An anti-corrosive material includes an ultraviolet curable resin including a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator. The polymerizable compound includes at least one of a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate monomer or a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate oligomer, and the photopolymerization initiator includes at least one of an aminoalkylphenon-based photopolymerization initiator or an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator. When being irradiated with excitation light with a wavelength falling within a range from 365 nm to 415 nm, the ultraviolet curable resin emits visible light having a wavelength longer than that of the excitation light. Further, the anti-corrosive material has a viscosity of 18,900 mPa.Math.s or less.

An anti-corrosive material includes an ultraviolet curable resin including, as a main component, a polymerizable compound including at least one of a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate monomer or a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate oligomer, and an anti-rust agent. The polymerizable compound includes a combination of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, or a combination of at least one of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer or a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and at least one of a trifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer or a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having four or more functional groups. The anti-corrosive material has a viscosity of 18,900 mPa.Math.s or less.

Introduced here is a plasma polymerization apparatus and process. Example embodiments include a vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical shape to a central axis. A rotation rack may be operable to rotate about the central axis of the vacuum chamber. Additionally, reactive species discharge mechanisms positioned around a perimeter of the vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical manner from the outer perimeter of the vacuum chamber may be configured to disperse reactive species into the vacuum chamber. The reactive species may form a polymeric multi-layer coating on surfaces of the one or more devices. Each layer may have a different composition of atoms to enhance the water resistance, corrosion resistance, and fiction resistance of the polymeric multi-layer coating.

An adhesive tape is made by hot calendering a substrate between two generally identical rolls one of which is heated to a different temperature than the other roll while rotating the rolls at the same peripheral speed to flatten one face of the substrate and reduce air permeability of the substrate by at least 15%. Then an adhesive coating is applied to at least one of the faces of the substrate.

An electric cable is providing having at least one elongated electrically conducting element containing a plurality of electrically conducting strands and at least one fluorinated polymer layer surrounding said elongated electrically conducting element, said cable further comprising a metallic layer comprising nickel interposed between the elongated electrically conducting element and the fluorinated polymer layer, and a method of manufacturing said cable.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical mount body comprising a first open mouth at a first end of the cylindrical body and a further open mouth at a remaining end of the cylindrical body, a substantially cylindrical inner surface, and an outer surface that includes a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel recessed regions that extends circumferentially around the body, wherein the cylindrical body is tapered at each end and at least one securing element is located between the recessed regions.

An electrical grounding assembly includes an electrically conductive metal grounding substrate that is electrically connectable to a structure to be electrically grounded. A corrosion-protective jacket is on the grounding substrate. The jacket is electrically conductive and water impermeable, and includes a polymeric matrix and a particulate carbonaceous material dispersed in the polymeric matrix.

An anti-corrosive material contains an ultraviolet curable resin including a polymerizable compound including at least one of a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate monomer or a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate oligomer. The anti-corrosive material has a viscosity of 18,900 mPa.Math.s or less. The anti-corrosive material has an elongation rate of 60% or greater as a result of heating at 120° C. for 4,000 hours after curing.

Electrical cables and methods of forming such cables are disclosed, comprising a layer of a two dimensional material. In some embodiments, the cable is a subsea cable. In other embodiments, the cable may be an overhead power cable or a cable for forming electrical windings in a motor, generator or transformer. In some embodiments, the cable comprises a conductive core for carrying an electric current, and the layer of two dimensional material is disposed on the conductive core. In some embodiments, the subsea cable is a subsea power cable, umbilical cable or telecommunications cable. In some embodiments, the two dimensional material is configured to be superconducting or near-superconducting.

An anti-corrosive material contains an ultraviolet curable resin including a polymerizable compound including at least one of a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate monomer or a photopolymerizable (meth)acrylate oligomer. The anti-corrosive material has a viscosity of 18,900 mPa.Math.s or less. The anti-corrosive material has an elongation rate of 60% or greater as a result of heating at 120° C. for 4,000 hours after curing.