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SULFATE PROCESS - PAINT & COATINGS
R-244
Sulfate process, general-purpose rutile grade with alumina/zirconia/organic treatment. Broad cross-industry grade spanning coatings, plastics, inks, and paper.
R-244 is a rutile titanium dioxide pigment surface-treated with alumina, zirconia and an organic coating. It offers high whiteness and gloss, high scattering power, high durability and excellent dispersibility, and is widely used across coatings, inks and paper.
Applications
Recommended uses
- —Architectural and industrial coatings
- —Printing inks
- —Paper
Technical specifications
PropertySpecification
- TiO₂ content, %
- ≥ 93.00
- Brightness, %
- ≥ 94.0
- Tinting power (Reynolds number, TCS)
- ≥ 1850
- Volatile at 105 °C, %
- ≤ 0.5
- Matter soluble in water, %
- ≤ 0.5
- pH value
- 6.5 – 8.5
- Oil absorption, g/100g
- ≤ 20
- Fineness (45 µm sieve residue), %
- ≤ 0.02
- Resistivity, Ω·m
- ≥ 80
- Oil dispersible power (Hegman)
- ≥ 6.0
- L*
- ≥ 100.0
- b*
- ≤ 1.80
- Surface treatment
- Al₂O₃, ZrO₂, organic
Typical values are representative production results provided for reference and do not constitute part of the product specification.
Storage
Store in a dry, well-ventilated area, protected from direct contact with moisture.
Packaging
25 kg paper bags, or 500 kg and 1000 kg jumbo bags.