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Definitions

• the invention relates to an aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension, to a process for its production and to its use.
• the object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous gas black suspension which has high optical densities on carrier materials, such as, for example, paper, a low zeta potential and a high surface tension.
• the invention provides an aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension which is characterised in that it contains
• R 1 to R 12 may be the same or different and consist of hydrogen, hydrophilic or hydrophobic groups, acceptor or donor substituents or parts of aliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic, acyclic, cyclic or polycyclic systems having acceptor, donor, hydrophilic or hydrophobic groups,
• Colloidal means the uniform distribution of particles having a diameter of from 10 nm to 10 ⁇ m in a dispersing agent .
• a low viscosity is advantageous, depending on the printing process, in order to obtain the desired printing properties, for example sharpness of print.
• a low zeta potential which describes the state of charge of the particles in the carbon black suspension, is a measure of the good stability of the suspension.
• a high surface tension has a positive effect, for example, on droplet formation in the ink-jet process.
• a high degree of dispersion is of fundamental importance for good storage stability, for good coloristic properties in use and for preventing blockage of the nozzles, particularly in the ink-jet process.
• the gas black can have a content of volatile constituents (950°C) of ⁇ 21 wt.%, preferably ⁇ 6 wt.%.
• the gas black can have a BET surface area of from 80 to 350 m 2 /g.
• the gas black can have a primary particle size of from 8 to 40 nm, preferably from 13 to 30 nm, particularly preferably from 13 to 20 nm.
• the gas black can have a DBP number of from 40 to 200 ml/100 g.
• the gas black can also be a mixture of different gas blacks.
• gas blacks there may be used as gas blacks, for example, Farbru ⁇ F 200, Farbru ⁇ FW 2, Farbru ⁇ FW 2 V, Farbru ⁇ FW 1, Farbru ⁇ FW 18, Farbru ⁇ S 170, Farbru ⁇ S 160, Spezialschwarz 6, Spezialschwarz 5, Spezialschwarz 4, Spezialschwarz 4A, NIPex 150, NIPex 160 IQ, NIPex 170 IQ, NIPex 180 IQ, Printex U, Printex V, Printex 140 U or Printex 140 V from Degussa AG.
• the gas black content in the aqueous, colloidal carbon black suspension according to the invention can be less than 30 wt.%, preferably less than 20 wt.%.
• the azo compound of the general formula 1 can contain the general formula 1 one or more times in the azo compound.
• azo compound of the general formula 1 there may be used, for example, Acid Black 1 (C.I. 2047-0)
• Mordant Blue 13 (C.I. 16680)
• the amount of azo compound of the general formula 1 in the aqueous, colloidal carbon black suspension according to the invention can be less than 5 wt.%, preferably less than 3 wt.%.
• the azo compound of the general formula 1 can contain less than 30 wt.%, preferably less than 20 wt.%, impurity.
• the azo compound of the general formula 1 can contain less than 10 wt.%, preferably less than 5 wt.%, salt.
• the azo compounds Acid Black 1, Mordant Green 17 or Mordant Blue 13 can contain less than 30 wt.% impurity and less than 10 wt.% salt.
• the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension according to the invention can contain biocides, wetting agents and/or additives .
• the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension according to the invention can contain a biocide.
• the biocide can be added in amounts of from 0.01 to 1.0 wt.%.
• Parmetol from Sch ⁇ lke & Mayr, Ebotec from Bode Chemie, Acticide from Thor Chemie or Proxel from Zeneca can be used as the biocide.
• wetting agents in amounts of from 0 to 1 wt.%, preferably from 0.4 to 0.6 wt.%, based on the total suspension.
• wetting agents classes of compounds such as fatty alcohol ethoxylates, polyacrylic acid or/and derivatives thereof, copolymers containing acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, styrenes, styrene derivatives and/or polyethers, ligno- sulfonates, alk lbenzenesulfonates, naphthalenesulfonic acid derivatives, copolymers containing maleic anhydride and/or maleic acid derivatives, or combinations of the mentioned wetting agents.
