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Fillers are essential for many properties of coating materials and films: their rheology, content of volatile organic compounds, content of solids, brightness, opacity, reflectivity, adhesion, anti-corrosion properties, mechanical and chemical resistance and the list goes on. The bottom line is that the proper use of fillers calls for a great deal of knowledge. The revised 2nd edition of this book includes more sub chapters about new fillers, production technology, analytics and applications. Some new topics are: Sustainability, Carbon Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A special plus is the large number of figures and tables for illustrating the properties and applications of the fillers. This book is intended for anyone who is professionally involved with fillers used in coating materials.