The search for a “greener” way to prevent corrosion on the kind of aluminum used in jetliners, cars and other products has led scientists to an unlikely source, according to a report in The American Chemical Society’s journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
Lonza Microbial Control, which has long been an active supporter of an international treaty to assure the use of environmentally sound marine coating products, is applauding the United States’ formal approval of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships.
An invisible quick response (QR) code has been created by researchers in an attempt to increase security on printed documents and reduce the possibility of counterfeiting, a costly problem for governments and private industry.
The exterior of the historic battleship USS Iowa has been repainted using PSX®ONE coating, a one-component acrylic-siloxane coating introduced last year by PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings business (PMC).
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology have spent nine years developing new environmentally friendly and effective antifouling paints through a joint research program called Marine Paint.
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