... in industries other than paints, for example paper, rubber and plastics composites. Nivin M. Ahmed can be contacted at: niviahmed@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Coatings Surface treatment Corrosion protection Alkyd resin Non-toxic Ferrites Anti corrosive Kaolin...

...Jyoti Srivastava; Padma S. Vankar Purpose – This paper aims to study carotenoids as a natural food colorant from Canna flowers. There is a growing demand for eco-friendly and non-toxic colorants, specifically for health-sensitive applications such as colours of food and textiles. Red...

...G. Batis; P. Pantazopoulou; A. Zagogiannis The purpose of this work was to investigate the possibilities for the exploitation of the powder by‐product of oxygen convertor slag from the ferronickel industry as pigment in anticorrosive non‐toxic paints. The chemical composition of the powder shows...

... for alternative methods for the prevention of biofouling. Coatings with non‐toxic pigments are practical and attractive alternatives to toxic heavy metal based coatings. Laboratory tests to evaluate the efficiency of the antifouling paints with iron benzoate as a pigment were carried out. A series of 8...

...Steve A. Hodges; Wendy M. Uphues; Mai T. Tran Meticulous formulation is required to optimize performance of non‐toxic corrosion inhibitors. The proper loading level and pigment volume concentration must be obtained. The old adage “more is better” does not apply to these new pigments. While research...