ROBERT A. CHARVAT is President of Charvat and Associates, Inc. and Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio and teaches at Terra Community College in Fremont, Ohio.

“…timely and well intended…a good resource” (Color Technology, No. 120, 2004) "This book is recommended for research and special libraries with chemical engineering and material science collections." (E-STREAMS, July 2004)

• Preface viiAcknowledgments ixContributors x1. Introduction 1Robert A. Charvat2. Color as a Science 4William R. Mathew and Cathy J. Hanlin3. Colorimetry, Color Specifications, and Production Tolerances by Visual and Instrumental Means 23Danny C. Rich4. Advanced Color Formulation Technology 48Robert Olmsted5. Visual Color Matching of Plastic Materials 61Frances A. Leiby6. Iso 9000 and Other ISO Standards, Guides, and Test Procedures 79Charles T. Bradshaw7. Introduction to Colorants 85Robert A. Charvat8. Organic Colorants 100Peter A. Lewis9. Inorganic Colored Pigments 127George Rangos10. Titanium Dioxide Pigments 146Dwight A. Holtzen and Austin H. Reid, Jr.11. Carbon Black Pigments 159Scott A. Brewer12. Soluble Dyes 175Craig Weadon and Walter Martin13. Photochromic and Thermochromic Colorants 185John J. Luthern14. Metallic Pigments 202Bernhard Klein and Hans-Henning Bunge15. Pearlescent Pigments/Flakes 226Gerhard Pfaff and Joachim Weitzel16. Fluorescence 242Christopher Newbacher17. Introduction to Colorant Selection and Application Technology 258Dennis I. Meade18. Color Compounding 268Scott D. Russell19. Dry Color Concentrate Manufacture 276Joseph M. Cameron20. Liquid Color Concentrates 287Richard L. Abrams21. Use of Color Concentrates 301Scott D. Russell and Ralph A. Itelfer22. Product Testing 320Ronald Harris23. Effect of Additives On Coloring Plastics 341Bruce M. Mulholland24. Recycling 353Jack W. Blakeman25. The Environment and Government Regulations 358Patrick Surgeon26. Use Of Statistics in the Coloring of Plastics 380Thomas V. EdwardsIndex 403

ROBERT A. CHARVAT is President of Charvat and Associates, Inc. and Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio and teaches at Terra Community College in Fremont, Ohio.

“…timely and well intended…a good resource” (Color Technology, No. 120, 2004) "This book is recommended for research and special libraries with chemical engineering and material science collections." (E-STREAMS, July 2004)

• Preface viiAcknowledgments ixContributors x1. Introduction 1Robert A. Charvat2. Color as a Science 4William R. Mathew and Cathy J. Hanlin3. Colorimetry, Color Specifications, and Production Tolerances by Visual and Instrumental Means 23Danny C. Rich4. Advanced Color Formulation Technology 48Robert Olmsted5. Visual Color Matching of Plastic Materials 61Frances A. Leiby6. Iso 9000 and Other ISO Standards, Guides, and Test Procedures 79Charles T. Bradshaw7. Introduction to Colorants 85Robert A. Charvat8. Organic Colorants 100Peter A. Lewis9. Inorganic Colored Pigments 127George Rangos10. Titanium Dioxide Pigments 146Dwight A. Holtzen and Austin H. Reid, Jr.11. Carbon Black Pigments 159Scott A. Brewer12. Soluble Dyes 175Craig Weadon and Walter Martin13. Photochromic and Thermochromic Colorants 185John J. Luthern14. Metallic Pigments 202Bernhard Klein and Hans-Henning Bunge15. Pearlescent Pigments/Flakes 226Gerhard Pfaff and Joachim Weitzel16. Fluorescence 242Christopher Newbacher17. Introduction to Colorant Selection and Application Technology 258Dennis I. Meade18. Color Compounding 268Scott D. Russell19. Dry Color Concentrate Manufacture 276Joseph M. Cameron20. Liquid Color Concentrates 287Richard L. Abrams21. Use of Color Concentrates 301Scott D. Russell and Ralph A. Itelfer22. Product Testing 320Ronald Harris23. Effect of Additives On Coloring Plastics 341Bruce M. Mulholland24. Recycling 353Jack W. Blakeman25. The Environment and Government Regulations 358Patrick Surgeon26. Use Of Statistics in the Coloring of Plastics 380Thomas V. EdwardsIndex 403

ROBERT A. CHARVAT is President of Charvat and Associates, Inc. and Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio and teaches at Terra Community College in Fremont, Ohio.

“…timely and well intended…a good resource” (Color Technology, No. 120, 2004) "This book is recommended for research and special libraries with chemical engineering and material science collections." (E-STREAMS, July 2004)

• Preface viiAcknowledgments ixContributors x1. Introduction 1Robert A. Charvat2. Color as a Science 4William R. Mathew and Cathy J. Hanlin3. Colorimetry, Color Specifications, and Production Tolerances by Visual and Instrumental Means 23Danny C. Rich4. Advanced Color Formulation Technology 48Robert Olmsted5. Visual Color Matching of Plastic Materials 61Frances A. Leiby6. Iso 9000 and Other ISO Standards, Guides, and Test Procedures 79Charles T. Bradshaw7. Introduction to Colorants 85Robert A. Charvat8. Organic Colorants 100Peter A. Lewis9. Inorganic Colored Pigments 127George Rangos10. Titanium Dioxide Pigments 146Dwight A. Holtzen and Austin H. Reid, Jr.11. Carbon Black Pigments 159Scott A. Brewer12. Soluble Dyes 175Craig Weadon and Walter Martin13. Photochromic and Thermochromic Colorants 185John J. Luthern14. Metallic Pigments 202Bernhard Klein and Hans-Henning Bunge15. Pearlescent Pigments/Flakes 226Gerhard Pfaff and Joachim Weitzel16. Fluorescence 242Christopher Newbacher17. Introduction to Colorant Selection and Application Technology 258Dennis I. Meade18. Color Compounding 268Scott D. Russell19. Dry Color Concentrate Manufacture 276Joseph M. Cameron20. Liquid Color Concentrates 287Richard L. Abrams21. Use of Color Concentrates 301Scott D. Russell and Ralph A. Itelfer22. Product Testing 320Ronald Harris23. Effect of Additives On Coloring Plastics 341Bruce M. Mulholland24. Recycling 353Jack W. Blakeman25. The Environment and Government Regulations 358Patrick Surgeon26. Use Of Statistics in the Coloring of Plastics 380Thomas V. EdwardsIndex 403