Carbon Black for Coatings and Inks

Raven 3500 (Surface oxidized, “Treated” product) by Birla Carbon is high surface area, surface modified carbon black. It provides high level of blackness along with blue undertone and high gloss. It offers excellent wetting and dispersion properties to enhance dispersion process and reduce dispersant demand. It is available as bead and powder form to ensure excellent production process flexibility. It is suitable for solvent and water-borne system. The presence of surface modification further aids in viscosity reduction and pigment stability. Raven 3500 is designed for powder coatings, high end industrial and automotive mass market applications.

MONARCH® 120 distributed by DKSH is a low structure, specialty, general purpose carbon black. It offers very blue undertone, excellent rub resistance, good viscosity and flow properties.

• It is used as a replacement for a variety of non-carbon black pigments.
• It is recommended for a variety of inks, web offset coldset and letterpress printing inks.
• It is suitable for coatings such as underbody/underhood automotive, general industrial and architectural applications where high jetness is not required.
• MONARCH® 120 is also recommended for use as a tinting black since the large particle size allows for high loading and helps to reduce problems with floating and flooding in liquid coating applications.
• It can be easily dispersed using a single screw extruder for powder coatings.
• It is available in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Myanmar.

MONARCH® 280 distributed by DKSH is a high structure, general purpose, low color carbon black. As a fluffy product, it is a versatile and an easy to disperse carbon black that can be used to replace lamp blacks.

• It can be easily dispersed using a high-speed disperser for liquid coatings or a single screw extruder for powder coatings.
• It is also suitable for underbody/ underhood automotive coatings and general industrial coatings where high jetness is not required.
• It offers blue undertone, excellent hold out and excellent dispersability.
• It is suitable for a variety of tinting applications.
• It is particularly suitable for lithographic and gravure printing where a matte finish is required.
• MONARCH® 280 is available in Belgium, Luxembourg, Myanmar, and Netherlands.

Raven 410 by Birla Carbon is a carbon black with best blue undertone and lowest tinting strength for general purpose coatings. It is available both as powder and bead to ensure excellent processability in production. It possesses large particle size and low structure. It exhibits low porosity and low surface area which reduces the level of dispersant and resin demand to achieve excellent dispersion and stability. It offers low viscosity and high pigment loading in a variety of applications. It is suitable for water and solvent-borne systems. Raven 410 is used in decorative coatings, industrial coatings, powder coatings and automotive coatings.

NUOSPERSE® FA 196 by Elementis is an anionic, highly concentrated liquid pigment dispersing agent for carbon black and organic pigment. It is suitable for thermoplastic acrylic systems and as an auxiliary product to improve the action of universal tinting pastes in basic alkyd paints.

• It offers strong adsorption on a wide range of pigment surfaces, improves color development, gives good and fast dispersion, reduces rub-up and color float, improves compatibility of universal colorants.
• It enables the replacement of various more specific dispersants with just one product.
• NUOSPERSE® FA 196 is used for organic solvent-borne paint and ink systems including oxidatively drying systems and thermoplastic systems.
• It has a shelf life of 3 years from the date of manufacture.
• The recommended dosage level is 0.2-0.4% calculated on the total quantity of alkyd paint.

REGAL® 660R distributed by DKSH is a low structure, specialty carbon black pigment. It imparts high gloss and high jetness to printing inks and other applications. It is available in an easier to handle pelleted form. With high tinting strength, it is used as a regular color pigment black for liquid and powder coating systems.

• It is used in liquid inks that require low viscosity, high gloss and high jetness.
• It is compatible with both aqueous and non-aqueous systems.
• low structure enables high gloss when printed on non-porous substrates.
• It is recommended for industrial and architectural coatings.
• It is suitable for the production of dispersions for coloring leather articles.
• REGAL® 660R is available in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Myanmar.

Raven 2350 Ultra by Birla Carbon is a carbon black. It offers uniformity, increased compatibility, improved dispersion, and better processing. Provides longer screen life, enhanced color development and reduced scrap. Raven 2350 Ultra is suitable for industrial & powder coatings and inkjet ink applications.

MONARCH® 1300 distributed by DKSH is a special high color black pigment. It provides standard high color jetness. It is designed to use in both water and solvent based formulations. It is suitable for wood and electronics coatings.

• It offers relative ease of dispersion compared to other products in this range.
• It is designed for liquid-, powder-, automotive-, and industrial coating applications.
• MONARCH® 1300 is available in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Myanmar, and India.

BeaBlack® 1100G distributed by DKSH is a high end quality, carbon black. It is recommended for industrial- & powder coatings.

BLACK PEARLS® 280 distributed by DKSH is a high structure, general purpose, low color carbon black. It is also available in an easier to disperse powdered form. It can be easily dispersed using a high-speed disperser for liquid coatings or a single screw extruder for powder coatings.

• It offers a blue undertone, excellent hold out and excellent dispersability.
• It is also suitable for underbody/ underhood automotive coatings, general industrial coatings, and architectural coatings where high jetness is not required.
• It is particularly suitable for lithographic and gravure printing where a matte finish is required.
• It is recommended for a variety of tinting applications.
• It is also used in general dispersions, paper applications, printing inks, concrete, and cement applications.
• BLACK PEARLS® 280 is available in Belgium, Luxembourg, Myanmar, and Netherlands.