Orion Engineered Carbons SPECIAL BLACK 550

CAS Number: 1333-86-4
EC Number: 215-609-9
Chemical Name: Carbon Black
Chemical Family: Carbon Blacks

SPECIAL BLACK 550 regular color furnace (RCF) carbon black Amorphous carbon. Used for sheet-fed offset printing inks.

Properties

Physical Form: Powder
Solid

Identification

CASE Ingredients Functions: Pigment

Product families

Applications

Printing & Packaging — Printing & Inks

Flexography
Gravure Printing
Letterpress

Product Families

Pigments & Colorants — Color Pigments

Inorganic Pigments

CASE Ingredients — Pigments & Colorants

Color Pigments

Other characteristics

Color

Black

End Uses

Flexography Ink, Gravure Ink, Radiation Curable Coating, Solventborne Ink

Synonyms

Acetylene Black, Furnace Black, Lamp Black, Thermal Black

Pigment Type

Inorganic Pigments

Particle Size

0.025 - 0.025 microns

Markets

Printing & Packaging

C.I. Number

77266

Cure

Radiation Cure

Coating Type

Radiation Curable Coating

Technology

CASE Ingredients
Pigments & Colorants

Ink and Toner Type

Flexography Ink
Gravure Ink
Solventborne Ink

Recommended for Printing Inks, Inkjet and Toner Applications

Sheetfed / Letterpress: Well Suitable
Liquid Inks (Flexo / Gravure) Solvent Based: Well Suitable
UV Curing Inks: Well Suitable
UV Curing Inkjet Inks: Well Suitable

Recommended for Printing Ink and Non-impact Printing Applications

Sheetfed / Letterpress: Well Suitable
Liquid Inks ( Flexo/Gravure) Solvent Based: Well Suitable
UV Curing Inks: Well Suitable
UV Curing Inkjet Inks: Well Suitable

Technical data

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Characteristic	Value	Unit	Method
Blackness Value MY	247	—	DIN 55979
BET (NSA) Surface Area	100	m2/g	ASTM D 6556
pH Value	4	—	ISO 787-9
Ash Content	0.6	%	ASTM D 1506
Oil Absorption Number (OAN)	47	cc/100g	ASTM D 2414
Average Primary Particle Size	25	nm	ASTM D 3849
Average Primary Particle Size	25	—	internal Method TGZ3
Volatile Matter (at 950 °C)	2.5	%	DIN 53552