Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
An aluminum pigment composition comprising aluminum flakes, a phosphorus supplied from an inorganic phosphoric acid in an amount of 500 to 10,000 ppm based on the aluminium weight, an aliphatic compound having at least one functional group within a molecule in an amount of 0.3 to 5 parts by weight per I00 parts by weight of aluminum, water in an amount of 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of aluminium, a lower alcohol consisting essentially of ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, isobutanol, amylalcohol, isoamyalcohol or mixtures thereof in an amount of 5 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of aluminium and a hydrocarbon oil in an amount of 1 to 70 parts by weight of aluminium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
An aluminum pigment composition comprising aluminum flakes, a phosphorus supplied from an inorganic phosphoric acid in an amount of 500 to 10,000 ppm based on the aluminium weight, an aliphatic compound having at least one functional group within a molecule in an amount of 0.3 to 5 parts by weight per I00 parts by weight of aluminum, water in an amount of 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of aluminium, a lower alcohol consisting essentially of ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, isobutanol, amylalcohol, isoamyalcohol or mixtures thereof in an amount of 5 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of aluminium and a hydrocarbon oil in an amount of 1 to 70 parts by weight of aluminium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the aluminium flakes are those obtained by the Hall process.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the inorganic phosphoric compound is selected from the group consisting of ortho-phosphoric acid, pyro-phosphoric acid, triphosphoric acid, tetraphosphoric acid and phosphorus acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the phosphorus content is 1,000 to 7,000 ppm based on the aluminium weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the aliphatic compound has at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2##
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The composition of claim 5, wherein the aliphatic compound is an aliphatic amine, an aliphatic higher alcohol, an ester of an aliphatic acid with lower alcohol, a metal salt of an aliphatic acid, an aliphatic acid amide and a mono- or diester of an aliphatic alcohol with orthophosphoric acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition of claim 6, wherein the aliphatic compound is an aliphatic amine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The composition of any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the aliphatic compound has 8 to 40 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the content of the aliphatic compound is a 1 to 4 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of aluminium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the content of water is 0.1 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of aluminium.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the content of the lower alcohol is 20 to 40 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of aluminium.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon oil is an aliphatic hydrocarbon oil or an aromatic hydrocarbon oil.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The composition of claim I, wherein the content of the hydrocarbon oil is 30 to 50 parts by weight.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
10 words
The composition of claim 1, which further comprises a surfactant.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
12 words
The composition of claim 14, wherein the surfactant is a nonionic surfactant.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The composition of claim 1, which is incorporated in a water base paint.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
A water base pain comprising an aluminium pigment composition of any one of claims 1-16.