This book is a complete treatment focusing on theoretical and practical aspects of testing pigments, dyes, and pigmented and dyed coatings. It provides basic knowledge for newcomers in the field and serves as a reference work for experts, answering questions arising in the production, processing and application of coloring materials in binders.

All color phenomena that we can observe in coatings have their origin in the interaction between the coating material and visible light. This interaction produces absorption and scattering, which in practice determine the optical behavior of materials. Industrial Color Testing is the best advanced book available on color science as it applies to coatings.

This book is a great reference guide to all technical professionals who are dealing with pigments and dyes, whether as manufacturers, formulators or consumers. It can also be a good reference material for scientists engaged in the research and development work on pigments and dyes.

Contents:

1. Coloring Materials

   Color Properties
   Summary
   Historical and Bibliographical Notes

2. How Colors Depend on Spectra (Colorimetry)

   CIE Standard Colormetric System
   Sensation-Based Systems
   Mathematical Statistics of Color Coordinates
   List of Symbols Used in Formulas
   Summary
   Historical and Bibliographical Notes

3. How Spectra Depend on the Scattering and Absorption of Light (Phenomenological Theory)

   Phenomenological Theory and Its Significance
   Four-Flux Theory
   Kubelka-Munk Theory
   Hiding Power
   Transparency
   Principle of Spectral Evaluation
   List of Symbols Used in Formulas
   Summary
   Historical and Bibliographical Notes

4. How Light Scattering and Absorption Depend on the Content of Coloring Material (Beer's Law, Scattering Interaction)

   Description and Significance of the Concentration Dependence
   Absorption and Content of Coloring Material
   Scattering and Pigment Content
   Systematic Treatment of Pigment/ Achromatic Paste Mixing
   Kubelka-Munk Functions of Pigment/Paste Mixture
   Tinting Strength
   Special Problems
   List of Symbols Used in Formulas
   Summary
   Historical and Bibliographical Notes

5. How Light Scattering and Absorption Depend on the Physics of the Pigment Particle (Corpuscular Theory)

   Description and Significance of the Corpuscular Theory
   Mie Theory

6. Determination of Hiding Power and Transparency

   Measurement of Film Thickness
   Scattering and Absorption Coefficients
   Transparency
   Hiding Power

7. Determination of Tinting Strength and Lightening Power

   Content of Coloring Material
   Relative Tinting Strength
   Lightening Power

Appendix: List of DIN, DIN ISO, and ISO Standards Cited
Subject Index
Name Index

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