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Title: Tung oil substitute for printing ink

Journal Article · · Am. Inkmaker; (United States)
OSTI ID:6890517

The oil from the fruit of the Parinari anamense tree, indigenous to southeast Asia, chemically resembles tung oil, containing significant amounts of eleostearic acid and showing a similar UV spectrum. The oil forms a Diels-Alder adduct with fumaric acid which is useful as a binder for intaglio printing inks which can be washed from the plates of printing presses with dilute alkali solution.

Research Organization:
Note Print. Works, Bank of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
OSTI ID:
6890517
Journal Information:
Am. Inkmaker; (United States), Vol. 55:9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English