
Paliotol
Yellow K 1700
Paliotol
Yellow K 1841
Paliotol
Yellow K 1841 FP
Paliotol
Yellow K 2142 H
Paliotol
Yellow K 2270
suitable
limited suitability, preliminary tests required
not suitable
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Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion: 200 C = 392 F, 280 C = 536 F, 300 C = 592 F, 320 C = 608 F
EVP 008905 e, December 2005 Page 13 of 27 Colorants for plastic colorations
Paliotol
Yellow K 2142 H, based on isoindoline, are mainly used in all tech-
nologies of polyolefin (PE-LD, PE-HD, PP) coloration. They are also
well suitable for application in PVC-p and PVC-u.
Their chemical structure makes Paliotol
Yellow K 1841 FP and Paliotol
yellows
into orange. Compared with Paliotol
Yellow K 1841 FP, it has coarser particles and thus is more reddish
and weaker, but has superior fastness properties (fastness to light,
heat stability). Its hiding power and color strength are distinctly
better than that of isoindolinone pigments, making it a cost-effec-
tive alternative for the application in polyolefin films and injection
molding as well as in PVC.
All products from the isoindoline range (Paliotol
Yellow K 1841,
Paliotol
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Sicomin
Yellow K 1625
Sicomin
Yellow K 1630 S
Sicomin
Yellow K 1922
Sicomin
Yellow K 1925
Sicomin
Red K 3023
Sicomin
Red K 3030 S
Sicomin
Red K 3130 S
suitable
limited suitability, preliminary tests required
not suitable
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EVP 008905 e, December 2005 Page 15 of 27 Colorants for plastic colorations
Sicomin
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Sicopal
Black 0090
Sicopal
Yellow K 1120 FG
Sicopal
Yellow K 1160 FG
Sicopal
Brown K 2595
Sicopal
Brown K 2795
Sicopal
Blue K 6210
Sicopal
Blue K 6310
Sicopal
Blue K 6710
Sicopal
Blue K 7210
Sicopal
Green K 9610
Sicopal
Green K 9710
suitable
limited suitability, preliminary tests required
With the exception of the bismuth vanadate pigments Sicopal
Yellow K 1120 FG and Sicopal
pig-
ments are spinel-structured metal oxides. Their very good heat re-
sistance makes them suitable for the coloration of nearly all
plastics.
Sicopal
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Sicotan
Yellow K 1010
Sicotan
Yellow K 1010 FG
Sicotan
Yellow K 1011
Sicotan
Yellow K 1011 FG
Sicotan
Yellow K 2001
Sicotan
Yellow K 2001 FG
Sicotan
Yellow K 2011
Sicotan
Yellow K 2011 FG
Sicotan
Yellow K 2111
Sicotan
Yellow K 2111 FG
Sicotan
Yellow K 2112
Sicotan
Yellow K 2112 FG
Sicotan
Brown K 2611
Sicotan
Brown K 2711
Sicotan
Brown K 2750 FG
suitable
Their outstanding fastness ratings make Sicotan
pigments ideally
suitable for plastics resistant to both weathering and heat, in par-
ticular for beige and brown shades as well as for shading.
EVP 008905 e, December 2005 Page 20 of 27 Colorants for plastic colorations
Sicotrans
pigments
Colour Index Range chemical nature
part 1 part 2
Sicotrans
Red K 2819
Sicotrans
Red K 2915
suitable
not suitable
Sicotrans
F dyes
Range chemical nature
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F Orange 240 2.0 3.0 < 0.5 15.0 <1.0 <0.5 <0.5 2.0 2.0 <0.5 <2.0 <1.0
Lumogen
F Red 305 10.0 30.0 30.0 70.0 <1.0 20.0 <1.0 5.0 10.0 <1.0 80.0 30.0
Lumogen
F Violet 570 5.0 30.0 5.0 7.0 <1.0 1.0 <0.5 3.0 4.0 <0.5 10.0 15.0
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F Blue 650 6.0 30.0 5.0 8.0 <1.0 1.0 <0.5 4.0 5.0 <0.5 12.0 18.0
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Suitability
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Lumogen
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Lumogen
F Orange 240
Lumogen
G Pink 285
Lumogen
F Red 305
Lumogen
F Violet 570
Lumogen
F Blue 650
suitable
limited suitability, preliminary tests required
not suitable
The Lumogen
F dyes is PMMA if
outdoor application is intended. Foreign substances contained in
PMMA may decrease the fastness to weathering.
Sheets made by casting from monomeric MMA usually contain
small proportions of monomer and reaction initiator. In tests such
material has shown to impair the resistance of weathering. When
casting sheets, the temperature during curing must be checked
carefully to fully avoid residues of monomers. This problem will not
arise when PMMA thermo-forming material is used.
In outdoor weathering, a decrease of fluorescence during summer
has shown to recuperate to almost its original level during the
darker winter season.
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EVP 008905 e, December 2005 Page 23 of 27 Colorants for plastic colorations
The ability of fluorescent dyes to emit absorbed light at different
wavelengths can be used to collect light. The fluorescent collector
consists of a crystal-clear plastic sheet colored with a fluorescent
dye. Within the sheet, total reflectance will divert fluorescent radia-
tion to the borders of the sheet, from where the largest share is fo-
cused and emitted. Unlike systems of mirrors and lenses, the
fluorescent collector will also concentrate diffused, undirected light.
Use of the fluorescent collector is manifold:
solar energy
photo voltaics by mounting solar cells to the edges of the collec-
tor, sufficient energy to operate small devices like watches, pocket
computers, electrical displays, radios, recharging devices etc. can
be produced.
light engineering
indirect illumination, fluorescence conversion, markings and warn-
ing devices, e. g., for road traffic (these are particularly effective in
bad weather and at dawn), safety clothing, optical fibers for techni-
cal appliances
advertising/design
information signs, sports and leisure articles, toys, substitutes for
luminescent tubes
For these applications, fluorescent dyes must meet very high
requirements:
excellent fastness properties in certain polymers
high luminance
extremely high chroma
good solubility in plastics
high heat stability
Application
Lumogen