Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Foreword 5
3. Contents 7
4. Part I Basics
5. 1 Introduction 11
6. 2 Pigment dispersions 37
7. 3 Paint formulation 59
8. Part II Solvent-borne paints
9. 1 Paints that form films at ambient temperatures 71
10. 2 Stoving enamels 129
11. Part III Water-borne paints
12. 1 Solubility and dispersibility of paint resins in water 171
13. 2 Water-borne paints and coatings that dry/cure at ambient temperatures 187
14. 3 Water-borne paints that cure at ambient temperatures 203
15. 4 Water-borne stoving enamels 225
16. Part IV Solvent-free coatings
17. 1 Two-components systems 253
18. 2 Radiation curing 261
19. 3 Powder coatings 275
20. Part V Design of experiments
21. 1 Experiments – past, present and future 297
22. 2 DoE in a nutshell 298
23. 3 Rules and good practice 299
24. 4 The path to DoE in coatings formulation 301
25. 5 Above and beyond 308
26. 6 References 309
27. Literature 311
28. Authors 313
29. Index 315