Claims
- 1. An adhesive-free, dry, free-flowing powder composition suitable for use in surface defect detection consisting essentially of particles of a colorant selected from the group consisting of carbon black and iron oxide and particles of an extender selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, talc, magnesium stearate, zinc stearate, calcium stearate and aluminum stearate, said particles of colorant and said particles of extender each include fine particles having a particle size of less than 100 .mu.m.
- 2. A composition as claimed in claim 1 in which at least 50% by weight of all said particles of colorant and extender have a particle size of less than 100 .mu.m.
- 3. A composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the average particle size of all said particles is less than 40 .mu.m.
- 4. A composition as claimed in claim 3 in which substantially all of said fine particles have a particle size less than 40 .mu.m.
- 5. A composition as claimed in claim 1 which comprises fine particles having a particle size less than 10 .mu.m.
- 6. A composition as claimed in claim 1 having an average particle size of approximately 10 .mu.m.
- 7. A composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the colorant comprises activated carbon black.
- 8. A composition as claimed in claim 1 in which said extender comprises calcium carbonate.
- 9. A composition as claimed in claim 1 in which said colorant is present in an amount of less than 50% by weight of the total weight of said composition.
- 10. A composition as claimed in claim 9 in which said colorant comprises a mixture of two types of carbon black.
- 11. A composition as claimed in claim 10 in which one of said types of carbon black is an activated carbon black.
- 12. A composition as claimed in claim 1 consisting essentially of from about 25% to about 40% by weight carbon black and from about 60% to about 75% by weight of calcium carbonate.
- 13. A compositions as claimed in claim 12 consisting essentially of about 28% activated carbon black, about 6% non-activated carbon black, and about 66% by weight of calcium carbonate.
Parent Case Info
This application is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 08/542,555, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,721,011, filed Oct. 13, 1995, which application(s) are incorporated herein by reference.
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