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US 2020/0048478 A1Published application
Composites having novel anti-fouling components and methods of manufature
OwnerMarcos GONZALEZinventor
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Abstract
Various methods for making material capable of forming anti-fouling and anti-corrosive coatings are disclosed. For example, a particular method may include providing an epoxy resin suitable to be applied to a rigid surface, and adding an amount of a blue-green algae extract sufficient to cause the epoxy resin to exhibit improved anti-fouling and/or corrosion-resistant properties as compared to the epoxy resin without the blue-green algae extract.
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A method of preparing an anti-fouling and/or corrosion-resistant coating, comprising:
- providing an epoxy resin suitable to be applied to a rigid surface;
- and
- adding an amount of a blue-green algae extract sufficient to cause the epoxy resin to exhibit improved anti-fouling and/or corrosion-resistant properties as compared to the epoxy resin without the blue-green algae extract.
A method of forming a paint coating, comprising:
- growing an amount of cyanotic organisms;
- separating cell walls of the cyanotic organisms from internal portions of the cyanotic organisms to form a purified algae extract, the purified algae extract being from the internal portions of the cyanotic organisms;
- applying an effective amount of alkaline water to the purified algae extract to form a balanced algae extract having little or no chemical reactivity, wherein a pH of the alkaline water is a function of a pH of the purified algae extract;
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- adding an effective amount of the balanced algae extract to a resin-based coating suitable for marine use.
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