• the copolymers can be random or alternating block or graft copolymers.
• Joncryl 678, Joncryl 680, Joncryl €82 or Joncryl 690 from Johnson Polymer B.V. can be used as the dispersion-assisting additive.
• dispersion-assisting additive forms of styrene-acrylic acid copolymers which have been completely neutralised with ammonium or alkali hydroxide, especially with NaOH.
• wetting agents are likewise suitable for the production of the carbon black suspension according to the invention.
• additives such as alcohols, for example 1, 5-pentanediol, glycols, such as dipropylene glycol, heterocyclic compounds, such as 2- pyrrolidone, or glycerol.
• the amount of additives in the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension according to the invention can be less than 25 wt.%, preferably less than 15 wt.%.
• the invention also provides a process for the production of the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension according to the invention, which process is characterised in that the gas black and the azo compound of the general formula 1 are dispersed in water.
• the dispersion can be carried out using bead mills, ultrasonic devices, high-pressure homogenisers, microfluidizers, Ultra-Turrax or comparable apparatuses.
• the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension can be purified by centrifugation and/or filtration.
• the invention relates also to the use of the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension according to the invention in inks, ink-jet inks, surface coatings and coloured printing inks.
• This invention relates also to an ink which is characterised in that it contains the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension according to the invention.
• aqueous, colloidal gas black suspensions according to the invention are the high optical densities, low zeta potential, high surface tension, good storage stability and a high degree of dispersion. Examples:
• the carbon black is gradually incorporated into the solution with slow stirring (either by hand or using a slow stirring device) .
• the suspension prepared in point 1 is dispersed using an ultrasonic device. Very coarse particles can be separated from the resulting suspension in a centrifuge.
• compositions and properties of reference suspensions and of the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension 1 according to the invention are shown in Table 1.
• NIPex 90 is a highly structured furnace black from
• Degussa AG having a primary particle size of 14 nm.
• NIPex 160 IQ is a gas black from Degussa having a primary particle size of 20 nm.
• Acticide MBS is a biocide from Thor Chemie.
• Acid Black 1 there is used Napthol Blue Black having the formula from Aldrich Chemical Company.
• the Acid Black 1 has a salt content of 1.5 wt . % .
• the salt content of the azo compound is the sum of sodium sulfate, measured by the sulfate concentration and converted to sodium sulfate, and sodium chloride, measured by the chloride concentration and converted to sodium chloride.
• a low-capacity ion exchanger is used as the separating column.
• the elution of the ions is effected using electrolytes.
• a conductivity detector is used for the detection.
• the samples are eluted in the tumbler for 1 hour at room temperature using high-purity water, and sulfate is determined in the eluate by ion chromatography.
• the suspension is then transferred to a measuring flask and filled to the mark with high-purity water.
• the measuring flask should be so chosen that the test solution contains from 0.5 to 40 mg/1 S0 4 2" .
• test solution is injected into the ion chromatograph by way of a 0.2 ⁇ m injection filter.
• the sulfate concentration is calculated using the measured peak area.
• the sample is suspended in high-purity water.
• the chloride concentration is determined by means of argentometric titration.
• Titroprocessor 670 (Metrohm) Silver rod electrode Reference electrode (Hg/HgS0 4 ) Principle
• the suspension After production of the suspension, the suspension is acidified and titrated with silver nitrate.
• the sample is acidified with nitric acid, the electrodes and the tip of the burette are immersed in the suspension and titration is carried out potentiometrically.
• the amount by weight w of chloride is calculated as follows:
• the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension 1 according to the invention is of low viscosity and exhibits a high optical density, good storage stability and a high degree of dispersion.
• a flowable suspension could only be obtained with reference suspension 3, only by substantially increasing the amount of Acid Black 1.
• Figure 1 shows optical microscope images of the reference suspension 3 and of the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension 1 according to the invention.
• the reference suspension 3 has a high content of coarse particles, or is partially flocculated, and accordingly does not fulfil the requirements made of an ink-jet ink.
