Provided herein is an epoxy primer comprising: 1) a first component comprising: a) an epoxy resin blend comprising at least one bisphenol resin; b) at least one epoxy silane; c) magnesium oxide; and d) lithium manganese oxide, lithium phosphate, lithium carbonate, lithium molybdate, or combinations thereof; and 2) a second component comprising: a) at least one phenalkamine; b) at least one amine curing agent; and c) at least one silane monomer, at least one silane oligomer, at least one siloxane resin, or combinations thereof. Also described is a method of making the epoxy primer and a coatings system comprising the epoxy primer.

A method of applying a coating composition to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator include the steps of providing the high transfer efficiency applicator comprising an array of nozzles wherein each nozzle defines a nozzle orifice having a diameter of from 0.00002 m to 0.0004, providing the coating composition, and applying the coating composition to the substrate through the nozzle orifice without atomization such that at least 99.9% of the applied coating composition contacts the substrate to form a coating layer having a wet thickness of at least 5 microns, wherein the coating composition includes a carrier, a binder, and a radar reflective pigment or a LiDAR reflective pigment. The coating composition has an Ohnesorge number (Oh) of from about 0.01 to about 12.6, a Reynolds number (Re) of from about 0.02 to about 6,200, and a Deborah number (De) of from greater than 0 to about 1730.

Coating compositions for coating fluid handling components, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of a fluid handling component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.

A corrosion resistant article including an aluminum substrate and a corrosion-inhibiting cerium based corrosion inhibitor corrosion inhibiting additive on the aluminum substrate, the corrosion inhibiting additive comprising an anodic corrosion inhibitor and a cathodic corrosion inhibitor, the anodic corrosion inhibitor greater than 25 wt % of the total inhibitor.

One or more techniques are disclosed for a method for functionalized a graphitic material comprising the steps of: 1) providing a graphitic material; 2) providing a first molecule comprising a first group, a spacer, and a second group; 3) providing a second molecule comprising a third group, a spacer, and a fourth group, wherein the third group is a different group from the first group; and 4) bonding the first molecule and the second molecule to the graphitic material. Also disclosed is a tunable material composition comprising the functionalized carbon nanotubes or functionalized graphene prepared by the methods described herein.

A sulfide recovery coating for containers, tanks, pipes, and pipelines, which sulfide recovery coating includes a sulfide capturing agent embedded within a polymer resin matrix. The sulfide capturing agent is a metal oxide and accounts for less than 70 wt % of a total weight a composition for forming the sulfide recovery coating.

A coating used in a vapor-oxidative atmosphere has a first layer including SIALON and a second layer covering the first layer and being exposed to the atmosphere, the second layer including mullite, wherein the first layer and the second layer get in contact with each other.

A coating comprising silicon-doped graphene layers wherein the graphene is in the form of horizontally-aligned graphene nanosheets.

A metal surface coating composition including a high-consistency material containing a lubricant base oil and an amide compound, and a composition of a phosphorus compound containing one or more compounds represented by the below formulae and a metal, wherein the ratio (a/b) of the number of amide groups (a) and the number of acidic groups (b) is within a range of 1.1 to 6.0:

##STR00001## where X.sup.1 to X.sup.7 represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R.sup.11 to R.sup.13 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R.sup.14 to R.sup.16 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.

Disclosed is a solution composition which may be used for a single-bath electrochemical passivation and a method using the same. The solution composition includes a metal cation, a metal-oxide anion; and an organic ligand, and optionally includes a non-metallic oxide anion or a polymer. The solution composition may prevent undesired precipitation of metal oxides before performing passivation. In addition, the method of passivation using the solution composition in a single-bath use is also provided.