Accession Number:

ADA056149

Title:

Release Mechanisms of Organotin Toxicants from Coating Surfaces: A Leaching Model for Antifouling Coatings.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

NEW ORLEANS UNIV LA DEPT OF CHEMISTRY

Personal Author(s):

• Monaghan,Charles P.
• Kulkarni,Vasant H.
• Good,Mary L.

Report Date:

1978-06-22

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

Fouling of a ship bottom or a marine installation is usually combated by using a coating which contains an antifouling toxicant. The toxicant leaches out of the coating and prevents organisms from settling on the protected surface. An empirical diffusion model has been developed which describes the leaching process of organotin toxicants out of antifouling coatings.

Descriptors:

• *ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
• *ANTIFOULING COATINGS
• *TIN COMPOUNDS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• SURFACES
• COATINGS
• LEACHING

Subject Categories:

• Coatings, Colorants and Finishes

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE