Preserving your fluid formulations the choice of biocides for graphic and printing products. From: Ink & Print | Date: September 22, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 Batiste Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The past two decades have seen significant changes in the complexity and technological sophistication of chemical formulations used in the graphics industry. This has been mirrored by advances in biocide technology over a similar period; the net result being to complicate greatly the selection of a compatible agent to prevent growth of bacteria and fungi in the finished product. Twenty years ago, sodium pentachlorophenate could be added at a fixed concentration across the whole range of products (or phenyl mercuric acetate or tributyl tin oxide for that matter). Health and ...

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