Hansa Brilliant Yellow 5GX 03
Pigment Yellow 74
Hansa Brilliant Yellow 5GX 03 is a very strong, green shade monoazo yellow. The shade is similar to Pigment Yellow 1, but with higher color strength, transparency and gloss. It also exhibits good light- and weather fastness properties. Recommended for paste inks as well as for solvent- and water based packaging gravure and flexographic printing inks.
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Benefits
- Very strong, green shade monoazo yellow
- Higher color strength, transparency and gloss
- Good light- and weather fastness properties
Technical data
Product Data
Physical Data
| Density | [g/cm3] | 1.40 |
| pH-value | – | |
| Specific surface | [m2/g] | 47 |
| Average particle size | [nm] | 65 |
| Fineness of grind | [µm] | – |
| Viscosity | [Pa.s] | – |
| Oil absorption | [ml/100g] | 77 |
Fastness properties
| Staining of the test medium by: | |||
| Test medium | Powder pigment | Print / draw-down | Change of the print |
| Solvent mixture | 3 | – | – |
| Ethanol | 3-4 | – | – |
| Ethyl acetate | 3 | – | – |
| MEK | 2-3 | – | – |
| Toluene | 2-3 | – | – |
| White spirit | 3-4 | – | – |
| DOP | 3-4 | – | – |
| Paraffine | 3-4 | 4 | – |
| Butter | – | 4-5 | – |
| Soap | – | 5 | 5 |
| Alkali | – | 5 | 5 |
| Acid | – | 5 | 5 |
| Heat stability | 10 min. | 180°C | |
| 30 min. | 160°C | ||
| Light fastness | 5.0 % | 5 | |
| Light fastness | 10.0% | 6 | |
| Silver laquer | – | ||
| Sterilization | Water phase | Steam phase | |
| – | – | ||
Applications
Recommended for
Paste inks
| Sheetfed | ■ |
| Heatset | – |
| Coldset | – |
| Silkscreen | ● |
| Metal deco | – |
| UV curing (Offset) | ■ |
Liquid inks
| NC alcohol | ■ |
| NC acetate | ○ |
| Waterbased | ■ |
| Polyvinyl butyral | – |
| Polyamide | – |
| Pub gravure, Toluene | – |
| Decorative laminates | – |
| UV curring (Flexo) | ■ |
■ highly recommended
● recommended
○ limited suitability
– not tested