Green Advanced Coatings for Application on Steel Structures and Bridges
The objective of this project is to develop novel, nanotechnology-based green coatings for corrosion protection of new and existing steel highway infrastructure. Two coating systems will be investigated and compared to traditional steel anti-corrosive coatings. The two proposed coatings will use conductive polymer nanoparticles to provide electrochemical corrosion inhibition, carbon-black additives to improve the scratch resistance and toughness of these coatings, and metallic nanoparticles to improve the dispersion of the additives. The proposed new coatings will be compared to a traditional zinc-enhanced, epoxy-based coating for both mechanical strength and corrosion protection. The advantage of the nanotechnology-based coatings lies in their expected ability, with a very low concentration of additives, to provide significant corrosion protection while improving adhesion strength and scratch resistance. This could lead to significant savings in their life-cycle costs.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Exploratory Advanced Research
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Performing Organizations:
City College of New York
Civil Engineering, Steinman T-127
140th Street and Convent Avenue
New York, NY United States 10031 - Start Date: 20130701
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20121231
- Source Data: RiP Project 34575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Coatings; Corrosion protection; Epoxides; Life cycle costing; Nanotechnology; Polymers; Steel structures
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01485421
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RIP
- Created Date: Jul 2 2013 1:01AM