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Table 2 Initial gloss and calculated relative gloss decay of paints with different types of titanium white (Experiment I)

From: Investigating the effect of artists’ paint formulation on degradation rates of TiO2-based oil paints

Composition

Response

TiO2 type

Code

Initial gloss

Δgloss 500 rel

CR(inorg)

A

88.5

0.0273

CR(inorg)

A

87.9

1.5

CR(inorg)

A

87.2

0.1

CR(inorg)

A

89

1

CR(inorg)

A

85.2

1.4

CR(inorg

A

81.9

0

CA(inorg)

B

83.4

2.4

CR(org)

C

76.7

3.2

CR(org)

C

78.5

10.3

CA(org)

D

84.5

24.9

UA

E

80.9

41.8

UA

E

85.5

52.3

UA

E

82.1

61.6

UA

E

83.7

52

UA

E

83.5

56.2

UA

E

83.5

52.8

UA

E

83.7

61.9

UA

E

76.8

72.4

UA

E

73.8

71.4

UA

E

85.2

55.7

UA

E

49.4

49.8

UA

E

41.7

55.2

  1. All mixtures contain a fixed volume fraction (0.15) of TiO2. From A to E the pigments are ranked in the following order from photostable to highly photocatalytic: CR(inorg), CA(inorg), CR(org), CA(org), UA