Mexico. The students and teachers of the Technological Institute of Chetumal and the Technological Institute of Cancun are working on the creation of an anticorrosive coating through nanotechnology aimed at the construction sector which will increase the life of the rods.
"We work with nanomaterials applied in the field of construction, such as coatings in reinforcing steel, as modifiers in concrete, as additives, to improve any physical or chemical property of the material in order to give it more useful life," explained Julio César Cruz Argüello, of the Tecnológico de Chetumal, in statements published by the Diario de Quintana Roo.
For his part, Moisés Fernando Pérez Canto, a master's student of construction from the Tecnológico de Chetumal, said about the study that, "we are measuring the corrosion potentials they have and based on that we compare what is commercial paint and coating with nano carbon paint, to compare how much it resists us with commercial paint and carbon paint", Explained.
This project plans to use particles of atoms to reduce corrosion. "That corrosion increases over time, accelerates with anticorrosive paint. We have managed to last 1,500 cycles which is approximately two years, and with the carbon nano paint we managed to increase that time by 15%, but we still seek to increase the time, "said José Rodríguez Pamplona, a graduate of the Civil Engineering career at Itch.
