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Title: Zero discharge organic coatings, powder paint - UV curable paint - E-coat. Volume 1. Final report, June 1993-June 1995

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:147193

Zero Discharge Organic Coatings project developed powder paint, Ultraviolet (UV) curable paint, and electro- coating (E-coat) paint for military Applications. These technologies offer potential for high performance coatings with little or no volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions or hazardous waste generation. The ZDOC project focused on formulating non-toxic corrosion inhibitors into these coating technologies, and the applications development of powder coatings. Non-toxic replacements for traditional lead and chromate inhibitors were selected based on a previous NAWCADWAR investigation. Once incorporated, the performance of the coatings with and without inhibitors was compared. Also, the protective mechanisms of these inhibitors were studied. The applications development for powder coatings analyzed technologies to allow powder coating of non-conductive substrates and evaluated the use of IR energy to cure powder coatings. Inhibitors were successfully incorporated into electrocoatings and powder coatings, however corrosion performance results varied with coating formulation.

Research Organization:
Hughes Missile Systems Co., Tucson, AZ (United States)
OSTI ID:
147193
Report Number(s):
AD-A-296155/5/XAB; CNN: Contract MDA972-93-C-0020, ARPA ORDER-9328; TRN: 53240201
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English