HEUCOSPERSE™ BS9079
Pigment Blue 79
HEUCOSPERSE BS 9079 is an aqueous Pigment Blue 79 dispersion based on a styrene acrylic resin. The stir-in green shade phthalocyanine "low copper" blue dispersion is suitable with respect to gloss and tinting strength for various flexographic and gravure water based inks. HEUCOSPERSE preparations exhibit excellent opacity and are available in a wide range of pigments. It is especially designed for Kraft and paperboard ink applications.
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Benefits
- Broad compatibility
- Excellent strength, gloss and transparency
- Easy to incorporate
- Formulated to be very low VOC
Technical data
Product Data
Physical Data
| Pigment chemistry | Aluminium Phthalocyanine Blue | |
| Appearance | Blue liquid | |
| pH | 8.5 – 9.5 | |
| Specific gravity | [g/cm3] | 1.15 |
| Pigment solids | [%] | 35 |
| Total solids | [%] | 42 – 47 |
Main Fields of Application
- Waterborne inks
- Flexographic inks
- Gravure inks
Coloristic Specifications
| Grav. tinct. strength | [%] | 95.0 -105.0 |
| Color difference | DE | <1.5 |
| Green-red axis | Da | -1.0 to 1.0 |
| Blue-yellow axis | Db | -1.0 to 1.0 |
| Purity | DC | -1.0 to 1.0 |
| Shade | DH | -1.0 to 1.0 |
Fastness Data
| Fastness properties* | |
| Acid | 4 |
| Alkali | 4 |
| Scale of 1 – 5, with 5 best (ISO 787-4) | |
| Fastness to light | |
| Full shade | 5-6 |
| Reduction 1:1 with TiO2 | 5-6 |
| Reduction 1:3 with TiO2 | 5-6 |
| Scale of 1 – 8, with 5 best (ISO 105-B01) | |
*The performance data shown is taken from the pigment suppliers literature.