A coating composition, a coating layer, and a coating system, and a method for making a and using the same are provided. The coating system comprises a flop index of 2 or greater and comprises a coating layer formed by a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a film-forming resin and a pigment composition. The pigment composition comprises 50% or greater by weight radar transmissive pigment based on the total weight of the pigment composition and no greater than 50% by weight electrically conductive pigment based on the total weight of the pigment composition. The coating system has a radar signal transmission of 70% or greater. The coating system has a CIELAB color difference, ΔE, compared to a color-matched coating system of no greater than 4, as measured at 110°, using a multi-angle spectrophotometer with D65 Illumination and 10° observer.

A coating composition, a coating layer, and a coating system, and a method for making a and using the same are provided. The coating system comprises a flop index of 2 or greater and comprises a coating layer formed by a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a film-forming resin and a pigment composition. The pigment composition comprises 50% or greater by weight radar transmissive pigment based on the total weight of the pigment composition and no greater than 50% by weight electrically conductive pigment based on the total weight of the pigment composition. The coating system has a radar signal transmission of 70% or greater. The coating system has a CIELAB color difference, ΔE, compared to a color-matched coating system of no greater than 4, as measured at 110°, using a multi-angle spectrophotometer with D65 Illumination and 10° observer.

The invention relates to particles comprising a particular (aziridinyl hydroxy)-functional organic component. The invention further relates to mixtures comprising said particles. The invention further relates to aqueous dispersions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to aqueous compositions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to coating compositions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to aqueous coating compositions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to particles obtained by a process comprising—amongst others—the steps of providing an aqueous dispersion comprising a particular (aziridinyl hydroxy)-functional organic component. The invention further relates to a kit-of-parts comprising in one of its parts an aqueous dispersion comprising a particular (aziridinyl hydroxy)-functional organic component. The invention further relates to cured forms of the various particles, mixtures, aqueous dispersions, aqueous compositions, coating compositions, and aqueous coating compositions. The invention further relates to articles comprising the particles and/or said mixtures, and/or said aqueous dispersions and/or aqueous compositions and/or said cured forms. The invention further relates to various uses of the particles and/or said mixtures, and/or said aqueous dispersions and/or aqueous compositions and/or said cured forms.

A surface covering is provided. The surface covering includes a laminated panel having top layer and an ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating applied to the laminated panel. The ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating has a composition with an oligomer, a monomer, a photoinitiator, abrasive resistant particles, and an antimicrobial additive.

A coating composition for a heat exchanger tube including vanadium (V), a flux, and a binder, wherein the vanadium is included in an amount of 28 to 38 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the composition, and a coating method of a heat exchanger tube using the same are provided.

A coating composition for a heat exchanger tube including vanadium (V), a flux, and a binder, wherein the vanadium is included in an amount of 28 to 38 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the composition, and a coating method of a heat exchanger tube using the same are provided.

Provided are a composition for forming a coating film, a coating film and a substrate having the coating film, which have excellent compatibility with biological substances, as well as a method for producing the same. A composition for forming a coating film having the ability to inhibit adhesion of biological substances, the composition comprising a copolymer and a solvent, wherein the copolymer is obtained by subjecting a monomer mixture to polymerization, wherein the monomer mixture comprises compounds represented by the following formulae (1), (2), and (3):

##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.6, n, and m are as defined in the Description and Claims, wherein the compound represented by the formula (3) above is contained in a predetermined amount in the monomer mixture, a coating film obtained from the composition, and a substrate having the coating film as well as a method for producing the same.

Provided are a composition for forming a coating film, a coating film and a substrate having the coating film, which have excellent compatibility with biological substances, as well as a method for producing the same. A composition for forming a coating film having the ability to inhibit adhesion of biological substances, the composition comprising a copolymer and a solvent, wherein the copolymer is obtained by subjecting a monomer mixture to polymerization, wherein the monomer mixture comprises compounds represented by the following formulae (1), (2), and (3):

##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.6, n, and m are as defined in the Description and Claims, wherein the compound represented by the formula (3) above is contained in a predetermined amount in the monomer mixture, a coating film obtained from the composition, and a substrate having the coating film as well as a method for producing the same.

A conductive composition is provided that can be spray coated to form a shielding layer having good shielding capability against 100 MHz to 40 GHz electromagnetic waves, and having desirable adhesion to a package with good laser mark visibility. A method of production of a shielded package with such a conductive composition is also provided. A conductive composition includes at least: (A) a (meth)acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 400,000 or less; (B) a monomer having a glycidyl group and/or a (meth)acryloyl group within the molecule; (C) a granular resin component having an average particle diameter of 10 nm to 700 nm; (D) a conductive filler having an average particle diameter of 10 to 500 nm; (E) a scale-like conductive filler having an average particle diameter of 1 to 50 μm; (F) a radical polymerization initiator; and (G) an epoxy resin curing agent, the granular resin component (C) being present in a proportion of 3 to 27 mass % in a resin component containing the acrylic resin (A), the monomer (B), and the granular resin component (C), the conductive filler (D) and the conductive filler (E) being present in an amount of 2,000 to 12,000 parts by mass in total relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin component, the radical polymerization initiator (F) being present in an amount of 0.5 to 40 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin component, and the epoxy resin curing agent (G) being present in an amount of 0.5 to 40 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin component.

The present invention is directed towards a system for coating a substrate comprising an electrodepositable coating composition and a powder coating composition. Also disclosed are coated substrates comprising a first coating layer comprising an electrodepositable coating layer, and a second coating layer comprising a powder coating layer on at least a portion of the first coating layer, as well as methods of coating substrates.