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HARDNESS RETENTION [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Finishing
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
CONT

The two basic components of coatings are pigment and vehicle. The pigments provide color and hiding power. Also found within the pigment group are titanium, calcium carbonate, and silicate. Titanium is used to form a film that bonds with paint binders(resin), and together they are responsible for adhesion, providing resistance against blistering, chalking and stains, and offer superior color retention. Calcium carbonate smoothes the titanium out. Without the calcium carbonate, titanium would ball up. Silicates provide hardness.

CONT

... silicate-based paints.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finitions (Construction)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
DEF

Sel ou ester de l'acide silicique constituant le liant des peintures dites aux silicates. (CSTC)

CONT

Si l'on demande au responsable du marketing [...] quels sont les produits phares du marché actuel, il vous répondra [...] que les plus «à la mode» sont incontestablement les peintures minérales. Le succès de la marque allemande Keim SA [...] illustre parfaitement cette volonté de n'utiliser que des peintures constituées d'éléments minéraux : le silicate liquide comme liant, ressemblant après prise, par sa structure et sa dureté, au cristal de roche; les charges minérales, et les pigments inorganiques. Le principe technique des peintures au silicate est basé sur leur pétrification avec le support, qu'il soit ancien ou neuf, lisse ou rugueux. Il en résulte une liaison solide, qu'il s'agisse - à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur - d'enduit, de brique de terre cuite ou silicocalcaire, de béton, de béton cellulaire, de fibro-ciment, de pierre naturelle ou encore de grès.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acabado (Construcción)
  • Pinturas y barnices (Industrias)
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Record 2 1999-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Porcelain and Fine Ceramics
DEF

A vitreous or glossy inorganic coating bonded to metal by heating to the fusion temperature; it provides a finish that has excellent hardness and color retention and a high resistance to rust, stains, acids

OBS

... used as a finish on metal, such as the opaque white coating on cast-iron tubs, sheet-metal stoves, and similar fixtures, or the variously colored coatings on curtain wall spandrel panels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Porcelaines
CONT

Cuve : toutes matières [...] en émail vitrifié et [...] en acier inox Elginox (Flandria).

OBS

Après cuisson, l'émail forme un vernis vitreux très dur et inaltérable.

Spanish

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