Attention is typically given to regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) performance by paint and coatings manufacturers only when a specific problem or fault shuts down the system or when the system is out of compliance.
The fundamental structure of the world chemical industry has changed over the last 10 years, and its impact on the North American chemical industry will be profound.
Intumescent coatings are coatings that react under the influence of fire and swell to many times their original thickness, producing an insulating char that protects the substrate from the effects of the fire.
The interest for improved acrylic copolymers prepared by an emulsion polymerization process is still vivid, and each year a large number of patents and publications are issued.