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.