Marine-friendly antifouling coating based on the use of a fatty acid derivative as a pigment

This study was devoted to examining the application of copper dodecanoate as a non-contaminant antifouling pigment due to its low copper content and fatty acid nature. For this purpose, antifouling paints with mono-component epoxy resin and rosin matrixes were formulated, and their antifouling effic...

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Main Authors: Rafael S. Peres, Alessandra F. Baldissera, Elaine Armelin, Carlos Alemán, Carlos A. Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2014-03-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392014000300026&tlng=en