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[VAC] New application
I read this in "Heavy Science." See link below. I wonder if this new stuff
would work for Airstreams?
MeMail: Heavy Science
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CORROSION INHIBITOR IS NONTOXIC AND GREEN
New Orleans researchers have developed a coating for
aluminum-clad airplanes that not only inhibits corrosion but is
nontoxic, noncarcinogenic and environmentally friendly as well.
Corrosion prevention costs military and commercial airline
industry billions of dollars per year, but many inhibitors
contain toxic components such as lead, chromium and other heavy
metals. Lead investigator Alfred Daech of the University of New
Orleans says the paint-like coating applies easily and will help
control the costs of handling and disposing of hazardous
materials -- savings for the industry that could run into the
millions. Daech says testing has demonstrated the new coating
inhibits corrosion as much as chromium does.