by Gerhard Pfaff (Author)
The book provides a complete overview on inorganic pigments and their use in coatings, plastics, printing, cosmetic, and construction industries. Each chapter introduces a certain class of pigment in respect of fundamentals, manufacture, properties and toxicology and thus being very valuable for color chemists, materials scientists and specialists for pigment applications. The readers will benefit from a concise and well-structured text, numerous examples and figures, and a variety of questions for self-control.
Author Biography
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Pfa
obtained his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University Jena, worked many years for the Merck KGaA as head of R&D Pigments and is teaching at the Technical University Darmstadt. He is author of more than 200 scientific publications and member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin.