How to achieve ultra-high jetness in engineering plastics

29 min
by
ZK Hu
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Paul Hoffman

As one of the most prominent color trends, piano black like surfaces with ultra-high jetness, high gloss, and attractive undertone are becoming popular for various applications in automotive, consumer electronics, and home appliances. Unfortunately, there are not many commercially available carbon black products, which are able to meet such stringent color performance requirements.

A new carbon black product Raven 5100 Ultra has been developed at Birla Carbon with ultra-high jetness and bluish undertone for high color applications in these areas. This new product demonstrates improved jetness in various engineering plastic systems over the existing high color carbon black products, especially achieving a 40% improvement in polyamide 6. Combining its good dispersion and easy handling, Raven 5100 Ultra demonstrates great potential for ultra-high jetness plastics applications.

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Length:

29 min

Why should you attend?

Carbon Black Fundamental Properties
Correlation between jetness and morphology
Understanding Influence of Dispersion on jetness
Introduce Raven 5100 Ultra

Who should attend?

Formulators
Chemists
R&D Managers
Technical Managers
Operations/Production
Sales & Marketing

Presenters

ZK Hu

New product development manager

ZK Hu joined Birla Carbon in 2019 as a new product development manager. He is responsible for identifying customer’s unmet needs in plastics segment and providing the carbon black solution by leading the development process from the ideation to commercialization. Before that, ZK had been working as a produce developer in SABIC with expertise in formulation and compounding of engineering thermoplastics in various applications.

Paul Hoffman

Global Sector Head

Paul joined Birla Carbon in 1995 and he is now Global Sector Head responsible for development and implementation of strategy. He holds a MSc in materials science and engineering and an MBA. Previously Paul has held a variety of technical and commercial roles at Birla Carbon in both the rubber and specialty markets.