Synthetic Pigments
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Synthetic Pigments Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Synthetic Pigments (subject code 3163615) as prescribed for Chem. Tech. · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 35 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3163615)Unit 1 Introduction to pigment, Classification, Economic Aspects and Uses,
- New Developments
- General Chemical and Physical Properties
- Chemical Composition
- Methods of Determination
- Color Properties
Unit 2 General methods of processing and synthesis of inorganic
- pigments: Crushing and grinding
- vapour phase oxidation etc
Unit 3 Extenders or filler pigments
- Methods of manufacturing
- properties and uses of carbonates
- sulphates and other extender pigments like Calcium carbonate
- hydrated aluminium oxide
- aluminum silicates/ china clays
- Magnesium silicate/ talc
Unit 4 White pigments
- Methods of manufacturing
- properties and composition
- after treatment
- economic aspects of TiO2, ZnO, Zinc sulphide and lithopone
- Black pigments: Introduction
- Methods of manufacturing processes like Channel blacks
- Furnace blacks
- Gas black
- Lamp blacks
- Thermal back
- Acetylene black
- testing & analysis Synthetic Pigments Subject Code:
Unit 5 Colored Pigments
- Methods of manufacturing
- properties and composition
- after treatment
- economic aspects of iron oxide
- chromium oxide
- mixed metal oxide
- molybdate and molybdate orange
- chrome green
- ultramarine blue
- prussian blue