国外塑料用着色剂及颜料市场的现状及趋势

THE WORLD PRESENT AND TREND ON THE MARKET OF PLASTICS COLOURANTS AND PIGMENTS

综述了国外塑料着色剂和颜料的最新市场,尤其是美国和西德市场的最新动向。分别陈述了美国着色剂中镉的消费量和西德塑料工业中镉的消费量。指出了镉颜料具有色彩鲜艳、遮盖力强、分散性好、以及耐候、耐化学品和超热稳定性的优点。但是公众对重金属镉有引起肾病和致癌可能性的关注和耽忧与日俱增,因此在塑料制品中逐渐摒弃镉颜料及着色剂、使用镉的代用品,是一个值得注意的新动向。一些公司在摒弃镉的同时,正在研制符合环境要求的安全替代品。本文还对最新上市的十余种塑料着色剂及颜料新产品进行了报导。

The latest world market on the plastics colourants and pigments, especially the latest situation in USA and West Germany were reviewed. The cadmium consumption used in colourants of USA and its amount used in plastics industry of West Germany have been describded respectively. The advantages of cadmium pigments including bright colour, good dispersion, anti-weathering, anti-chemicals and heat resistant stabilization have been indicated. Nowadays, the public are growing to worry about the posibilities of potential cancer and kidney diseases caused by the heavy metal cadmium. So,there is a noticeable trend to gradually remove the heavy metal from plastics formulations and to use the alternatives to cadmium, Some companies are ceasing from using cadmium, meanwhile they are developing the safe alternatives in order to meet the environmental regulations. More than 10 new products available in this sector were also reported.