EFFECT OF LATEX AND PIGMENT VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS ON SUSPENSION AND CONSOLIDATED PARTICLE PACKING AND COATING STRENGTH, 2008 PAPERCON Conference

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Packing in the wet state of a suspension of pigment particles at fixed volume concentration is affected by a threshold addition of latex binder provided the particle size of the admixed particles is sufficiently similar to the pores created. The resulting consolidated dry structure displays shrinkage resistance resulting from the spacing effect of high Tg latex. This study investigates a range of pigment and latex volume concentrations providing a means of extrapolating the combined independent concentrations.