Specialty Pigments & Recent development in Pigment Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Specialty Pigments & Recent development in Pigment Technology (subject code 2173613) as prescribed for Chem. Tech. · Semester 7 divides the course into 3 units, covering 22 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 (2173613)Unit 1 Specialty Pigments
- Interference and Cholesteric Pigments Aluminium
- luminescent (fluoresecent/phosphorescent) pigments-optical principles
- substrate free pearlescent pigments
- Special effect pigments based on mica (pigments formed by coating of substrates)
- pigments based on liquid crystal polymer
Unit 2 Functional pigments
- Antifouling pigments-cuprous oxide
- other copper compounds
- mercuric oxide
- organotin pigments
- variables affecting particle size aggregation and crystal structure
- Their use as spacing extenders / functional pigments in paints
- reinforcing agent in polymers
- heat & wear resistant materials etc
Unit 3 Nano Pigments
- Manufacture and properties of nanopigments: alumina
- titanium dioxide
- iron oxides
- zinc oxides
- etc. on Nano scale
- Bimodally porous nanoparticles (e.g. titanium tetraisopropexide)
- variables affecting particle size aggregation and crystal structure
- Their use as spacing extenders / functional pigments in paints
- reinforcing agent
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