Cadmium and chromate-free, corrosion-suppression coatings via crosslinked sol-gel chemistry for protecting nanostructured zinc-alloy coatings

我们的研究将探索使用无溶剂涂料为锌纳米结构合金表面提供额外的防腐保护。这两种高性能技术的结合将为保护金属部件免受腐蚀提供环境友好的方法。这些技术的结合提供了一种避免使用两种传统的基于镉和铬酸盐的腐蚀保护方法的方法。基于镉和铬酸盐的材料在防止腐蚀方面都是有效的，但这两种材料也已被确定为可能或公认的致癌物。通过提供使用这些危险材料的替代方案，我们将为工人和普通公众提供明显的健康相关好处，但也将能够使加拿大工业处于一个可以成为高需求专家的位置，

Our research will investigate using solvent free coatings to provide additional corrosion protection for zinc nanostructured alloy surfaces. The combination of these two high performance techniques will provide environmentally friendly approaches to protect metal parts from corrosion. The combination of these technologies provides a way of avoiding the use of two traditional corrosion protection methods based on cadmium and chromate. Both cadmium and chromate based materials are effective for preventing corrosion but both have also been identified as possible or recognized carcinogens. By providing alternatives to the use of these hazardous materials we will provide obvious health related benefits to workers and the general public but will also be able to put Canadian industry in a position where it can be experts in a high demand,