Luminescent pigment M-ZO200

If you are not sure which pigment you should choose for your application we encourage you to read a short manual "How to choose proper luminescent pigment". Also a lot of important informations can be found in FAQ. Both you can find on the bottom of our website.

Luminescent pigment aka glow in the dark powder is produced basing on strontium aluminate. This is new generation of this kind of pigments superior to older generation baed on sulphides. It isn't flammable, toxic nor radioactive. Also it's neutral to environment. However, strontium aluminate creates small, hard and rough crystals which may cause irrytation, because of this fact during work with raw luminescent pigment you should protect your eyes and airways. Glow in the dark powder absorbs both visible light and UV, but permanent UV exposition will damage this pigment and its glowing colour will return to base glowing colour.

This pigment isn't recommended for outdoor usage. Long (few months) exposition to direct sunlight or UV light will destroy addition responsible for final glowing colour - because of that, pigment glowing colour will come back to base glowing colour (depending on exact pigment it will be aqua blue, yellow-green or sky blue colour). For permanent outdoor usage we recommend aqua blue (JN code), yellow-green (ZZ code) and sky blue (BL code) pigments.

This pigment isn't waterproof, hence we should use it only with solvent based medium that not contain water and will well protect pigment particles against moisture. It's also important to use medium which isn't strong acid or alkali – in such environment pigment may be destroyed.

Luminescent pigment M-ZO200 has fine particle size 35-45um that makes it very useful for making glow in the dark paint and in other applications which requires small particle sized pigments. It's worth mentioning that small particle gives also weaker glowing power compared to bigger particle sized pigment L-ZO350. Third photo shows pigments L-ZO350 and M-ZO200. On fourth photo we can see luminescent powders M-ZO200, M-PO120 and M-CR80.

Basic rules of using luminescent pigments:

• Depending of used medium and anticipated result producer suggest to use 5% up to 30% of pigment by mass. It is mostly recommended to make some tests before starting main work with pigment – thanks to it we will determine the best proportions of mixing for our application.

• Medium that we will use with luminescent pigment should be transparent as much as possible. Thanks to it pigment will get enough light to charge and its glowing will be not interrupted. It's possible (and sometimes even suggested) to mix some dye with medium to get interesting colour of product in daylight – but please remember to add only a bit of dye to keep medium transparent. Less transparent medium will cause weaker glowing – but very small addition of dye not harm glowing much.

  If we use thin layer of pigment (for example we use it as a paint) it's important to put it on bright surface – dark colour of surface can effectively decrfease gllowing power of pigment.

  In case of painting it may be also a good idea to make 2-3 layers instead of one thick.

• This pigment isn't waterproof. Due to this fact we should store it in dry place, properly sealed. During work with pigment we should avoid using medium contaminated with water.

Important pigment data:

• After-glow time: 12 hours, but the best effect is visible during first hour.

• Temperature resistance: -40 up to 230C.

• Lifespan: 15 years.

• Waterproof: no.

• Average particle size: 35-45um (0,035-0,045mm)

• Afterglow intensity under norm DIN67 510 ( mcd/m2) : 10s - 5538, 1min - 1712, 5min - 415, 10min - 212, 30min - 64, 60min - 28, 120min - 12, 600min - 2.

• Glowing colour: yellow.

Full data of pigment are available in technical data sheet – located below. On customer request we can send MSDS of pigment.

If you are not sure if this pigment will be good for your application feel free to write to us – we are always ready to help you.