Plastics

Carbon Blacks: Meeting the Needs of the Plastic Industry

Columbian Chemicals has designed more than 30 different carbon blacks for various plastics applications. The range of applications is quite diverse, and includes, but is not limited to:

Basic color concentrates for pigmentation
Electrostatic dissipation
EMI Shielding
Fiber
Film
Pipe
Sophisticated conductive compounds
UV protection/stabilization
Wire & cable compounds.

Plastics Because Columbian Chemicals is committed to improving its quality and meeting the needs of the customers it serves, we have developed furnace carbons that are of the highest purity available. These are referred to as our Ultra® carbons. Columbian Ultra® Carbon Blacks are high performance carbons that are used in the most demanding applications. Carbon black purity and consistency of performance, always important, are now recognized as being critical to continuing quality improvement. Ultra® carbons can add value to your products and your process.

Plastics applications and the Columbian Chemicals products suitable for them is the subject of the table shown below which is designed to help you choose the appropriate Columbian Chemicals carbon blacks for use in specific plastics applications.

For more complete information on the use of carbon blacks in plastics we offer “Using Raven® Blacks in Plastics Applications” guide. (PDF)

For additional assistance and carbon black recommendations to fit your specialty applications please contact Columbian's Technical Inquiry Team:

Telephone: +1 770.792.9335
E-Mail: iteam@columbianchemicals.com