Technical Information

SELECTION 54/58

Revised: 5/06/2013

800-860℃

Lead- and cadmium-free onglaze transparent relief colors
SELECTION 54 is lead- free cadmium containing colors.

1. General Information
SELECTION 54 and 58 are onglaze, transparent, relief colors for bone china.

Features:・Very transparent color tone.
・Can see under colors and looks different tone depend on them.
・Coarse particle size and can make thick relief design.
・Lead and cadmium free except SELECTION 54 colors.
・Excellent combination with SELECTION 58M metallic relief colors.

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SELECTION 54/58

800-860℃ Lead- and cadmium-free, intermixable, onglazetransparent relief colors for bone china.
SELECTION 54 is lead- free cadmium containing colors.

Har d po r c e lain

Re m ar ks

Po r c e lain

Bo n e , vit r e o u s c h in a, e ar t h e n war e

En am e l war e

5 8 1 0 2 m ixin g an d o ve r pr in t in g flu x

Alkali r e sist an t , ASTM C 5 5 6 - 8 8 * 2

Ac id r e sist an t , DIN 1 3 8 8 - 1 - 2 * 1

C adm iu m fr e e (< 5 0 ppm )Le ad fr e e (< 1 0 0 ppm )Pan t o n e No .

In t e r m ixable

C o lo r t o n e

Tr an spar e n t

Pr o du c t No .

Pr e c io u s m e t al c o n t ain in g

Table 158 102

flux

✔ ✔

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

mixing and underlay flux, transparent relief itself

54 301

Cd yellow✔ ✔

✔

cadmium containing, only cannot be mixed with 58 902

58 402green✔ ✔

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

54 602

Cd red✔ ✔

✔

58 701black✔ ✔

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

58 803

cobalt blue✔ ✔

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

58 804turquoise✔ ✔

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

58 902

magenta✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

cadmium containing, only cannot be mixed with 58 902

only cannot mix with 54 301 and 54 602*1: DIN EN 1388-1-2 : The test pieces are immersed in a 4% acetic acid solution for 24 hours at 22±2℃.
*2: ASTM C556-88 : The test pieces are immersed in a 0.5 % sodium carbonate solution in water at 95℃ for 2, 4 and 6 hours.

2. Firing Conditions
Type of ware

Firing range

Bone china

800-860℃

SELECTION 54 and 58 are suitable for both normal firing for 3-10 hours and fast-firing for 60-120 minutes,
cold-to-cold conditions. Also, use them with lead-free colors and glazes. Fire them only under lead-freeconditions to avoid heavy lead release.

3. Application
SELECTION 54 and 58 are suitable for screen-transfer printing, direct printing and hand painting.

4. Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (C.O.E.)
ProductSELECTION 54/58 colors

Thermal Expansion (C.O.E.)
7.5-7.9×10-6/℃
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5. Particle size of Distribution (P.S.D.)
ProductD50 average

D100 biggest

SELECTION 54/58 colors

20-25μ m

150μ m

6. Printing【6.1 Relief printing】
We recommend mesh sizes that are 100-120 mesh (40-48T) polyester for all screen applications.

We

recommend printing 1-4 times. We do not recommend printing more than four times when there is a pinhole
and a bubble on the surface and there is a drying time problem.

【6.2 Medium ratio and cover coat】
SELECTION 54/58 colors : Medium PM16

10 : 6-7

We recommend PM16 flowing medium for relief printing. Adding just sufficient medium will improve the surfaceof relief, if it has pinhole problems.
We recommend C33 cover coat by printing 70 meshes (27T).

【6.3 special underlay flux】
58102 fluxes is specially developed as underlay flux for SELECTION 54 and 58 colors. Occasionally thesecolors react with glaze and become bubble surface. It is due to over fired, too high or too long. In this case
we recommend printing 58102 underlay flux as first layer by same screen mesh of relief colors to avoid thisissue.
Lead-and-cadmium free onglaze colors absorb moisture easily. Therefore, keep the powder colors in a dryplace. We recommend drying the color powder before using.

7. Color and Mixability
You can mix SELECTION 54 and 58 colors with each other in any proportions (however, you cannot mix
58902 magenta with SELECTION 54 colors).
To lighten SELECTION 54 and 58 colors, we recommend mixing with 58102 fluxes.
You can mix SELECTION 54 and 58 with normal onglaze series, such as SELECTION 35, 36 and 39, but therelief become opaque and show bubble surface.
However, we recommend testing the stability of mixing colors and overprinted flux colors under end-user’s
firing conditions before mass production. Please note following points and refer to Table 1.
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8. Chemical durability
Chemical durability of SELECTION 54 and 58 depends on type of ware, glaze, kiln, color deposit, and firingconditions. The following are the results of tests on bone china, fired at 840℃, with 10 minutes of soaking
time and 120 minutes of cold-to-cold firing conditions of gas kiln in production.

【8.1 Residual lead and cadmium content】
SELECTION 58 colors contain less than 100 ppm residual lead and less than 50 ppm residual cadmium(except SELECTION 54 colors contain cadmium) and are therefore in compliance with Californian Proposition
65, FDA, EU and Japanese requirements.
Cadmium containing colors contain less than 100 ppm residual lead and contain more than 50,000 ppm
cadmium.

【8.2 Lead and cadmium release】
According to the DI EN 1388-1-2 test, SELECTION 54 and 58 colors show lead releases are below AAS limits.
SELECTION 54 colors show below cadmium 0.02 mg/ dm2 release.

【8.3 Acid resistance】
According to the DI EN 1388-1-2 test, SELECTION 54 and 58 colors do not show any visible attack after
immersion in a 4% acetic acid solution for 24 hours at a room temperature 22±2℃【8.4 Alkali resistance】
According to the ASTM C556-88 test, SELECTION 54 and 58 colors do not show visible attack for up to 6hours.

9. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Material safety data sheet (MSDS) of SELECTION 54 and 58 is available on request.
The above information and statements are unsolicited. IZAWA PIGMENT CO., LTD. provides them topromote its products. The above information and statements are also believed to be accurate at the timeof publication under their laboratory conditions. Use of them is at the sole discretion of the user andIZAWA PIGMENT CO., LTD. does not give any warranty with respect to any test results. In no event shall
IZAWA PIGMENT CO., LTD. be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages
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