Mexico.
A group of scientists managed to develop coatings with anticorrosive characteristics, applicable even underwater and resistant to fire.
This work was carried out in the Comex facilities, more precisely in the new Unified Industrial Laboratory (LIU), within the facilities of the Center for Industrial Technological Innovation (CITI), located in Mexico City.
Alejandro Morones, explained to the ID Agency that "the petrochemical industries and those of the energy sector will benefit from the use of these coatings, by withstanding a temperature of up to 600 degrees Celsius while being applied on surfaces exposed to high temperatures."
In fire, the coating generates a kind of foam, which works as a heat insulator, allowing the steel to resist more firm time and delay the collapse of the buildings in the event of a fire, thus facilitating the evacuation of the personnel in charge.
Other coatings innovated in this laboratory are the so-called anti-vegetative products, which prevent the fixation and accumulation of marine debris in the bases of ships, and also do not lose their performance when applied underwater, contributing to energy and fuel savings, and avoiding the death of some organisms.
Source: www.invdes.com.mx
