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Oxerra is proud to be the official Australasian distributor for Cabot’s ranges of Carbon Black pigments.
Specialty carbons deliver colour, conductivity and ultraviolet (UV) protection for specialty applications such as coatings, plastics, toners and printing inks.
Contact us today to find out more about Carbon Black offerings.
COLOURS
BLACK PEARLS 280 specialty carbon black is a general purpose carbon black suitable for a variety of tinting, colouring, and UV applications. Key applications:
Plastics
BLACK PEARLS 280 specialty carbon black is an effective opacifying agent for extruded films and is also widely used in UV applications such as utility pipe and agricultural film. In addition, it delivers good jetness and bluetone in a variety of general purpose molded plastics parts.
Coatings
BLACK PEARLS 280 specialty carbon black is suitable for underbody/underhood automotive coatings as well as general industrial coatings where high jetness is not required. It is also suitable for use as a tinting black as its relatively large particle size allows for high loading.
Printing Inks
BLACK PEARLS 280 specialty carbon black is a high structure general purpose pigment black that is broadly applicable in a variety of inks. It is particularly suitable for lithographic and gravure printing where a matte finish is required. This pigment black offers very blue undertone and excellent dispersability.
BLACK PEARLS® 480 is a high structure regular colour pigment black suitable for letterpress and web offset news inks supplied in pellet form.
Printing Inks
BLACK PEARLS 480 is a high structure general purpose pelleted pigment black suitable for lithographic inks, aqueous newspaper printing inks and also a broad field of other liquid ink applications. It provides high colour intensity with excellent dispersibility.
Other Applications
This product is commonly used as an all purpose pigment in Building Products Applications and in General
Dispersions.
Product Highlights
MONARCH 1300 specialty carbon black is a high jetness pigment designed for use in both water and solvent based formulations..
Key Applications
MONARCH 1300 specialty carbon black is suitable for use in liquid and powder coatings applications, specifically automotive, wood and electronics coatings, where high jetness is the primary performance requirement.
MONARCH 1400 specialty carbon black imparts high masstone jetness and is suitable for use in automotive and industrial liquid and powder coating applications.
Coatings
MONARCH 1400 specialty carbon black is suitable for use in liquid and powder coatings that require strong color properties, such as those used in automotive base coats. It exhibits higher color strength and blue undertone characteristics in both solvent and aqueous systems in comparison to competitive carbon black products.
MONARCH 1400 specialty carbon black disperses as other pigments with similarly high surface area do. The dispersibility of MONARCH 1400 specialty carbon black also depends on the equipment used and the formulation.
Performance Features
- High jetness
- High blue undertone
Product Highlights
MONARCH 120 specialty carbon black is a general purpose low color pigment black suitable for a broad range of tinting applications. Easy to disperse, this economical pigment black can enable higher loadings in most systems.
The dispersability of MONARCH 120 specialty carbon black depends on the equipment used and the formulation. Like most low color pigment blacks, it exhibits ease of dispersion characteristics because of its relatively large particle size.
Key Applications
MONARCH 120 specialty carbon black offers very blue undertone and high loading opportunities. It is a cost effective opacifying agent and offers excellent rub resistance as well as good viscosity and flow properties.
Printing Inks
MONARCH 120 specialty carbon black is suitable for use in web offset, coldset and letter press printing inks.
General Industrial Coatings
MONARCH 120 specialty carbon black is also suitable for use in general industrial coatings where high jetness is not required.
Tinting Applications
MONARCH 120 specialty carbon black is suitable for use in tinting applications.
Product Highlights
MONARCH 280 specialty carbon black is a general-purpose carbon black suitable for a variety of tinting, coloring and UV applications.
MONARCH 280 specialty carbon black offers ease of dispersion and delivers good color, UV, and tinting performance. Its high structure, combined with low surface area, makes it one of the easiest to disperse Cabot specialty carbon blacks. However, the quality of the dispersion is affected by equipment choice and formulation.
The dispersability of MONARCH 120 specialty carbon black depends on the equipment used and the formulation. Like most low color pigment blacks, it exhibits ease of dispersion characteristics because of its relatively large particle size.
Key Applications
MONARCH 280 specialty carbon black is suitable for use in printing inks, plastics and a variety of other applications including concrete and cement and general dispersions.
Printing Inks
MONARCH 280 specialty carbon black is a high structure general purpose product that is broadly applicable in a variety of inks. It is particularly suitable for lithographic and gravure printing where a matte finish is required. This specialty carbon black offers very blue undertone and excellent dispersability.
Plastics
MONARCH 280 specialty carbon black is an effective opacifying agent for extruded films and is also widely used in UV applications such as utility pipe and agricultural film. In addition, it delivers good jetness and bluetone in a variety of general-purpose molded plastics parts.
Coatings
MONARCH 280 specialty carbon black is suitable for underbody/underhood automotive coatings as well as general industrial coatings where high jetness is not required. It is also suitable for use as a tinting black.
Other Applications
This product is also used in concrete and cement, general dispersions and paper applications.
Product Highlights
MONARCH 430 specialty carbon black is an all-purpose regular color carbon black with low structure, allowing for lower viscosity or higher pigment loadings in a variety of applications.
Key Applications
MONARCH 430 specialty carbon black is suitable for use in printing inks and other applications.
Printing Inks
MONARCH 430 specialty carbon black is a general purpose pigment black that is broadly applicable in a variety of inks, including liquid, paste and lithographic inks. It provides good rub resistance of the image and viscosity and flow properties to the ink.
Other Applications
This product is commonly used in adhesives and sealants, construction applications and in dispersions for both leather and textile colorants.
Product Highlights
MONARCH 460 specialty carbon black is a medium structure regular color specialty carbon black suitable for use in printing inks and other applications. As a fluffy product, it can enable easier dispersion than its pelleted equivalent.
