A waterborne coating composition which includes a film-forming binder and composite particles comprising wax and a metal oxide, such as wax encapsulated zinc oxide, provides enhanced mildew resistance.

A method using silicon dioxide improves the cathodic anticorrosion effect of ground coats, preferably of a zinc primer, based on epoxy-functional polymers and at least one metal particle.

A chemical composition comprising a mixture of a non-curing organic polymer base with a viscosity between 300 and 10,000 centipoises at 20 degrees C. and a molecular weight of between 1,000 and 100,000. Into the base is mixed at least one of: metal particles (coated or uncoated), inert particles and non-metal corrosion inhibitors such that reaches a viscosity of between 9,000 and 10,000,000 centipoises. The result is a paste that is useful in applying to metal aircraft parts to help prevent corrosion, including galvanic corrosion.

A method of making a silver-silicalite coating on a surface of a stainless-steel substrate is provided. The method includes mixing metakaolin with an aqueous solution of NaOH to form a first mixture. The method further includes mixing silica gel and silver nitrate with the first mixture to form a second mixture. Furthermore, the method includes mixing Zeolites Socony Mobil-5 (ZSM-5) with the second mixture to form a third mixture. The method further includes hydrothermally treating the stainless-steel substrate with the third mixture to form the silver-silicalite coating on the surface of the stainless-steel substrate. The hydrothermal treatment is carried out in the absence of an organic template. The stainless-steel substrate coated with the silver-silicalite coating, prepared by the method of the present disclosure, has lower corrosion in comparison to the same stainless-steel substrate without the silver-silicalite coating.

An ambient curable coating composition includes a mixture of components comprising a polysiloxane having a Mw of at least 10,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography using a polystyrene standard, (b) an alkoxy functional polysiloxane, and (c) an inorganic corrosion inhibitor; a method of preparing a corrosion resistant coating comprising (i) applying the coating composition to a substrate and (ii) curing component (b) at ambient conditions; and a substrate at least partially coated with the coating composition.

This invention is directed to black particulate zinc composite comprising: a) elemental zinc or zinc alloy in an amount c.sub.Zn,M which is in a range of 58.0 to 85.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the composite, b) Zn-oxide and c) a further material, wherein the amount of the further material c) c.sub.add is in a range of 4.5 to 17.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the composite, and wherein components b) and c) are at least partially intermingled with the elemental zinc or zinc alloy metal a).

The black zinc particles are used as corrosion protection pigment. The particles are manufactured by a dry-milling process under harsh conditions in presence of an abrasion aid which is incorporated into the pigment during the milling step.

A method to synthesize a silver nanohybrid material. The method includes mixing a nitrate solution with a citrate solution to form silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The method further includes esterifying a first mixture including octadecanoic acid, octadec-9-enoic acid, and octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid with caffeic acid in the presence of an acid catalyst and a solvent to form an unsaturated carboxylic acid mixture including first, second, and third acrylic acid derivatives. The method includes reacting the unsaturated carboxylic acid mixture with ethylene glycol to form a second mixture including first, second, and third ester derivatives. The method further includes mixing the AgNPs with the second mixture to form a third mixture. The method includes evaporating water from the third mixture to form the silver nanohybrid material. The silver nanohybrid material includes a AgNP core covered with the first, second, and third ester derivatives bonded to the AgNP core.

A corrosion inhibiting coating includes a hybrid sol-gel polymer matrix formed from a mixture of organometallic compounds, an organoalkoxysilane, a metal complexing agent, and at least two corrosion inhibiting compounds or species.

Anti-corrosive conversion coating compositions are disclosed. The anti-corrosive conversion coating compositions include a biopolymer and a rare earth element compound. Implementations of the anti-corrosive conversion coating composition can include where the biopolymer includes chitosan, starch, inulin, dextran, pullulan, or a combination thereof. The rare earth element compound may include one or more of the lanthanide series of elements, scandium, yttrium, or a combination thereof. The rare earth element compound may include a hydroxide of a rare earth element, an oxide of a rare earth element, or a combination thereof. Coated articles and methods for applying the anti-corrosive conversion coating compositions are also disclosed.

A method for producing a submicron-/nano-jute carbon/epoxy composite anti-corrosion coating is described. The method includes heating a jute stick, grinding the jute stick to form a first powder; pyrolyzing the first powder to form a pyrolyzed carbon; grinding the pyrolyzed carbon to form a second powder; ball milling the second powder under the wet conditions to form a submicron-/nano-jutecarbon; mixing the submicron-/nano-jutecarbon, and an epoxy resin to form a first mixture; mixing a hardener with the first mixture to form a second mixture, and coating the second mixture on a mild steel substrate and curing to form the submicron-/nano-jutecarbon/epoxy composite anti-corrosion coating.