Laurenti, B.
, Marx, E.
, Nadal, M.
, McKnight, M.
and Sung, L.
(2002),
Optical Reflectance of Metallic Coatings: Effect of Aluminum Flake Orientation, Journal of Coatings Technology
(Accessed March 6, 2025)
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Optical Reflectance of Metallic Coatings: Effect of Aluminum Flake Orientation
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B Laurenti, , , , L Sung
Abstract
The orientation of platelet-like pigments in coatings is affected by the processing conditions resulting in appearance variations of the final product. A set of aluminum-flake pigmented coatings having different flake orientations was pre-pared using various spray conditions. The orientations of individual flakes were determined using laser scanning confocal microscopy. The orientation distribution was then used as input to a ray scattering model to calculate the optical reflectance of these coatings. The pigment orientation distributions and the measured optical reflectance as a function of scattering angle will be presented and the latter will be compared to the calculated reflectance.Citation
Journal of Coatings Technology
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Journals
Keywords
appearance, confocal microscopy, flake orientation, optical reflectance, pigmented coatings, ray scattering model
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Created December 31, 2001, Updated October 12, 2021