All About Arctic Infrared Reflective Pigments

All About Arctic Infrared Reflective Pigments

Arctic® Infrared Reflective Pigments deliver the best lifetime value because their performance delays or eliminates costly damage caused by sunlight. Less warping, twisting, fading and failure means big maintenance savings for any application. Products that use Arctic Pigments stay cooler, which means they are less prone to sun damage and enable more comfortable and sustainable environments.

To learn more about our Arctic products, watch our webinar ‘All About Arctic Infrared Reflective Pigments’ below:

Still have questions

We have a series of videos below to answer detailed questions you may have about Arctic Infrared Reflective Pigments:

Intro to Arctic Videos: The introductory video will introduce the topics that we will present in further depth so that you can develop the optimum in cool materials with IR reflective pigments.

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IR Reflective Black Pigments: IR Black pigments can be divided into two groups: organic IR transmitting pigments and inorganic IR scattering pigments.

Visual Versus IR Opacity: Most pigments gain optical opacity faster than IR Opacity. Watch out for substrate effects that can rob your material of crucial TSR value.

IR Black with White Pigment Colortone of Tinted Colors: The IR Black pigments have different tinting properties and shades than standard carbon black pigments. Data presented here will help you reformulate your coatings when switching from standard to IR pigmentation.

Effect of Contamination on IR Reflective Properties: Even very small parts of standard black in an IR black color can greatly reduce the TSR of the material.

We encourage you to visit our Virtual Showroom to learn more about all of our products, including Dynamix and StarLight. If you have further questions, please send us a message and we will be in touch.