Toner compositions with surface additives
View Patent ↗A toner composition including a binder, a colorant, and a surface additive package including a surface treated silica, a surface treated titania, and magnesium stearate.
1. A toner composition comprising:
a binder,
a colorant, and
a surface additive package comprising a surface treated silica in an amount of about 1 to about 10 weight percent, a surface treated titania in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 weight percent, and magnesium stearate in an amount of about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent.
2. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said toner composition comprises:
from about 2.3 to about 4.3 weight percent surface treated silica,
from about 0.4 to about 0.9 weight percent surface treated titania, and
from about 0.1 to about 0.2 weight percent magnesium stearate.
3. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated silica comprises a polydimethylsiloxane surface treated silica.
4. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated silica is present in an amount of from about 1 to about 5 percent by weight.
5. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated silica is the only surface treated silica introduced into the toner composition.
6. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated silica is the only xerographically active silica present in the toner composition.
7. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated silica comprises two different surface treated silicas.
8. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated titania is a hydrophobic surface treated titania.
9. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated titania is surface treated with a material selected from the group consisting of decylsilane, decyltrimethoxysilane, and isobutyltrimethoxysilane.
10. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said surface treated titania is present in an amount of from about 0.02 to about 1.5 percent by weight.
11. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said magnesium stearate has a purity of greater than 85%.
12. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said magnesium stearate is present in an amount of from about 0.05 to about 0.5 percent by weight.
13. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said magnesium stearate is the only metal carboxylate present in the toner composition.
14. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said magnesium stearate is the only metal stearate present in the toner composition.
15. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein said toner composition has a triboelectric charge from about 10 μC/g to about 60 μC/g.
16. A toner composition according to claim 1 , wherein the colorant is selected from the group consisting of black, cyan, magenta, yellow, red, orange, green, and violet.
17. A developer comprising:
the toner composition of claim 1 , and
a carrier.
18. An electrographic image development device, comprising the developer composition of claim 17 .
19. An electrographic image development device, comprising the toner composition of claim 1 .
20. A process for the preparing a toner composition, comprising:
mixing a resin and a colorant to form toner particles, and
applying to an external surface of said toner particles, a surface additive package comprising a surface treated silica in an amount of about 1 to about 10 weight, a surface treated titania in an amount of about 0.1 to about 5 weight, and magnesium stearate in an amount of about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent.