Metallic pigment formulations

Claim 1

METALLIC ALUMINUM PIGMENT FORMULATIONS CHARACTERIZED BY SUBSTANTIAL ABSENCE OF DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSURE IN SEALED CONTAINERS OF THE SAME, SAID FORMULATIONS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF FROM 7 TO 80 PERCENT ALUMINUM FLAKES, FROM 0.1 TO 4 PERCENT OF AT LEAST ONE FATTY ACID LUBRICATING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STEARIC, PALMITIC OLEIC RICINOLEIC AND LAURIC ACIDS, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SAID ACIDS NOT EXCEEDING 4 PERCENT, FROM 1 TO 75 PERCENT VOLATILIZABLE HYDROCARBON, FROM 0.25 TO 51 PERCENT OF AT LEAST ONE INHIBITOR SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF NITRO DERIVATIVES OF ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS CONSISTING OF NITROETHANE, 1-NITROPROPANE, 1NITROBUTANE, 2-NITROBUTANE, NITROBENZENE, O-NITROTOLUENE AND 3-NITRO-1,2-DIMETHYL BENZENE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SAID NITRO DERIVATIVES OF ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS NOT EXCEEDING 51 PERCENT, AND WATER IN AMOUNTS OF 0.1 TO 1.5 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE FORMULATIONS.