Mapico pigments

Mapico pigments

Description

Mapico red at 100x (visible light left; UV light right)

The trademark for a series of synthetic iron oxide pigments (Mars colors) originally produced by Fireman at the Columbian Carbon Company in Alexandria, Virginia about 1900 (Mayer 1969). Mapico colors, red, brown, black, tan and yellow, are used as pigments in paints, enamels, cement, stucco and as fillers in rubber.

See also Mars colors.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Mapico red;

Raman (MFA)

XRD

SEM

EDS

Resources and Citations

• Thomas Gregory, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Reinhold Publishing, New York, 3rd ed., 1942

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)