Epoxy resins
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Westlake to acquire Hexion’s global epoxy business
Westlake Chemical Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Hexion to acquire Hexion’s global epoxy business for approximately USD 1.2 billion (ca. EUR 1.0 billion).
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Degradation of epoxy coatings exposed to impingement flow
A recent study is devoted to an epoxy coating exposed to the vertical impingement flow of a 3.5 weight percent NaCl solution at various flow rates.
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Improving the anticorrosive performance by incorporating biochar
A new study describes the effects of biochar nanoparticles on the anticorrosive performance of zinc-rich epoxy coatings.
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Healing performance of epoxy coatings
A polyurea-based dual capsule system was employed to develop a highly responsive self-healing coating. The healing agent characteristics significantly control the healing rate and barrier feature of the...
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Improving the UV-stability of epoxy coatings
A method of improving the stability of epoxy coatings by using encapsulated halloysite nanotubes with organic UV-stabilisers and lignin has been decribed in a recently published paper.
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Corrosion resistance of surface texturing epoxy resin coatings
A recently published study focuses on the corrosion resistance of epoxy resin coatings reinforced with fly ash cenospheres and multiwalled carbon nanotubes.
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Novel composite films with strong self healing ability
A recent study presents epoxy composite films modified by polyurea-based double-walled microcapsules.
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Protective coatings and harmful substances
Substituting harmful substances is an ongoing trend in the coatings industry. However, it is not an easy one. Especially in protective coatings, which should last for decades, any loss in performance leads...
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Aditya Birla announces production expansion
Aditya Birla has announced plans for an expansion that will include standard and specialty epoxy products along with curing agents.
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Self-healing epoxy coating for corrosion protection
A new study describes an epoxy coating based on tung oil-containing microcapsules for corrosion protection.
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Novel self-healing epoxy coatings
Scientists report on self-healing epoxy coatings containing microcapsules filled with different amine compounds.
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Stable waterborne epoxy emulsions
The aim of a recent study was to prepare stable waterborne epoxy emulsions and study the properties of their corresponding coatings containing different contents of silica nanoparticles.
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Novel durable oleophobic epoxy coating
Researchers successfully prepared a dynamically oleophobic epoxy coating with low contact angle hysteresis (≤ 5.2°) for different low surface-tension liquids.
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Sika exploits further growth potential in Qatar
In Qatar, Sika has expanded its production capacity for concrete admixtures and has started manufacturing epoxy resins.