United States. Research led by members of the University at Buffalo achieved a key new development in anticorrosive steel with the use of a graphene-based compound, which is being worked on at that university.
In the research team's initial experiments, the advanced varnish-coated steel parts failed to rust for only a few days during continuous brine immersion. However, the researchers were able to keep the steel in the brine oxide-free for nearly a month, when they treated the material by varying the composition and dispersion of graphene in the compound.
The scientists say the new graphene-based compound can serve as an eco-friendly substitute for hexavalent chromium coatings and will continue to work on improving the coating using the $50,000 grant from the New York Pollution Prevention Institute.
