The Mission: To learn about the dynamic, technical advances occurring in special effect pigments and to know how to exploit them in specific coatings, plastics, printing inks and cosmetics applications while satisfying the demands of the market. The Audience: Colour designers, product developers and applications technologists in the coatings, plastics, printing inks and cosmetics industries, as well as all marketing and sales employees of these divisions who are seeking to instill coatings and pigment knowledge into their customers. The Value: Readers acquire a profound knowledge of the properties, manufacturing processes and specific application areas of special effect pigments. The latest advances in colorimetry ensure that products containing special effect pigments are subjected to state-of-the-art quality assurance methods.

Metallic effect pigments are now becoming increasingly oatings Tech Files important in many different areas of application. Whether for kitchen furniture, clothing or food colourings - the everyday uses of metallic pigments are gaining more and more in importance. The new reference work gives a comprehensive overview of metallic effect pigments - starting with manufacturing processes through properties to areas of application. The individual chapters offer condensed specialist knowledge based on the strength of past experiences collected by the authors. The book illustrates the importance of metallic effect pigments, their wide range of applications and related specifications as well as their development potential.

This volume is the ideal companion to Wiley's trilogy: The Pigments Handbook (1988), Industrial Organic Pigments (1997), and Industrial Inorganic Pigments (1998). High Performance Pigments have become increasingly important in recent years, with a growth rate well in advance of the more classical types of pigments. The book offers both producers and users of High Performance Pigments the opportunity to review and update their understanding of latest technologies and market issues impacting both inorganic and organic High Performance Pigments, together with assessing key regulatory affairs, in this specialty niche of the chemical industry. The manufacture of High Performance Pigments is today a global industry. This is reflected in the multinational expertise of the over twenty experts, drawn from Europe, North America and Asia, who have authored chapters in this book. No professional today can afford to waste time on unfocussed research. This book will effectively help chemists, physicists, engineers, applications and regulatory specialists, and materials scientists to stay ahead in this fast-changing field.

'Everything there is to know about inorganic pigments' Revised and updated, this book offers a concise and thorough presentation of inorganic pigments in their diversity: their manufacturing processes, their applications and markets, their testing procedures and standards, and also the health and environmental regulations relating to them. Over 40 first-class authors from leading chemical companies have created a uniform and clearly structured text, giving an excellent overview of the subject area. The reader is provided with more than 800 up-to-date references to the pertinent literature, which will be extremely useful for further studies. This book will be of benefit to all chemists, materials specialists, engineers, application technicians and students in pigment-related fields.

High Performance Pigments have become increasingly important in recent years, with a growth rate well in advance of the more classical types of pigments. This book provides up-to-date information on the market for high performance pigments, synthesis, reaction mechanisms, physical and chemical properties, applications, regulatory affairs, toxicology and ecotoxicology. It is the only one on the market covering all high performance pigments in a single volume, offering both producers and users of High Performance Pigments the opportunity to review and update their understanding of latest technologies and market issues, together with assessing key regulatory affairs, in this specialty niche of the chemical industry. The new edition has been revised and provides an up-to-date overview of scientific and technological aspects on high performance pigments. It addresses current issues such as environmental and health aspects, and regulatory affairs. "Anyone seeking up-to-date information about the physical-chemical principles of high performance pigments and their special technical properties will find that this book gives an excellent survey of relevant aspects." Angewandte Chemie International Edition. "This book will effectively help chemists, physicists, engineers and material scientists to stay ahead in this fast-changing field." Österreichische Chemie "... Wiley-VCH has assembled an international team of high performance experts... This is an enjoyable and stimulating read and beautifully produced. You will find it fascinating - don't miss it." Colour Chemistry