Industrial Organic Pigments

• Sets the international standard for information on the synthesis, reaction mechanisms, properties, relevant test methods, and applications of organic pigments
• Contains all industrially produced pigments of the world market, even those which can no longer be found in producers' catalogs are described
• Standardized methods allow test results to be compared throughout the book
• The reader is given useful hints as to which pigment is best for a given application
• Clearly structured and concise text with up-to-date references to the pertinent literature
• Ecological and toxicological properties of organic pigments are outlined
• Appendix offers invaluable flow diagrams on the manufacture of numerous pigments, a table of all described pigments with information about their C.I. and CAS registration, and an in-depth subject index

Klaus Hunger (Dr. rer. nat., TU München) was the research director of the hydrazone pigments unit at Hoechst AG. Today, he is the Managing Director of Decernis GmbH.

Martin U. Schmidt (Dr. rer. nat., Aachen) was employed at Hoechst AG, later Clariant, in the pigment research group. Today, he is a professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. His main research interest is the determination of crystal structures of industrial organic pigments and pharmaceuticals.