Abstract:
OPACIFIERS COMPRISING AIR-CONTAINING MICROCAPSULES HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER OF BELOW ABOUT ONE MICRON PROVIDE HIGHLY OPAQUE SURFACES WHEN COATED ONTO AND/OR INCORPORATED INTO FIBROUS AND NON-FIBROUS SUBSTRATES. THE OPACIFIERS ARE PRODUCED BY HEATING LIQUIDCONTAINING PRECURSOR MICROCAPSULES AT TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENT TO EXPEL THE LIQUID AND PROVIDE AIR IN THE MICROCAPSULE.
Abstract:
Opacifiers comprising air-containing microcapsules having an average particle diameter of below about 1 micron provide highly opaque surfaces when coated onto and/or incorporated into fibrous and non-fibrous substrates. The opacifiers are produced by heating liquid-containing precursor microcapsules at temperatures sufficient to expel the liquid and provide air in the microcapsule.
Abstract:
Fibrous and non-fibrous substrates are rendered highly opaque by providing the substrate with a coating of discrete, substantially spherical, air-containing microcapsules having substantially continuous organic, polymeric, solid walls, an average particle diameter of below about 2 microns and having pigment particles incorporated in the microcapsular structure.
Abstract:
OPACIFIERS COMPRISING AIR-CONTAINING MICROCAPSULES HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER OF BELOW ABOUT ONE MICRON PROVIDE HIGHLY OPAQUE SURFACES WHEN COATED ONTO AND/OR INCORPORATED INTO FIBROUS AND NON-FIBROUS SUBSTRATES. THE OPACIFIERS ARE PRODUCED BY HEATING LIQUIDCONTAINING PRECURSOR MICROCAPSULES AT TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENT TO EXPEL THE LIQUID AND PROVIDE AIR IN THE MICROCAPSULE.
Abstract:
OPACIFIERS COMPRISING AIR-CONTAINING MICROCAPSULES, HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER BELOW ABOUT 2 MICRONS WITH PIGMENT PARTICLES INCORPORATED IN THE MICROCAPSULAR STRUCTURE PROVIDED HIGHLY OPAQUE SURFACES WHEN INCORPORATED INTO FIBROUS SUBSTRATES. THE OPACIFIERS ARE PRODUCED BY HEATING LIQUID-CONTAINING PRECURSOR MICROCAPULES, WHICH CONTAIN THE PIGMENT PARTICLES IN THEIR STRUCTURE, AT TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENT TO EXPEL THE LIQUID AND PROVIDE AIR IN THE MICROCAPSULES.
Abstract:
TAINING PRECURSOR MICROCAPSULES, WHICH CONTAIN THE PIGMENT PARTICLES IN THEIR STRUCTURE, AT TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENT TO EXPEL THE LIQUID AND PROVIDE AIR IN THE MICROCAPSULES.
OPACIFIERS COMPRISING AIR-CONTAINING MICROCAPSULES HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER OF PREDETERMINED SIZE WITH PIGMENT PARTICLES INCORPORATED IN THE MICROCAPSULAR STRUCTURE PROVIDE HIGHLY OPAQUE SURFACES WHEN COATED ONTO AND/OR INCORPORATED INTO FIBROUS AND NON-FIBROUS SUBSTRATES. THE OPACIFIERS ARE PRODUCED BY HEATING LIQUID-CON-