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Core-shell pigments in antifouling paints

Les pigments “core/shell” dans les peintures antisalissure

Kern-Schale Pigmente in Anti-Fouling-Anstrichen

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Summaries

Marine fouling is the result of the settling and subsequent growth of organisms on surfaces immersed in seawater. Fouling of ships’ hulls has been traditionally controlled through the use of toxic antifouling paints, but increased ecological awareness and the strict regulations of biocides used in such paints have led to the development of low toxic content or non-toxic coatings to control fouling.

Results of investigations on the performance of five antifouling formulations in exposure trials carried out at Mar del Plata harbour (Argentina) are presented. The tests have revealed that these paints, which were formulated with a combination of a thin layer or shell of toxic pigment (cuprous thiocyanate) surrounding a core particle of non-toxic pigment (herein termed core-shell pigments), prevented the settlement of foulers, reducing costs and marine pollution.

Résumé

La salissure provient du dépôt des organismes et de leur croissance subséquente sur des surfaces immergée dans l’eau de mer. Traditionnellement, on a contrôlé la salissure des coques de navires en utilisant des peintures antisalissure toxiques. mais la sensibilisation intensififée aux considérations écologiques et la stricte règlementation des biocides utilisées dans de telles peintures a mené au développement de revêtements non-toxiques ou à faible toxicité, pour contrôler la salissure.

Les résultats de l’examen de la performance de cinq formulations antisalissure au cours des essais d’exposition au port de Mar del Plata (Argentine) sont présentés. Les essais ont révélé que ces peintures, qui sont formulées avec la combinaison d’une fine couche ou “shell” de pigment toxique (thiocyanate de cuivre) qui recouvre une particule centrale de pigment non-toxique (dénommée “core/shell pigments” dans cet article), ont empêché le dépôt de la salissure, réduisant ainsi la pollution marine et les frais.

Zusammenfassung

Oberflächen die in Meereswasser ausgesetzt sind werden gerne von Algen und anderen Meeresbewohnern besiedelt. Dieser Vorgang wurde in der Vergangenheit hautsächlich durch die Verwendung von Anti-Fouling-Anstrichen verhindert, aber mit vermehrter Rücksicht auf das Ökosystem und strengere Richtlinien für die Verwendung von Bioziden in Anstrichen hat dazu geführt, daß neue, ungiftige or nur leicht giftigen Anstriche für Schiffe entwickelt wurden.

Wir führten Tests an fünt Anti-Fouling-Formulierungen im Mar del Plata Hafen von Argentinien durch, und stellen die Ergebnisse hier vor Unsere Tests ergaben, daß diese Anstriche, die aus einer Kobination von einer dünnen Lage eines giftigen Pigmentes ([cuprous] Thiocyanat) auf einem ungiftigen Pigmentkern bestanden, die Ansiedlung von Meerespflanzen und-tieren verhinderten, und damit die Kosten und die Meeresverschmutzung verminderten.

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    M Pérez, M García, B del Amo, G Blustein & M Stupak

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Pérez, M., García, M., del Amo, B. et al. Core-shell pigments in antifouling paints. Surface Coatings International Part B: Coatings Transactions 86, 259–262 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02699497

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