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Imerys Kaolin supplies minerals to a wide range of industries.Specialist divisions serve each industry, so that our customers alwaysdeal with people who understand their business. This is supported byan absolute commitment to quality to ensure the consistency andreliability of our products and services.
Imerys Kaolin is a major supplier of hard and soft air floated kaolins,water-washed (hydrous) and calcined kaolins, as well as surfacetreated kaolins to the global paint and inks coatings markets. A Strongtechnical understanding of our products and their applicationscomplements the natural value of the minerals we supply.
Imerys Kaolin investment in product and application development isa clear commitment to our customers in the paint, ink and coatingsindustry.
£ Our industry-focused team is dedicated to providing innovative commercial and technical solutions for our customers.
£ Our technical personnel have a unique knowledge of mineral technology combined with a vast application knowledge resultingin them being able to select the most suitable grade to improve the formulation of our customers’ products.
£ Our product and application development laboratories in the USA,and UK are well equipped and staffed to meet the technical and formulation requests of our customers.
HIGH qUALITy mINERALSKaolin is a naturally occurring hydrated aluminum silicate crystalline mineral. It is characterized by itslamellar or platy particle shape, fine particle size and chemical inertness. The combination of platy shapeand fine particles size results in improved spacing of TiO2 particles in a paint film and improvedopacity.
HyDROUS KAOLIN
Product Brightness median pH Form Oil Absorption Application guidelineParticle (g/100g)
Size(μm)
Hydrite® Flat DS* 81.5 4.0 4.7 Spray 34Dried
Interior/ Exterior Flat to Eggshell LatexPaints | Latex Primer | Textured Coatings | Powder Coatings | Exterior Stuccos
Hydrite® 121S* 83.5 1.0 7.0 Spray 42 Dried
Interior Flat to Eggshell Latex Paints |Latex Primer | Polymer Premix | Ceiling Tile Coatings | Catalyst Feed
Hydrite® RS* 86 0.5 7.0 Spray 38Dried
Latex Eggshell | Satin Paints
Hydrite® PXNLCS* 88.5 0.4 4.5 Spray 42Dried
Inks
Hydrite® TS 90** 90 <0.2 7.0 Pulverized 45Powder
Gloss & Semi-Gloss Paint | Water basedHigh gloss solvent-borne aqueous coatings | Architectural coatings | General industrial coatings
Hydrite® UF 90** 90 0.2 7.0 Pulverized 45Powder
High gloss solvent-borne aqueous coatings | Architectural coatings | General industrial coatings
Hydrite® PXNLC** 88.5 0.4 4.5 Pulverized 42Powder
Coil Coatings | Electrodeposition Coatings | Industrial primers & topcoats
Hydrite® Flat D** 81.5 4.0 4.7 Pulverized 34Powder
Architectural Coatings | Ink | Powder coatings | Tinting Paste | Wood Coatings
Hydrite® R** 86 0.45 7.0 Pulverized 38Powder
Inks | Powder Coatings |Tinting Pastes
Hydrite® R-A** 86 0.45 4.7 Pulverized 41Powder
Interior Emulsion Paints | Primer systems | Universal Tints
Hydrite® UF90S* 90 0.2 7.0 Spray 45Dried
Gloss & Semi-Gloss Paint | EggshellPaint | Water based Architectural coatings
Hydrite® TS90S* 90 <0.2 7.0 Spray 45Dried
Architectural Coatings| Coil Coatings |Powder Coatings |Tinting Paste |Wood Coatings
Hydrite® RS-A* 86 0.5 4.7 Spray 41Dried
Interior Latex Paints Eggshell Paints |Primer Systems | Universal colorants
Calcined Kaolin is an anhydrous aluminum silicate produced by heating ultrafine natural kaolin to hightemperatures in a kiln. The calcination process increases whiteness and hardness and alters the size andshape of the kaolin particles.