MONARCH 460 specialty carbon black provides medium intensity while maintaining good dispersibility. The dispersibility depends on the equipment used and the formulation.
Key Applications
MONARCH 460 specialty carbon black is suited for use in web offset and coldset printing inks and a broad field of liquid ink applications. It is also suitable for use in a variety of other applications as well:
- General dispersions in adhesives and sealants
- Black paper
- Concrete and cement
REGAL 350R carbon black is a low structure specialty black pigment designed
to impart a very blue tone while promoting good gloss and moderate color
strength in lithographic gloss inks.
Lithographic Inks
REGAL 350R pigment black is a blue tone carbon black with very low vehicle
demand and moderate color strength. It is used primarily in lithographic gloss ink applications where additional blue undertone is desired. REGAL 350R pigment black is the bluest of the Cabot pigment blacks in fluffy form typically used in high gloss heatset inks. The increased blueness can result in savings on blue toner.
Liquid Inks
REGAL 350R pigment black is also very applicable in liquid inks requiring low
viscosity. The low contamination level of REGAL 350R pigment black can help
reduce cylinder abrasion during long gravure press runs. Though it has of
moderate strength compared to other grades used in liquid inks. Its blue tone
and gloss are beneficial in printing on non-porous substrates, and its low
structure imparts scuff resistance when applied to porous substrates.
REGAL 400R carbon black is a low structure pigment black designed to impart
very good color strength to printing inks and other applications.
Lithographic Inks
REGAL 400R pigment black is a high gloss, high strength black suitable for
sheet fed and heat set lithographic ink applications. With its oxidized surface,
REGAL 400R pigment black exhibits very good dispersibility and imparts good
flow to lithographic inks.
Liquid Inks
REGAL® 400R pigment black is easily stabilized in nitrocellulose and polyamide
liquid inks. It can disperse very well with good viscosity and dispersion stability.
Its gloss and strength characteristics are desirable for packaging inks on nonporous
substrates.
Energy Curing Inks
REGAL 400R pigment black is well suited for energy curing liquid and paste
printing inks that require high gloss and high color strength. Its oxidized surface
imparts excellent flow and gloss in paste energy cure inks, while offering
excellent dispersion stability.
REGAL 660R carbon black is a low structure specialty black pigment designed to impart high gloss and high jetness to printing inks and other applications.
Liquid Inks
REGAL 660R pigment black is suitable for use in liquid inks requiring low
viscosity, high gloss and high jetness. It is compatible with both aqueous and
non-aqueous systems. Its low structure enables high gloss when printed on
non-porous substrates.
Coatings
REGAL 660R pigment black is a low structure, high tinting strength, regular color black suitable for use in liquid and powder coating systems. Its lower structure allows for less viscosity build while maintaining tint strength in both industrial and architectural coatings.
Other Applications
REGAL 660R pigment black is suitable for the production of dispersions for
coloring leather articles.
VULCAN® P carbon black is a pelleted highly reinforcing furnace black in the class formerly known as Super Conductive Furnace Black. It has a high surface area per unit mass and some surface porosity. VULCAN P carbon black is designed to impart electrical conductivity to rubber and plastic compounds.
VULCAN P carbon black has an exceptional purity, demonstrated by an
extremely low solvent extract level, sulfur content, ash level and sieve residue. This exceptional chemical and physical purity with easier dispersion in rubber distinguishes VULCAN P carbon black from Cabot’s STERLING® C medium conductive carbon black.
Performance Features
The effect of VULCAN P carbon black on electrical conductivity in rubber
compounds is dependent on carbon black loading. The VULCAN P percolation curve relative to other carbon blacks in rubber can be found below.
Rubber components having electrical resistivity in the range 103 to 106 ohm·cm are normally classified as “antistatic” and components below 103 ohm·cm are classified as “conductive”. VULCAN P carbon black can meet these conductivity requirements without need for very high carbon black loadings. Its dispersion and processing in rubber is easier than very super conductive carbon black products.
The rubber reinforcement properties of VULCAN P carbon black are comparable
to those of ASTM N300 type carbon blacks.
Typical Applications
Antistatic and conductive applications:
- Hospital flooring and sheeting
- Conveyor and power transmission belts
- Printing rolls
- Hoses for mining, petroleum
- Cable screening
Product Highlights
VULCAN XC72 specialty carbon black is a uniquely designed conductive carbon
black from our XC family of conductive carbon blacks. Its unique properties allow end products to deliver functionality at relatively lower loading levels compared to Cabot’s other carbon blacks in the XC family. VULCAN XC72 specialty carbon black has demonstrated its performance capabilities for many years, allowing compounders to feel confident using it in a wide range of conductive applications.
Performance Features
VULCAN XC72 specialty carbon black has several important features:
- A full range of conductivity performance depending on loading (but typically at lower loadings than other XC carbon blacks or standard carbon blacks)
- Good dispersion characteristics to promote surface smoothness and preserve
mechanical performance of polymer
- Low sulfur and grit levels
Key Applications
VULCAN XC72 specialty carbon black is suitable for use across a range of conductive
applications:
- Conductor shields used in medium voltage power cables
- Insulation shields used in medium voltage power cables
- Conductive plastic molded or extruded parts where protection from electrostatic
discharge (ESD) is required
By compounding VULCAN XC72 specialty carbon black into plastics, a compounder
can change the electrical property of the final product from insulative to conductive,
anti-static, or dissipative. For instance, VULCAN XC72 specialty carbon black is
compounded into plastics trays and pouches that are used extensively in electronics
manufacturing to protect sensitive products against electrostatic discharge. In
addition, it is frequently compounded in molded or extruded parts to help deliver
dissipative performance in hazardous environments.
