Flexonyl Fire Red WF 483

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Product Data Sheet - Ink Pigments Pigments & Additives Division

Edition 03.11.2009

Flexonyl Fire Red

WF 483
Colour Pigment Red Chem. Group: Monoazo, Sr- CAS No.: 15 782-05-
Index: 48:3  salt  5 
C.I.-No.: 15865  Standardization:aqueous flexo
printing 

Technological properties

Flexonyl Fire Red WF 483 is a pigment preparation for the manufacture of water based
flexographic printing inks. It is free of wetting agents, glycols and organic solvents. For
stability purposes it contains a small amount of a very compatible acrylic resin. Based
on Pigment Red 48:3.

Pigment Preparation Pigment content Water content Resin content

35 %  55 %  7.0 % 

Physical Data

Density [g/cm³] 1.24 

pH-value 8.0 - 8.6 
Specific area [m²/g] --- 
Average particle size [nm] --- 
Fineness of grind [µm] --- 
Viscosity [Pa.s] 0.25-0.70 
Oil absorption [ml/100g] --- 

Fastness properties

Staining of the test medium by:

Test medium Powder pigment  Print / draw-down  Change of the
print
Solvent mixture ---  5  4-5 
Ethanol ---  5  4-5 
Ethyl acetate ---  5  4-5 
MEK ---  4  4-5 
Toluene ---  5  4-5 
White spirit ---  5  5 
DOP ---  5  --- 
Paraffine ---  5  --- 
Butter ---  5  --- 
Soap ---  4  3-4 
Alkali ---  4-5  4 
Acid ---  3-4  4 

Heat stability 10 min.  ---°C 

30 min.  ---°C 

Light fastness   *12.5 %  6 

Light fastness * 20.0 %  6-7 
* based on Pigmentprep.  

Silver laquer --- 

Sterilization Water phase  Steam phase 
---  --- 

Recommended for

Paste inks Liquid inks

Sheetfed -  NC alcohol - 
Heatset -  NC acetate - 
Coldset -  Waterbased  
Silkscreen -  Polyvinyl butyral - 
Metal deco -  Polyamide - 
UV curing (Offset) -  Pub gravure, Toluene - 
Decorative laminates - 
UV curing (Flexo) - 
= highly recommended
= recommended
= limited suitability
- = not tested

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