REPLACEMENT OF Ti02 PIGMENT BY CaC03 FROM CEFALONIA IN EMULSION PAINTS
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to show that calcium carbonate from the chalky limestone deposits of Minies in Kefalonia, exploited by IONIAN KALK S.A., is a suitable raw material for paint industry and especially in emulsion (water based) paints. The deposit is characterized by a high calcium carbonate content (>99 %), high whiteness and low yellowness, by negligible content of heavy metals and low contents of MgO (<0.15 %), Si02 (<0.05 %) andFe203 (<0.01 %). This research was based on determination of the optical and mechanical properties of the emulsion white water based paints, which included calcium carbonate from the Kefalonia limestone deposits. The calcium carbonate replaced Ti02 pigment in various proportions. It is concluded that this product can be utilized not only as inert filler and extender but may have more functional application acting simultaneously as pigment. Replacement of TiO2 pigment by calcium carbonate may reach 50% without deteriorating the optical and mechanical properties significantly. Hence calcium carbonate from this deposit offers excellent optical properties to paints, reduces sufficiently their production cost and replaces a great part of the proportion of titanium dioxide, which is currently used as white pigment.
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Kalafati, K., & Christidis, G. E. (2007). REPLACEMENT OF Ti02 PIGMENT BY CaC03 FROM CEFALONIA IN EMULSION PAINTS. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 40(2), 759–768. https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.16716
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- Mineralogy-Petrology-Geochemistry-Economic Geology
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