Pigment

What is “Pigment Red 170” ?

Pigment Red 170 is an organic azo red pigment, whose chemical name is usually bisacetoacet-2,5-dimethoxy-p-phenylenediamine. With its high-performance characteristics, it belongs to the category of premium red pigments.

What are “Pigment Red 170” ‘s properties?

Its core properties are as follows:
Color Performance
It exhibits a bright yellowish red color with full shade and high tinting strength. Compared with other red pigments, its hue leans more towards warm red.
Application Stability
It has excellent light fastness, weather resistance and heat resistance, and is not easy to decompose or discolor during high-temperature processing (such as plastic extrusion and injection molding). Meanwhile, it features good solvent resistance and migration resistance, avoiding bleeding or migration in the application system.
Chemical Properties
It has a stable chemical structure, is insoluble in water and most organic solvents, exists in powder form, and can be easily dispersed in various media.

What’s typical applications of “Pigment Red 170”?

Thanks to its stable performance, Pigment Red 170 is widely used in fields with high requirements for color fastness:
Plastics Industry
It is a common red pigment for plastic coloring, suitable for various resins such as polyolefin (PE, PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ABS and polystyrene (PS). It can be used in the production of red plastic pipes, toys, home appliance shells, packaging materials, etc., withstanding high temperatures and resisting migration during processing.
Coatings and Inks Industry
It is applied in industrial coatings, automotive coatings and architectural coatings, endowing the coating films with bright red color, which can resist sun exposure and rain erosion without fading easily.
It is suitable for offset printing inks and gravure printing inks. The printed products have high color reproducibility, good rub resistance and light fastness, and are commonly used in packaging printing, book and periodical printing, etc.
Chemical Fiber and Rubber Industry
It can be used for dope dyeing of synthetic fibers (such as polyester and nylon), and the dyed red fibers have excellent color fastness.
It can also be used for coloring rubber products, such as red rubber seals and tire markings, which will not discolor easily due to rubber aging.
Notes
Pigment Red 170 is a non-toxic pigment that complies with relevant standards for food contact materials (such as FDA and EU 10/2011). It can be used for coloring food packaging materials, but the dosage specifications must be strictly followed.