MSericite® 800-PC for Paints & Coating

MSericite® 800-P for Paints & Coating

MSericite® 800-PC is a white, micronized muscovite white mica. It exhibits perfect toughness, good electrical insulation, good wear resistance, excellent acid & alkali resistance, and a large radius-thickness ratio (>80).

Mica describes to the paint industry’s “4E” principles, that is ECONOMY, ENERGY, ECOLOGY, and EFFICIENCY. Based on these four principles, the paint product does structural changes and improves upon. Therefore, the search for raw materials and their processing equipment and process technology in line with the “4E” principle has become a common concern in the coatings industry. MSericite® 800-PC is ultrafine mica powder of great significance as an inorganic filler in the coatings. Its main application areas are building exterior paint, interior wall paint, powder coating, anti-corrosion coatings, high-temperature coatings, road marking paint, waterproof coating, fire coatings, etc.
The general heat range of silicone-based coatings is 200 – 400 degrees C. But if the appropriate amount of ultra-fine mica powder is used in the ingredients, Heat resistance can be obtained for more than 600 degrees C including resistance to radiation of the silicate coating. Another example is the domestic development of mica powder as the main component of the metal-type insulation coating, which provides good suspension and lubrication. The adhesion of the coating is strong and the service life is long, which improves the surface roughness of aluminum alloy casting.

Up to date the industries commonly use asphalt, polyurethane, and organic zinc-rich coatings for anti-corrosion performance. But the performance was poor. Therefore, the development of good anti-corrosion performance, satisfaction with the performance of the environment, and no pollution of the functional coating was imperative. This is where MSericite® 800-PC comes in.
In the extensive use of aluminum paint, the film starts aging and begins to crack in a year in the general use of floating aluminum paint alone for the protection and anti-shield properties, such as tank surface paint, but with added MSericite® 800-PC, the film can be maintained for 5 years without any change. Also, mica powder is much less than aluminum powder. Some manufacturers use mica powder for its chemical stability, strong adhesion, acid and alkali resistance, and excellent weather resistance characteristics.

With the deepening and improvement in the production of architectural coatings and the rise of new opportunities like the development of architectural coatings in the direction of high-grade latex paint, requirements of this type of coating are scrubbing, rheology, brush, and so on.  Interior paint must also be developed to be healthy. The development direction of exterior paint is it has to be anti-stain, self-emulsifying, and non-polluting latex paint. The information shows that ultra-fine muscovite powder used in the preparation of the paint gives the paint superior performance, which no other inorganic filler can replace. This is because the mica flakes tend to be parallel to the surface orientation of the film, forming an inert and flexible corrosion-resistant, anti-sunscreen protective layer. At the same time, it is possible to enhance the uniformity of stress in the coating by sealing the pores of the paint film with the tidal mica sheet, thereby enhancing the resistance to cracking, neatness, acid, and alkali resistance, surface smoothness, and aesthetics. Experimental results show that Mica has a strong anti-UV function and the addition of Mica in architectural coatings improves the weather resistance quality of coatings significantly. It can also significantly improve the anti-corrosion