The news are full of stories about the extrem wintry weather in Europe, at least in northern Europe. One consequence of these weather condtions are delays in traffic operations of railways, (at least in Germany, wher I am a daily victim of these delays)),extreme delays for flights or even cancellations. Now it would be the right time for anti-icing coatings. Just imagine: Aircrafts coated with such functional coatings have no need of de-icing equipment anymore, runways also would be coated by anti-ice coatings. Thus, flight delays would be a problem of yesteryear. There is a lot of research going on, but are there anti-icing coatings available on the market?And how do they perform.
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