CALCINED KAOLIN
Product Brightness median pH Form Oil Absorption Application guidelineParticle (g/100g)
Size(μm)
NeoGen® 2000** 94 0.7 5.7 Calcined 120Powder
Interior High PVC Paint | Textured Coatings | Exterior Stuccos | Latex Traffic Paint
NeoGen® mX** 92 1.1 6.0 Calcined 75Powder
Solvent and Water Borne Flat/LowSheen Interior paint | Exterior Architectural coating applications
PoleStar® 400** 92 0.6 5.5 Calcined 95Powder
Glomax® LL** 91 1.5 5.0 Calcined 70Powder
Interior Latex Flat to Eggshell Paints |Traffic Paint
Interior Flat mid to high PVC Paint
OpTimax® 0425** 90 0.8 5.7 Calcined 92Powder
Architectural Coatings
DELAmINATED KAOLIN
Kaopaque® 10S* 89 0.6 7.0 Spray -Dried
1201 Slurry 89 0.6 7.0 Slurry 45 Architectural latex paint
Delaminated kaolin clay is specialized engineering process where the kaolin blocks are separated intoindividual kaolin platelets, which will make the clay hyper-platy with high aspect ratio. The delaminatedkaolin clay is designed to improve barrier properties such as stain resistance, while still improvingopacity.
Hydrite® SB60S* 88 0.4 7.0 Spray -Dried
Water Based Barrier Coating
Hydrite® SB100S* 86 1.1 7.0 Spray -Dried
Water Based Barrier Coating
Hydrite® SB100** 86 1.2 7.0 Pulverized 41Powder
Kaopaque® 10** 86 0.4 - Pulverized -Powder
Hydrite® SB60** 88 0.4 7.0 Pulverized -Powder
Architectural Coatings | IndustrialPrimers
Barrier Coatings | Stain resistance
Architectural Coatings | IndustrialPrimers
Barrier Coatings | Stain resistance
* Spray dried form is for aqueous coatings only
** Pulverized powder & calcined powder form can be used in aqueous and solvent borne coatings
LEADING THE WAY INQUALITY RESERVES ANDENGINEERED MINERALS
Imerys Kaolin enable a wide range of benefits for your final productswhich ensure the most cost-effective formulation is delivered without compromising the quality of your products.
PRECISION PROCESSINGAt state-of-the-art plants crude ore is engineered to carefullycontrolled specifications such as particle size, specific surface area,colour and pH. The unique nature of our deposits and processesgives precise functional properties when selected for specificapplications.
qUALITy CONTROL Imerys Kaolin has developed a sophisticated method of analysingand benchmarking its minerals based upon standard and customisedtests. Our quality management systems are ISO 9001 certified and,through our individual team activities, we use carefully controlledprocesses to ensure the product is alway consistent and our aim isto remain the leader in quality in our industry.
ADDING VALUE THROUGH RESEARCHOur experienced scientists and engineers work closely with ourcustomers’ plant and production managers as technology and paintformulations evolve, so we can offer problem solving advice forincreasing productivity or improving product quality utilisingexisting grades, innovative solutions or customised new productdevelopment. Our application development laboratories conductbasic and applied research, product development, processimprovement and pilot plant operations.
ENVIRONmENTALImerys Kaolin is committed to being a good neighbour to ourenvironment and we take this responsibility very seriously. We haveadopted the principles of sustainable development, which includesextensive safety training programs and considerable investment inenvironmental rehabilitation to protect the land for future generations.
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m O R E I N F O R m A T I O NImerys Kaolin100 Mansell Court East - Suite 300 - Roswell - Georgia - USA | Tel: +1 770 645 3300 | www.imerys-kaolin.com Although the information in this document is believed to be accurate, it is presented without warranty of any kind and Imerys assumes no liability with respect to itsuse. No licence to any intellectual property right is granted or implied. Statements or suggestions concerning possible use are made without representation or warranty that any such use is free of patent infringement, and are not to be construed as suggestions or inducements to infringe any patent.