Here you will find current news on a variety of applications fields for coatings including automotive coatings, marine coatings, protectice coatings, industrial coatings as well as on decorative and architectural coatings
Architectural coatings represent the most important technology for Evonik Tego Chemie GmbH & Co. KG. According to Managing Director Dr Dietmar Schaefer, the company will start putting a strongerfocus on functional coatings and renewable raw materials. Schaefer is convinced that the use of renewable raw materials will increase in accordance to the consumers’ demand.By Miriam von Bardeleben
There are several challenges in coating wooden substrates. As wood is a natural material, many different compositions and origins exist. Driven by legislation and furniture manufacturers, thereduction of the VOC level is another major issue. Dr. Rolf Gertzmann of Bayer MaterialScience, BU Coatings, Adhesives and Specialties, summarises current trends and challenges.
When fire attacks the topcoat it causes a chemical reaction which makes the topcoat expand to form a non-flammable protective layer that insulates the surface over which it has been applied.
Cathodic delamination is one of the major modes of failure for organic coatings immersed in seawater and refers to the weakening or loss of adhesion between the coating and the substrate. In a newwork, the effects of various parameters on this failure mode have been investigated.
The sedative medetomidine has proved effective at inhibiting fouling and is now being trialled by the EU as an ingredient for the antifouling paints of the future.
According to one estimate, some 4.5 trillion cigarette butts from spent smokes make their way into the environment every year. In this study, the cigarette butts are applied as corrosion inhibitor.
