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Thermochromic color masterbatch

US4957949A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 1988
Grant dateSep 18, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J2491/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a thermochromic color masterbatch for use in a thermoplastic resin comprising a wax having substantially homogeneously dispersed therein a thermochromic granular material which is coated with a hydrophilic high-molecular weight substance, said thermochromic granular material being a mixture of a thermochromic composition comprising an electron-donating chromogen, an electron acceptor and a solvent with a thermosetting resin.

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