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Hybrid alkyds: The glowing route to reach cutting-edge properties?

A review highlights both the various polymers grafted to alkyd resins reported in the literature and the different routes to synthesise these alkyd hybrids.

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Preparing a self-healing alkyd coating based on microcapsules containing Tung oil

A commercial coating was transformed into a self-healing coating by inserting urea-formaldehyde microcapsules (MCs) containing tung oil (TO), to improve coated metal corrosion resistance.

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New book published: Polyester and Alkyd Resins

Polyester and alkyd resins belong to the most diverse and important material classes of paint chemistry. A new textbook written by Ulrich Poth has just been published and has the potential to become the...

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Properties of water-borne hyperbranched alkyd–acrylic resins

The goal of a new work was to prepare and evaluate various properties of water-borne hyperbranched alkyd–acrylic resins (HAAR).

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BASF expands production capacity for neopentylglycol in China

BASF and Sinopec will expand the production capacity of Neopentylglycol at the Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China. The ...

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Global market study on automotive refinish coatings published

The automotive refinish coating market is directly linked to the automotive market and has seen substantial growth in the last decade. According to a new study,...

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Understanding the influence of wood substrates on the permeability of coatings

The shift towards waterborne coatings makes coatings more sensitive to water. As a consequence, the durability of both wood and coatings can be negatively affected....

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Performance of alkyd polyurethane coatings with hyperbranched alkyd

A study investigates the effect of branching in hyperbranched alkyd on the performance of alkyd polyurethane coatings.

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Flame retardancy of modified alkyd resin

DOPO (9,10-Dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide) has been widely used as effective flame retardants. In this study, a DOPO derivate was used as a reactant...

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Heubach increases colourant production capacity

Heubach has expanded the colourant production capacity by a cutting-edge production technology which uses a standard set of specially designed base colourants to ...

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Renewably sourced phenolic resins from lignin bio-oil

Traditional lignin pyrolysis generates a bio-oil with a complex mixture of alkyl-functionalised guaiacol and syringol monomers that have limited utility to ...

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Alkyd resins based on PET waste for coating applications

Medium oil alkyd resins based on glycolysed PET waste and different generations of aliphatic hyperbranched polyesters with linseed and sunflower oil fatty acids, ...

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U.S. paint and coatings market: green and sustainable coatings lead

Coating consumption in 2015 was 5.8 billion liters containing 3.8 million tons of solids with a sales value of USD 26.6 billion. Growth is placed at a mature ...

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Synthesis of hybrid alkyd-acrylate latexes via miniemulsion polymerisation

Ricinodendron heudelotii (Rh) oil-based novel alkyd-acrylate hybrid latexes were synthesised as waterborne environmental friendly binder for coating systems....