Hostaperm Yellow H3G for Printing

Pigment Yellow 154

Hostaperm Yellow H3G is a mid shade benzimidazolone pigment with excellent light, weather and solvent fastness properties as well as high heat stability. Recommended for high performance offset and tin printing inks as well as for water based packaging gravure and flexographic printing inks.

Hostaperm Yellow H3G for Printing

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Benefits

  • Outstanding fastness to light and weathering
  • Excellent light, weather and solvent fastness properties
  • High heat stability

Technical data

Product Data

Physical Data

Density [g/cm3] 1.59
pH-value
Specific surface [m2/g] 19
Average particle size [nm] 275
Fineness of grind [µm]
Viscosity [Pa.s]
Oil absorption [ml/100g] 56

Fastness properties

Staining of the test medium by:
Test medium  Powder pigment Print / draw-down Change of the print
Solvent mixture 4-5 5 5
Ethanol 4-5 5 5
Ethyl acetate 4-5 5 4-5
MEK 4-5 4-5 3-4
Toluene 5 5 5
White spirit 5 5 5
DOP 5 5
Paraffine 5 5
Butter 5
Soap 5 5
Alkali 4-5 5
Acid 5 5
Heat stability 10 min.  200°C
30 min.  180°C
Light fastness  1/3 SD 25.0 % 7
Light fastness 10.0% 7
Silver laquer 5
Sterilization Water phase Steam phase
4-5 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