New silane anti-corrosion coatings for steel surfaces

钢铁产品是澳大利亚的主要出口产品。Orrcon是澳大利亚最大的钢管和管材供应商之一。这项关于如何防止钢铁腐蚀的研究将在理解硅烷化学方面产生新的突破，硅烷化学在减少生锈方面比目前使用的更安全、更便宜、更有效。这门新科学将有利于澳大利亚对腐蚀的研究，并帮助我们在钢铁出口方面更具竞争力。我们对航空航天铝合金上新型硅烷的耐腐蚀性进行了概念验证研究，帮助澳大利亚产品进入了铬（VI）现在被禁止的市场。硅化学在澳大利亚的研究也很少，该项目将培养四名新的研究人员。

Steel products are a major export for Australia. Orrcon is one of Australia's largest suppliers of steel pipe and tubing. This study of how to stop steel from corroding will produce new breakthroughs in understanding silane chemistry, which is safer, cheaper and more effective in reducing rust, than what is being used today. This new science will benefit Australia's research into corrosion and help us to be more competitive in the export of steel. Our proof of concept studies on the corrosion resistance of new silanes on aerospace aluminium alloys has helped Australian products enter markets where chromium(VI) is now banned. Silicon chemistry is also little researched in Australia and this project will train four new researchers in this field.