Hostaperm Yellow HN4G
Pigment Yellow 150
Hostaperm Yellow HN4G is a green shade Azo Nickel Complex pigment with very good lightfastness and overall fastness properties as well as excellent heat resistance. Pigment Yellow 150 is the established standard Colour Index for a green shade yellow to be used in waterbased decorative gravure printing inks. Therefore, Hostaperm Yellow HN4G is highly recommended for this kind of application.

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Benefits
- Very good lightfastness and overall fastness properties
- Excellent heat resistance
Technical data
Product Data
Physical Data
Density | [g/cm3] | 1.85 |
pH-value | – | |
Specific surface | [m2/g] | 124 |
Average particle size | [nm] | 78 |
Fineness of grind | [µm] | – |
Viscosity | [Pa.s] | – |
Oil absorption | [ml/100g] | 64 |
Fastness properties
Staining of the test medium by: | |||
Test medium | Powder pigment | Print / draw-down | Change of the print |
Solvent mixture | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Ethanol | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Ethyl acetate | 5 | 5 | 5 |
MEK | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Toluene | 5 | 5 | 5 |
White spirit | 5 | 5 | 5 |
DOP | 5 | 5 | – |
Paraffine | 5 | 5 | – |
Butter | – | 5 | – |
Soap | – | 5 | 5 |
Alkali | – | 5 | 5 |
Acid | – | 5 | 5 |
Heat stability | 10 min. | 220°C | |
30 min. | 200°C | ||
Light fastness | 1/3 SD | 6.7 % | 6-7 |
Light fastness | 10.0% | 6-7 | |
Silver laquer | 5 | ||
Sterilization | Water phase | Steam phase | |
5 | 5 |
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