May 2021 Vol. 3

PCN – Communicating News In Protective Coatings Globally in Real-Time

Leading Source of Industry News on Protective Coatings for Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Marine and Construction


NEWSMAKERS:  * Akzo Nobel * BASF * Boron Nitride * CUI * DeFelsko * Denso * EIS * ExcelPlas * HoldTight™ * INPEX * JKC * Jotun * MOF * NACE * PCN * PosiSoft™ * Protective Coatings * Shawcor * Soluble Salts * Vertech * Winn Coales

INDUSTRY NEWS

Denso Group Acquired by Winn Coales
https://www.trenchless-australasia.com/2021/05/12/winn-coales-acquires-coatings-company/

Vertech Group Coating Inspection, Offshore Inspection, LNG, Working at Height, FPSO, Coating Remediation and Rope Access Professionals Expand Operations
https://www.vertechgroup.com.au/

Videocast:  Soluble Salts Todays Solution to an Old Problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3x-BNpw_b8

Presentation on PosiSoft® Coating DFT Software Webinar Presented by DeFelsko’s Ian Maxwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0mYgL_u9HU

BASF and Lufthansa Develop “Sharkskin” Coating to Reduce Drag of Boeing Jets 
https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2021/05/p-21-204.html

PIPELINE COATINGS

Shawcor – Critical Review of the Time-Dependent Performance of Polymeric Pipeline Coatings: Focus on Water Absorption of Epoxy-Based Coatings [PDF]
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/9/1517/pdf

Investigation of the Corrosion of a 45 years Old in-service Epoxy-Coated Sewage Steel Pipe
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/C-Paglia/publication/351307245-The-corrosion-of-a-45-years-old-in-service-sewage-stee-pipe

LNG NEWS

Inpex Takes Ichthys LNG Contractor JKC to Court in Japan
https://www.upstreamonline.com/lng/inpex-takes-ichthys-lng-contractor-to-court-in-japan/2-1-1008809

NEW RESEARCH

Improved Anticorrosive Performance of Epoxy Coatings by Addition of Hydrophobic Nano-Silica to Increase Diffusion path of Moisture Through Coating
https://www.icorr.org/anticorrosive-epoxy-coating-on-carbon-steel/

Influence of Fluorinated Graphene-Modified Epoxy Coatings on Corrosion Behaviour
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2021/RA/D1RA01870A?

Influence of Active Nanofiller Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) on Anticorrosion Behaviour of Epoxy Coatings
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927775721007056

Orientation of Ultrathin High Aspect Ratio Nanosheets in Epoxy Resin for Anticorrosive Coatings
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.1c00741

Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanosheets for High-Performance Anti-Corrosion Epoxy Coatings
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0257897221004473

Reducing Subjectivity in EIS Interpretation of Corrosion and Corrosion Protection  by In-situ Optical Analysis
http://pure.tudelft.nl/ws/files/47422514/1_s2.0_S0013468618322345_main.pdf

Anti-Corrosion and Wear-Resistant Coating of Epoxy Resin by Concrete- like 3D Functionalized Framework Fillers (FFF)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009250921003134

Application of Bifunctionalized Graphene Oxide for Outstanding Corrosion Resistance of Epoxy Coatings
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169433221011247#!

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• Epoxy-Phenolic Protective Coatings
• Fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) 
• Dual-Layer Fusion bonded epoxy (DLFBE)
• Liquid applied epoxy (LAE)
• Abrasion resistant overcoat (ARO)
• Three-layer PE (3LPE)
• Multi-component liquid spray  (MCL)
• Heat shrink sleeves (HSS)

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• Coating Filler Identification by X-ray Analysis (EDS/XRD)
• Coating Microstructure by Embedding, Polishing and Optical Microscopy (OM)
• Coating Thermal Stability and Composition by Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

DSC – Phase transition/volatiles / Tg / degree of cure/characterisation
TGA – Volatile compounds, inorganic mass % mix ratio
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-Assess porosity and voids
-Check distribution and orientation of filler particles

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