Fade-Resistant Color & High Tinting Strength
Color that fades, streaks, or varies batch to batch was never really finished.
High-Performance & Durable Concrete
Workability & Water Retention in Mortars
Water Repellency & Moisture Protection
Rheology & Viscosity Control
Fade-Resistant Color & High Tinting Strength
The specifier's challenge (what problem is solved)
Organic or poorly dispersed pigments break down under UV exposure and the alkaline environment of cement, leaving concrete, pavers, and mortars blotchy, faded, or inconsistent from batch to batch — turning a finished job into a callback.
How it works
(technical mechanism)
Inorganic iron oxide crystals (Fe2O3, Fe3O4, FeOOH) have no organic chromophores to break down, so color stays chemically stable under UV, weathering, and the highly alkaline pore water of cement for the life of the structure. Engineered particle size and surface treatment allow fast, homogeneous wetting and dispersion throughout the mix, preventing streaking while delivering high tinting strength — so less product is needed to achieve full, uniform color.
Main applications
Colored/architectural concrete, concrete pavers, roof tiles, colored mortars and renders, stucco, precast concrete, terrazzo, colored block and brick, decorative concrete flooring
Supporting data or statistics
Retains ≥95% of original tinting strength after 2,000 hours of accelerated weathering (ASTM G154), and remains chemically stable across a pH range of 4–11 — covering the full alkalinity range of fresh and cured cement.
Applicable norm/standard
ASTM C979 (Pigments for Integrally Colored Concrete) · ISO 3262 (Iron Oxide Pigments — Specifications) · EN 12878 (Pigments for Colouring Building Materials Based on Cement/Lime) · ASTM D3721 (Iron Oxide Pigments — Raw Material Requirements)
Products - Iron Oxide
RED IRON OXIDE 130S
25 Kg bags
Key technical specifications:
Fe2O3 content ≥97% | Tinting strength 95–105% (vs. standard) | Particle size (BET) 0.17 µm | Oil absorption 15–25 ml/100g | Moisture ≤1.0% | pH 3–7 | Water soluble salts ≤0.3%
Dosificación típica:
3%-5% of total mix
Packaging available:
25 kg bags
BLACK IRON OXIDE
25 Kg bags
Key technical specifications:
Fe3O4 content ≥95% | Tinting strength 95–105% (vs. standard) | Particle size (BET) 0.15 µm | Oil absorption 16–25 ml/100g | Moisture ≤1.5% | pH 6–8 | Water soluble salts ≤0.55%
Dosificación típica:
3%-5% of total mix
Packaging available:
25 kg bags
ORANGE IRON OXIDE
25 Kg bags
Key technical specifications:
Fe2O3·αH2O content ≥88.0% | Tinting strength 98–102% (vs. standard) | Particle shape spherical | Oil absorption 20–30 ml/100g | Moisture ≤1.0% | pH 3–7 | Water soluble salts ≤0.3%
Dosificación típica:
3%-5% of total mix
Packaging available:
25 kg bags
BROWN IRON OXIDE
25 Kg bags
Key technical specifications:
Combination of Pigment Red 101, Yellow 42 and Black 11 | Content ≥95% | Tinting strength 95–105% (vs. standard) | Particle shape irregular | Oil absorption 25–35 ml/100g | Moisture ≤1.5% | pH 4–7 | Water soluble salts ≤0.5%
Dosificación típica:
3%-5% of total mix
Packaging available:
25 kg bags
BLUE IRON OXIDE
25 Kg bags
Key technical specifications:
Content ≥95% | Tinting strength 95–105% (vs. standard) | Particle size (BET) 0.15 µm | Oil absorption 15–25 ml/100g | Moisture ≤1.0% | pH 5–8 | Water soluble salts ≤0.3%
Dosificación típica:
3%-5% of total mix
Packaging available:
25 kg bags
GREEN IRON OXIDE
25 Kg bags
Key technical specifications:
Combination of Pigment Yellow 42 and Blue 15:3 | Content ≥95% | Tinting strength 95–105% (vs. standard) | Particle size (BET) 0.15 µm | Oil absorption 25–35 ml/100g | Moisture ≤1.0% | pH 6–9 | Water soluble salts ≤2.0%.
Dosificación típica:
3%-5% of total mix
Packaging available:
25 kg bags
