Product Data Sheet - Printing Inks Clariant Pigments

Permanent Rubine F6B Edition 03.11.2009

Colour Index: Pigment Red 184

Chem. Group: Naphthol AS

CAS No.: 99 402-80-9

C.I.-No.: 12487

Standardization: NC gravure printing

Technological properties

Permanent Rubine F6B is a blue shade, semi-transparent Naphthol AS pigment. It meets the requirements for the European Scale for Process

printing. It exhibits good allround fastness properties and is an alternative for Pigment Red 57:1 pigments, if their fastness properties are not

good enough. Recommended for paste inks as well as for solvent- and water based packaging gravure and flexographic printing inks.

Physical Data

Density [g/cm³] 1.40

pH-value ---

Specific surface [m²/g] 44

Average particle size [nm] 110

Fineness of grind [µm] ---

Viscosity [Pa.s] ---

Oil absorption [ml/100g] 70

Fastness properties

Staining of the test medium by:

Test medium Powder pigment Print / draw-down Change of the print

Solvent mixture 4 --- ---

Ethanol 4 --- ---

Ethyl acetate 4 --- ---

MEK 3-4 --- ---

Toluene 4 --- ---

White spirit 4-5 --- ---

DOP 4-5 --- ---

Paraffine 4-5 5 ---

Butter --- 5 ---

Soap --- 5 5

Alkali --- 5 5

Acid --- 5 5

Heat stability 10 min. 180°C

30 min. 180°C

Light fastness 5.0 % 3-4

Light fastness

10.0 % 4

Silver laquer ---

Sterilization Water phase Steam phase

--- ---

Recommended for

Paste inks

Sheetfed

Heatset

Coldset

Silkscreen -

Metal deco

UV curing (Offset)

= highly recommended

= recommended

= limited suitability

- = not tested

Liquid inks

NC alcohol

NC acetate

Waterbased

Polyvinyl butyral -

Polyamide -

Pub gravure, Toluene -

Decorative laminates -

UV curing (Flexo)