Hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane (D
3) was deposited on pigments at 80°C by the chemical vapor deposition. The polymerization of D
3 took place on the pigments by their catalytic activity, that resulted in the formation of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) on the surface of the pigments particles. The pigments could be classified into two types.
Type I : ultramarine blue, zinc oxide, mica, magnetite
Type II : prussian blue, talc, kaolinite, hematite, etc.
The pigment of type I increased in weight initially up to a plateau level with the reaction time, and no further weight increase was observed. That of type II monotonously increased in weight with the reaction time. An oily liquid was ultimately produced on this type of pigment.
The oily liquid formed on kaolinite (type II) was extracted easily, and identified by the GPC and the pyrolysis-GC as a linear PDMS having a molecular weight of about 40,000. On the other hand, the PDMS film on a type I pigment (except mica), which could not be extracted, was considered to have a strong interaction with the pigment surface.
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