MODIFIED PIGMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME

• Main Authors: ULRICH, MARK, KANE, JOHN, OUELLETE, DANIEL, A, SUJEETH, P., K, SROUJI, GABE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.09.2009
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; INKS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; PREPARATION OF CARBON BLACK; TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS, OTHER THAN FIBROUS FILLERS,TO ENHANCE THEIR PIGMENTING OR FILLING PROPERTIES; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

An ink composition that includes a self-dispersing pigment that has about 0.02 to about 1.0 mMoles of S and about 0.2 to about 2.0 mMoles of active hydrogen per gram of pigment, water, and an organic solvent. A method of making an ink composition that includes sulfonating a pigment, subsequently oxi...