CARBON BLACK

CHARACTERISTICS

• It is a widely used industrial pigment. It comes on 34^th number in chemical products ranking in America.
• It is prepared in three different grades. They include; channel black, thermal black, and furnace black.
• Furnace black has an extensive application as compared to the other two grades.
• It is a black colored powder that remains suspended in the air.

DENSITY

• 1.8 to 2.1

SOLUBILITY

• It does not dissolve in any solvent

FORMS

• Powder, pallets, and paste

GRADES

• (ASTM) N660- F550N
• N330 – N110 – N220
• N761 – N762 – N601
• 5300 (CANNEL) 5301

USES

• • It is used in Tyre tread, belt covers, rubber making and rubber products, plastic making and plastic products, ultraviolet light observer, carbon paper, dyeing inks, type writer ribbons, Shoe polishes.
  • Carbon black is also used as a reinforcing agent, coloring agent in paint making, and coloring agent in printing inks.

• It is also used in the cosmetic products like; eye mascara and eye liner.