Pigment Dispersion perparation
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12/1/2016 Steric stabilization<br />
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The dispersion process<br />
The various processes which occur during pigment dispersion can be divided into the following three steps:<br />
During Step 1, all of the air and moisture at the pigment surface is displaced and then replaced by the binder solution.<br />
The binder solution wets the pigment particles and the solid/gaseous interface (pigment/air) is transformed into a<br />
solid/liquid interface (pigment/binder solution). To do this, the binder solution must penetrate into the interstitial<br />
spaces of the agglomerate.<br />
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