It has been estimated that more than 25 percent of the iron taken from mines throughout the world in the last forty years has corroded.1  Much of this is due to inadequate protection of the metal surfaces from atmospheric corrosion, although many paints, rust inhibitors and other protective coatings are available. From an economic viewpoint, in many cases it is considered less costly in the long run to let the metal go unprotected. The present, and suspected, future situations of continued inflation, materials shortages and high cost of replacement place new importance on temporary and maintenance coatings. Organic coatings based on the sulfonate molecule offer a low cost and effective way to greatly reduce economic losses from atmospheric corrosion.

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Films, Coatings, Materials, Piping, Sulfonates, Spray coating, Solvents, Polymers, Salt spray corrosion testing, Rust, Corrosion protection, Resins, Oil
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1976
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