• the gas black suspension 1 according to the invention exhibits no appreciable content of coarse particles.
• Table 2 shows reference suspensions with added anionic wetting agent (4) and non-ionic wetting agent (5) in comparison with the aqueous, colloidal gas black suspension 1 according to the invention.
• Disponil FES 32 IS is an anionic wetting agent (fatty alcohol polyglycol ether sulfate) from Cognis.
• Hydropalat 3065 is a non-ionic wetting agent (mixture of ethoxylated linear fatty alcohols) from Cognis.
• AMP 90 is 2-amino-2-methyl-l-propanol from Angus Chemie.
• the reference suspensions 4 and 5 stabilised with wetting agent exhibit too high a zeta potential and a low surface tension when non-ionic surfactants (5) are used, while excessive wetting of the paper and hence too low an optical density are observed when anionic surfactants (4) are used, owing to the strong interactions with the paper coatings, which are likewise anionic (Table 2) .
• Table 3 shows the formulations and properties of two aqueous, colloidal gas black suspensions 2 and 3 according to the invention:
• IDIS @ solv .pd is 1, 3-propanediol from Degussa AG. Study of the degree of dispersion by optical microscopy:
• the degree of dispersion of the carbon black suspension samples is assessed at 400 x magnification. Using the scale on the microscope, coarse particles > 1 ⁇ m can readily be detected at that setting.
• the rheological behaviour is determined in a rotation test with controlled shear rate (CSR) using a Physica Rheometer UDS 200.
• CSR controlled shear rate
• the viscosity value is read off at a shear rate of 1000 s "1 .
• the particle size distribution is determined using a photon correlation spectrometer (PCS) , Horiba LB-500 type, and read off as the mean particle size of the indicated "median value". The measurement is carried out on an undiluted suspension sample.
• PCS photon correlation spectrometer
• the dynamic surface tension is determined using a BP2 bubble tensiometer from Kriiss. The end value is read off at 3000 ms.
• the samples are stored at 50°C in a drying cabinet for
• the samples are frozen at -25°C and, after thawing, the degree of dispersion is checked using an optical microscope.
• a sample is evaluated as stable to freezing if, after thawing, the frozen sample has a highly liquid consistency again, no sediment forms and no re-agglomeration is visible under the optical microscope.
• the pH is determined on the undiluted suspension using a CG 837 pH meter from Schott. For that purpose, the glass electrode is immersed in the solution and the temperature- corrected pH is read off after five minutes.
• the zeta potential is determined using a MBS-8000 from Matec. The samples are measured in the undiluted state. The zeta potential is determined by means of the electrokinetic sound amplitude (ESA) .
• ESA electrokinetic sound amplitude
• the degree of dispersion of the suspension samples is assessed at 400 x magnification. Using the scale on the optical microscope, coarse particles > 1 ⁇ m can readily be detected at that setting.
• aqueous, colloidal gas black suspensions 2 and 3 according to the invention fulfil all the requirements made of an optimum suspension.
• Inks having a carbon black content of 4.5 % are prepared from the gas black suspensions according to the invention using 2-pyrrolidone, 1, 2-hexanediol, 1, 3-propanediol, ethoxylated glycerol, dimethyla inoethanol and deionised water.
• 2-pyrrolidone 1, 2-hexanediol, 1, 3-propanediol, ethoxylated glycerol, dimethyla inoethanol and deionised water.
• the pre-mixture of ink additives is placed in a vessel, and the carbon black suspension is added carefully thereto, with stirring.
• the finished ink is filtered with a filter fineness of 500 nm. 6 ⁇ m draw downs are then produced on copier paper (type: Ko pass Copy Office) using a K Control Coater application device, and the optical density is determined after 24 hours using a densitometer.
• Printing tests are carried out using a Canon Office printer BJC-S750 and a HP Office printer 970 Cxi.
• the ink is first deaerated in vacuo and introduced into a cleaned original printer cartridge.
• the inks according to the invention are distinguished by very good printability, high optical densities and very good storage stability. Table 4

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