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.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Exploratory Advanced Research

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• 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