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Photochromic paint

US4444939A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1983
Grant dateApr 24, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/252
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Photochromic paint comprising a latex of an acrylate and/or a methacrylate polymer, the polymer particles of which constitutes 30 to 50% by weight of the latex and which has been prepared using a copolymerizable surfactant, there being dispersed in the latex photochromic glass beads of from 0.05 to 1.00 .mu.m in size and which comprises from 10 to 30% by weight of the latex, the total solids content of the latex being from 40 to 60% by weight. The paint may be coated on to any surface which will accept a water-based paint.

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