The present invention relates to a new Inorganic Blue pigments from Cobalt doped Magnesium having Transition Element Oxides and a process for the preparing the same. The present invention more particularly relates to the development of blue pigments, comprising oxides of alkaline earth, and transition metals of the general formula Mg.sub.1-xCo.sub.xWO.sub.4 (x=0.1 to 0.5), Mg.sub.1-xCo.sub.xN-bO.sub.6 (x=0.1 to 0.5), and Mg.sub.1-xCo.sub.xTiO.sub.3 (x=0.1 to 0.5) and well suited for coloring applications of a wide variety of substrates for example paints, varnishes, plastics, ceramics etc. Raw materials such as MgO, CoO and one of WO.sub.3, TiO.sub.2, Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 and are weighted in the stoichiometric ratio and calcined in the range 1100-1300 C. for 6-12 hrs duration in air atmosphere. The well ground calcined powders were used for characterization of the pigments. The phase purity and optical properties of the prepared pigments were investigated.

This aluminum-oxide-based-composition-containing zirconium nitride powder contains particles each of which is mainly composed of zirconium nitride and has a surface to which an aluminum oxide-based composition partially adheres, in which the aluminum-oxide-based-composition-containing zirconium nitride powder contains aluminum in a proportion of greater than 1% by mass and 15% by mass or less in terms of a total content of 100% by mass, and has a specific surface area of 30 m.sup.2/g to 90 m.sup.2/g measured by a BET method. This powder has relatively high light shielding properties in a near infrared region with a wavelength of 1,000 nm, has excellent patterning and visible light shielding properties, and has favorable moisture resistance, when the powder is used to form a black patterned film as a black pigment.

The invention provides dispersed inorganic mixed metal oxide pigment compositions in a non-aqueous media utilizing a dispersant having polyisobutylene succinic anhydride structure to disperse a mixed metal oxide pigment in the media. The metal oxide pigment is of the type used to colour ceramic or glass articles. A milling process using beads is also described to reduce the mixed metal oxide particle size to the desired range. A method of using the mixed metal oxide dispersion to digitally print an image on a ceramic or glass article using the dispersion jetted through a nozzle and subsequently firing the coloured article is also described.

The invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particle suspensions, to a self-binding pigment particle suspension as well as to a paper product comprising self-binding pigment particles and to the use of the self-binding pigment particle suspension as filler material.

A high-temperature color glaze painting pigment includes a color glaze, white toning glaze and colorless toning glaze, wherein the color glaze consists of 50 wt % to 66 wt % high temperature resistant white glaze mineral and 50 wt % to 34 wt % water, the white toning glaze consists of 70 wt % high temperature resistant white glaze mineral and 30 wt % water, and the colorless toning glaze consists of 30 wt % high temperature resistant colorless glaze mineral and 70 wt % water, wherein the weight ratio of the color glaze to the white toning glaze is 12.5:1 to 50:1, the weight ratio of the color glaze to the colorless toning glaze is 20:1 to 100:1. The high temperature colored glaze painting pigment and a method for making a porcelain plate painting thereof can be not only manually completed by artists with their experiences, but completed by an industrial production way.

The present invention relates to semitransparent pearlescent pigments, to processes for producing them, and to the use of such pearlescent pigments, where the pearlescent pigments comprise monolithically constructed substrate platelets composed of a metal oxide having an average thickness of 1 to 40 nm and a form factor, expressed by the ratio of the mean size to the average thickness, of at least 80, which are enveloped by at least one substantially transparent coating A composed of at least one low-index metal oxide and/or metal oxide hydrate, having a refractive index of less than 1.8, and at least one interference layer in the form of a coating B composed of at least one high-index metal oxide, having a refractive index of at least 1.8.

A range of processes is described herein for the preparation of a range of gold nanoparticle (Au NP) ceramic glazes with traditional firing methods that represents significant efficiency and ecological advancements over existing methods and allows for the replacement of commercial ceramic colorant methods, while retaining the costly equipment and firing methods already used. The process allows for ceramic surface color while breaking standards for minimal amounts of transition metal colorant used. The nanoparticle-based glazes described here add new colors to the known ceramic surface palette and offers greater consumer safety as an alternative to existing coloring processes that use higher concentrations of toxic metal and an increased risk of metal leaching from the final ceramic vessel into its contents (e.g., soil, beverage, food).

The subject of the invention is a method for the production of pigment from filtration sludges containing manganese and iron and phosphates, characterised in that the filter sludge is sieved on a vibrating sieve, then the suspension is concentrated and dried to a water content below 8% w/w, after which the material is subjected to thermal treatment at a temperature in the range of 500-1200? C. for a period of 6-12 hours, and the obtained sinter is fragmented and optionally dried to a moisture level of 5%. The invention also relates to using the pigment produced by the foregoing method colouring construction ceramic products or as a colouring additive to the mass from which construction products are formed or as a colouring additive for concrete.

A molding composite includes mica flakes and a eutectic glaze. The composite allows making of lead-free parts for use in a variety of situations, such as electrical insulators for supporting electrically-conductive parts, such as electrodes, for electrical devices. The molded composite material can be used mold around such electrically-conductive parts, supporting them and/or providing hermetic seals around the parts. Other possible uses include substrates for electronic circuits, and housings for parts, such as electro-optical parts. The molding composite is heated under elevated pressure to liquefy the eutectic glaze, causing it to coat the mica flakes. After the composite is put into a desired shape it is solidify, for example by compressing the molding composite at a constant temperature until the eutectic glaze solidifies, followed by cooling of the molding composite.

A method of manufacturing a housing of an electronic device includes determining a sintering profile configured to produce a selected color at a selected depth within a wall of the housing, sintering a ceramic housing precursor in accordance with the determined sintering profile, thereby forming the housing, and removing material from the housing up to the selected depth.