The present invention relates to an aqueous paste composition for textile coating, comprising: 1-60 parts by weight of at least one material having tensile modulus of at least 2000 MPa, 1-24 parts by weight of at least one antistatic agent, 16-60 parts by weight of at least one binder, and 50-200 parts by weight of water. The invention also relates to a process for producing a coated fabric, to a coated fabric as obtainable trough said process, and to a garment comprising it.

Heat ray shielding particles are provided that are composite tungsten oxide particles having a hexagonal crystal structure represented by a general formula Li.sub.xM.sub.yWO.sub.z, wherein the element M in the general formula is one or more kinds of elements selected from alkaline earth metals and alkali metals other than lithium, 0.25≦x≦0.80, 0.10≦y≦0.50, and 2.20≦z≦3.00.

An aqueous carbon black millbase, an aqueous carbon black liquid coating, and a method of making the millbase and liquid coating are provided. The carbon blacks are modified carbon blacks that are engineered to be able to be stirred into an aqueous vehicle without high energy milling of the carbon black. The modified carbon blacks include low organic treatment levels and the millbase and liquid coating do not require large quantities of dispersant. The resulting coatings exhibit excellent viscosity, color, hiding power and stability.

Provided are a method for producing an aqueous inkjet pigment dispersion, including producing a mixed liquid of water, a pigment, a pigment dispersing polymer, and rosin acid in an amount of from 3% by mass to 30% by mass relative to the total mass of the pigment, and reducing the amount of rosin acid included in the produced mixed liquid, to less than 3.0% by mass relative to the total mass of the pigment; an aqueous inkjet pigment dispersion; and an aqueous inkjet ink.

Provided are a method for producing an aqueous inkjet pigment dispersion, including producing a mixed liquid of water, a pigment, a pigment dispersing polymer, and rosin acid in an amount of from 3% by mass to 30% by mass relative to the total mass of the pigment, and reducing the amount of rosin acid included in the produced mixed liquid, to less than 3.0% by mass relative to the total mass of the pigment; an aqueous inkjet pigment dispersion; and an aqueous inkjet ink.

Composite compositions comprising metal nanoparticles and/or microparticles and a binder are provided. Composites are tunable to achieved specific desired characteristics, such as sintering temperature, melting temperature, print resolution, and surface binding capabilities. Preferably, the metal particles may be produced using plasma-based technology. The composites are spreadable or printable and are especially useful in the field of electronics. The composites are capable of being used to form highly conductive wires or traces in electronic components. Preferably, the resulting metal structure has a low level of metal oxidation. The disclosure also includes methods for producing composite materials.

Provided is a silver powder which has an appropriate viscosity range at the time of paste production, can be easily kneaded, and prevents the occurrence of flakes. The silver powder to be used has a specific surface area ratio SA.sub.B/SA.sub.S of 0.5 to 0.9, wherein SA.sub.B is a specific surface area measured by the BET method, and SA.sub.S is a specific surface area calculated from a mean primary-particle diameter D.sub.S measured with a scanning electron microscope. Furthermore, the silver powder preferably has a degree of aggregation of 1.5 to 5.0, the degree being obtained in such a manner that a volume median diameter D.sub.50 measured by laser diffraction scattering is divided by the foregoing Ds.

An expandable thermoplastic resin particle including a polymer obtained by a process including polymerizing monomers including 60 to 80 parts by weight of α-methylstyrene and 40 to 20 parts by weight of acrylonitrile. A content of residual monomeric components in the expandable thermoplastic resin particle is not more than 0.5% by weight. When an expanded mold article is produced from the expandable thermoplastic resin particle at an expansion ratio of 10 times, foam cells in a cross section of the expanded mold article have an average chord length of from 20 μm to 60 μm.

Disclosed herein are methods of forming a hydrous kaolin clay product. The method can include (i) refining coarse crude kaolin clay to form a refined, coarse kaolin clay, and/or refining a tertiary, fine crude kaolin clay to form a refined, fine, hydrous kaolin clay, (ii) centrifuging the refined, coarse kaolin clay; the refined, fine, hydrous kaolin clay, or a blend thereof to provide a hydrous kaolin stream, and (iii) refining the hydrous kaolin stream to form the hydrous kaolin clay product. The hydrous kaolin stream can be blended with a delaminated, coarse kaolin clay, prior to refining the hydrous kaolin stream. The hydrous kaolin clay product can have a total alkali content of 0.2% or less by weight of the hydrous kaolin clay product. Compositions including cordierite ceramics, industrial coatings, paints, adhesives, inks, and fillers comprising the hydrous kaolin clay product are also described herein.

A method for forming a pigmented aqueous slurry includes a step of combining a dispersant having pigment affinic groups with water to form an aqueous dispersant mixture. Pigment is added to the aqueous dispersant mixture to form an aqueous pigment mixture. The aqueous pigment composition is ground until the average particle size is less than 30 microns to form a pigmented aqueous slurry.