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Pigments in Paper Industry

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What are Pigments?

Pigments are generally coloured, organic or inorganic solid powder, and usually are insoluble. They are not affected physically or chemically in the substrate in which they are incorporated. Pigments can give a full range of colours. Pigments have a variety of applications that includes plastics, ink, and coating application. They are obtained in a powder form and are mixed with a liquid to be used as a solution for several applications.Pigments have become an indispensable item in almost all the industries today. There is no industry which does not have some role or the other for pigments in today’s times. Pigments impart color to solids and liquids and help to enhance their look many times over.

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Changing Industrial Norms from Inorganic Pigments to Organic Pigments!

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Pigments are an inseparable part of human civilization. We all are surrounded by pigments in every sphere of life. Whether it is clothes we wear, food we eat, cosmetics we use, paint we do on our houses, books or magazines we read, computer on which we work and the list is endless in which pigments show their presence to add color and brightness in our lives. The category of the pigment can be natural, synthetic, organic, and inorganic and so on but presence of a pigment is a must.

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Pigment Potential in Textile Industry

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Pigments can be considered as the heart and the soul of the textile industry, although pigments and dyes are used in a most of industries, right from coating to construction and everything in between. However, it is estimated that around 70% of pigments produced are consumed by the textile industry alone.  Thus, textile industry is the primary consumer of pigments.

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