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Micaceous Iron Oxide Gray

Micaceous iron oxide gray is a gray powder pigment, it owns high fastness to light, heat and weather, good anti-corrosion resistance, it doesn't change colors even at 1000℃. Micaceous iron oxide gray is recommended for anti-corrosion paints and coatings. The content of Fe2O3 available is 85%, 90%, 93% and 95%, fineness is 60-800mesh accordingly. Furthermore, we can produce micaceous iron oxide red according to customers' standard samples.

General Description

Micaceous iron oxide gray’s main content is α- Fe2O3, the crystal is sheet or plate like hexagonal, it is a large radius to thickness ratio, with diameter from tens of microns to a hundred microns, thickness from a few microns to tens of microns. Mohs hardness of micaceous iron oxide gray is 5.5-6.5, it has good light resistance, heat resistance, weather resistance, and excellent rust resistance, micaceous iron oxide gray does not change colors even at 1000°C.

Applications

Micaceous iron oxide gray is mainly used in primer, intermediate paint and finish paints of anti-corrosion paints. As well as anti-rust fillers of adhesives and sealants.

Typical Physical Properties

Specification Value
Appearance Gray
Content of Fe (as Fe2O3, ≥105℃), % 93.0 min.
Oil Absorption, % 9-12
Volatile at 105℃, % 0.5 max.
Water Solubles, % 0.1 max.
Reside (63μm mesh), % 1.0 max.
Content of SiO2, % 3.0 max.
pH Value 6-8

Besides 93% content of Fe, Epsilon offers 85%, 90%, 95% micaceous iron oxide gray with fineness 60mesh to 800mesh.

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